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Minutes of the International Association for Food Protection 2010 Annual Business Meeting
August 3, 2010 Anaheim, California
President-Elect Lee-Ann Jaykus welcomed attendees to the Annual Business Meeting. Moment of silence President Vickie Lewandowski asked those present to observe a moment of silence in memory of departed colleagues. Call to order The Annual Business Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection was called to order at 12:23 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. A quorum was present as defined by the IAFP Constitution. With the approval of the Executive Board, President Lewandowski appointed Michael Brodsky as Parliamentarian for the Business Meeting. Minutes Minutes from the 2009 Annual Business Meeting which were published in the October 2009 issue of Food Protection Trends were presented and approved unanimously. Fred Weber brought a point of order to inquire if a motion was needed for the minutes to be approved. Michael Brodsky responded that no motion was required if there were no changes to the minutes presented. President’s report President Lewandowski reported on programs and activities of IAFP taking place over the past year. She reported IAFP experienced a financial loss during the last fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, but that membership is strong and this year’s Annual Meeting attendance is much stronger than was expected. Average membership for the calendar year was at 3,419 with 21% of IAFP Members residing outside of North America. United States and Canadian membership levels remain steady. There are currently 19 Gold Sustaining Members and 13 Silver Sustaining Members included within our total 106 Sustaining Members, which is an all-time high. President Lewandowski reported that last year’s Annual Meeting in Grapevine contributed to the financial loss due to lower attendance of 1,735 and high food and beverage costs and other expenses. The Anaheim meeting attendance is expected to top 2,170, a 25% increase from last year. Booth sales increased as well reaching 154 booths compared to 118 last year. The European Symposium in Berlin last October (2009) also contributed to our loss due to similar issues of high meeting costs. However the June 2010 symposium in Dublin registered an increased attendance of 300 and is expected to show a profit after all invoices are received and paid. Plans are being made for the 2011 Symposium to be held in The Netherlands next May. The International Symposium for Food Safety held in Seoul, Korea in November had more than 500 people in attendance. The next International Symposium (also know as the 2nd Latin America Symposium on Food Safety) will be held this September in Bogota, Colombia and is being organized by the Colombian Affiliate. Plans are underway for Australia to be the location for IAFP’s 2011 International Symposium on Food Safety. It was also reported that the Foundation is falling short of its goal to raise $1 million by 2010. Although we are short of the goal, we did increase the Fund from $100,000 to $735,000. She noted that students are critical to the future of the organization and we need to support them. She encouraged members to purchase the t-shirts that were being sold by the Student PDG to help support their efforts. She also announced that IAFP 2011 will mark the 100th Anniversary for the Association. It will be celebrated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the organization first formed in 1911. President Lewandowski encouraged members to submit ideas for activities to the Executive Board to assist in planning. She then commended David Tharp and the entire IAFP staff for all their hard work at the meeting and throughout the year. President Lewandowski concluded her report by presenting four Presidential Recognition Awards. The first was to Ed Zottola her former professor for all of his support over the years. The second was presented to Paul Hall who has been her mentor for many years and for his constant encouragement and support. The next award was presented to Julie Bricher for her assistance with editing the President’s Column for FPT. The final award was given to David Tharp for all of his support throughout her term on the Executive Board and his willingness to step in wherever needed, even at the last minute.

tellers Committee report Linda Harris, Teller, reported on two votes taken since the last Business Meeting. The first was a vote to change the Constitution which passed with a 98.7% positive vote. The second was for the Secretary election. There were 697 ballots cast and Donald Schaffner was elected as Secretary for the 2010-2011 year. A motion by Gale Prince and seconded by Paul Hall to accept the report and destroy the ballots was approved.

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