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research at IAFP in the respective PDG-sponsored
session. This would be a similar approach to IFT, in
which their divisions sponsor student competitions.
2.

There is only one award specifically for young professional IAFP Members. The Executive Board
should consider a new award, specifically for a
young industry professional, to mirror the Larry
Beuchat Young Researcher Award, which mainly has
been awarded to young academic and government
professionals.
The goal of these two recommendations would be to
promote students that have attended IAFP, and continue coming to IAFP as they grow into young professionals and eventually hold professional positions, in
order to maximize the chances that these students
will become the future pillars of IAFP.

There should be increased recognition of companies
that promote food safety culture, especially among
young IAFP members. This may include companies
that recognize the importance of IAFP and send their
employees to the Annual Meeting, or companies
that hold workshops on food safety, etc. Recognition
could occur in the form of Industry Profiles, published in Food Protection Trends.

Membership in the Membership Committee is very
low. This may be due to the fact that the Membership
Committee meeting is held on the Saturday before
the Annual Meeting, and several members of the
Committee arrive on Saturday night or on Sunday. It
is proposed that the Membership Committee Meeting
be moved to a time that occurs during the Annual
Meeting, as this may lead to better attendance. The
Executive Board should also revisit the Constitution
and Bylaws of IAFP for the Membership Committee
to ensure that it reflects the current state of IAFP
membership.

Next Meeting: July 7, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT.
Meeting Adjourned: 4:30 p.m.
Chairperson: Lawrence Goodridge.

Nominating Committee
Members Present: Ian Jenson (Chair) and Margaret Hardin
(Vice Chair).
Board/Staff Members Present: Mickey Parish and David
Tharp.
Meeting Called to Order: 4:00 p.m., Sunday, July 9, 2017.
Recording Secretary of Minutes: Ian Jenson.

Past Presidents' Committee
Members Present: Don Zink, Bob Gravani, Gale Prince,
Stan Bailey, Katie Swanson, Jenny Scott, Jack Guzewich,
Don Schaffner, Jim Dickson, Kathy Glass, Paul Hall,
Jeff Farber, Mike Doyle, Bob Brackett, and Alejandro Mazzotta.
Board/Staff Present: Linda Harris and David Tharp.
Number of Attendees: 17.
Meeting Called to Order: 3:32 p.m., Saturday, July 8, 2017.
Approval of the Minutes of the 2016 meeting. Motion by
Stan Bailey; seconded by Paul Hall. Motion carried.
Old Business:
Discussed how to follow-up on collaboration with NEHA.
This year NEHA is having the annual meeting in Michigan, at
the same time IAFP is in Tampa, and may be difficult to organize a joint meeting. We show a slow collaboration path with
NEHA, and may need a point person to follow up negotiations
with NEHA.
The collaboration with NEHA was brought up last year,
because of the lack of applications for the Sanitarian Award.
IAFP received more applications this year for the sanitarian
award, but not too many.
The committee discussed areas of collaboration with
NEHA:
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A way to start is by placing advertising for the IAFP
Sanitarian Award in their member communications, and follow
up with joint Board meeting to sign an MOU.
A recommendation was proposed to "advertise in publications by NEHA, the Canadian Association of Public Health
and other applicable organizations in North America, for
the Sanitarian and Travel awards." Jack and Katie (second)
moved the motion. Discussion: considering several ads in
their publications, at least more than one. Motion carried.
Another recommendation was proposed to "explore
how CEUs work with NEHA - Board to charge Retail and
Education PDGs with exploring process and value of offering CEU accreditation." Paul and Katie (second) moved the
motion. No further discussion. Motion carried.
New Business:
David Tharp update:
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Old Business: None.
New Business: Confidential consideration of candidates for
Secretary of IAFP.

Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.

Next Meeting Date: Teleconference to be scheduled for further deliberation in October.

Meeting Adjourned: 4:57 p.m.
Chairperson: Ian Jenson.

Make recording sessions available for both organizations.
Have their members (inspectors) attend this meeting.
Give CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for attending.
Increase our membership.

Membership is at 4,400.
The Executive Board decided not to have updates at
PDG meetings. With 27 PDGs, the task was not working
well. IAFP will provide PDG Chairs with a list of updates.
Both Journals are in good terms with respect to manuscript submissions. JFP is experiencing positive changes
including the implementation of Kudos. It may take a
couple of years to see changes in Impact factor.
Attendance to the Annual Meeting: 3,460 vs. >3,500 this
year. Exhibitors were 240 vs. 262 this year.
Financials: Up to August 31, 2016 added 217K to the GB
to 2.5MM. Op budget approaching 5 MM (includes foundation). Foundation 1.5 M.
Fred Weber Challenge this year: $20,000.
Gale suggested reaching out to PQI, which Bob confirmed there were about to 4,100 peopled trained in PQI,
to become members.
Action: Linda Harris approved as incoming Vice Chair.

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