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The Board responded to CCFI's 2020 recommendations by addressing
access to manuals and approving Michael Batz as Vice-Chair in 2022.
For manuals, present contracts prevent wider distribution via free downloads.
The Board is working on updating the contracts in hopes of making
these resources free after five years. Longer-term solutions are being
worked on for sharing content, and these will be shared at a later time.
Michael Roberson noted that there is a real need for certain associations,
like AFDO and CFP, to have current and accurate resources when
it comes to FBIs; keeping documents updated needed; intermediary step
could be useful to share with limited audiences that are in that priority
need group prior to making them free access.
For subcommittee work, the subcommittee to address revisions to
the " Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness " manual was unable to
meet in 2020. CCFI does remain committed to supporting updating this
manual. Michael Roberson pointed out that any manual must address the
needs of the audience it wants to impact. Bobby Krishna shared a link for
the relatively-recently revised FAO manual which has differences from
our own.
For members of CCFI attending the in-person meeting this summer,
Room 232 will be available all-day July 18, 2021, (8 am-5 pm) for
networking purposes. While CCFI values in-person meetings and looks
forward to an in-person meeting in Pittsburgh 2022, there is interest
in moving committee meetings to a hybrid format in the future. Future
in-person CCFI meetings will continue to be 2-hours in length.
An approved survey of IAFP Members led by Ian Young and Ben
Chapman to determine their food safety habits has been deferred again
due to COVID-19 delays.
CCFI members discussed the student mentoring program and were
encouraged to sign up. Here is a link the link to enroll as a mentor: https://
connect.foodprotection.org/mentoring/enroll-mentor. There is a one-year
commitment and topic sheets are provided to facilitate discussions. A
mentor can have a maximum of three mentees per year. Each mentee
can have only one mentor per year. Nine symposia and roundtables
sponsored or co-sponsored by CCFI will be presented at the IAFP 2021
Annual Meeting.
New Business: CCFI members were pleased that former Vice Chair
Judy Greig received Honorary Life membership and Carl Custer the
President's Award.
Approved symposia for the 2021 meeting were discussed. Many
convenors and organizers noted challenges with scheduling due to the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Program ideas for the 2022 meeting
are due on October 5, 2021. Future symposia on outbreaks, the impact
of COVID on South Africa, the handling of the pandemic (what worked,
what didn't work, and recommendations for a change), and the impact of
climate change and natural disasters on food safety were discussed.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. CCFI recognizes that a virtual option for the conference as a whole
creates a tremendous burden but offering virtual participation in
committee meetings during the in-person conference could increase
participation and be more inclusive to members that are unable to
travel. Thus, CCFI recommends to the Executive Board that a virtual
option be provided for all future committee meetings, especially in
view of disabilities restricting attendance in person.
2. CCFI continues to request that IAFP publications should be available
freely on request to be competitive with other food safety and
foodborne disease sources.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2021, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 11:50 a.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Ewen Todd.
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
Names of Members Present: Jennifer Quinlan (Chair), Bobby Krishna
(Vice Chair), Bill Huntley, Jenny Scott, Kathleen Glass, Michael Brodsky,
and Steven Murphy.
Board/Staff Present: David Tharp and Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 9.
Meeting Called to Order: 9:01 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, June 23,
2021.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Bobby Krishna.
Old Business: Minutes from the 2020 meeting were reviewed and
approved unanimously with one correction to specify Section VI B, as appropriate.
Reviewed the 2020 Recommendations to the Executive Board.
All recommendations were approved however recommended changes
to bylaws were not made this year due to timing needed for the process.
Recommendations made last year will be made again this year. Don
Schaffner should be added as a committee member. Jennifer Quinlan
has reached out to two additional potential members based on discussion
held in last year's committee meeting but has not yet heard from them
regarding their willingness to serve.
New Business: The sections in the Constitution and Bylaws on meetings
and the change of officers was reviewed in the wake of the Pandemic.
The committee reviewed the need for any amendments to the bylaws to
ensure change of officers if the meeting is canceled for any reason (and
an annual business meeting is not conducted). It was agreed that there
were no changes required.
The Constitution and Bylaws do not require an Annual Meeting to be
held. But, a yearly business meeting needs to be held in person or virtually.
A business meeting requires 50 members to be present, either virtually
or in person, as interpreted by the committee.
Nomination for the Vice Chair-Elect is required for the Pittsburgh
meeting. Don Schaffner was nominated to be Vice Chair and Jennifer
Quinlan will reach out to let him know.
Recommendations to the Executive Board
1. Section VI B 1.2.1 of Bylaws-remove names of awards that are
listed since this list is no longer comprehensive.
2. Section VI B 1.2.1 of Bylaws-Add the following statement at the end
of this section: " Other Awards may be presented at the IAFP Annual
Meeting that are not IAFP Awards, with Board Approval. "
3. Examine and restructure the Awards Committee to make it similar
to the other Standing Committees of IAFP.
4. Approve Don Schaffner to serve as Vice Chair of the Constitution
and Bylaws Committee.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 9:48 a.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Jennifer Quinlan.
Foundation Committee
Members Present: Wendy White (Vice Chair), James Dickson, Dane
Bernard, Alvin Lee, Mark Davis, Kelly Stevens, Neil Bogart, Jenny Scott,
Alvin Lee, Michelle Danyluk, Emilio Esteban, and Mark Davis.
New Members Present: Barb Masters, Peter Ben Embarek, and Mickey
Parish.
Board/Staff Present: David Tharp, Dina Siedenburg, Lisa Hovey,
and Kali Kniel.
Advisors/Visitors: Claire Murphy, Erika Estrada, Timothy Jackson,
Vijay Juneja, and Gale Prince.
Number of Attendees: 24.
Meeting Called to Order: 2:03 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, June 21,
2021.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Claire Murphy.
Wendy White, Vice Chair, welcomed the committee members on
behalf of Gary Acuff, Chair, and appointed Claire Murphy recording secretary.
David welcomed Ben Chapman, Barb Masters, Peter Ben Embarek,
and Mickey Parish as new Committee Members. He then recognized and
thanked Alvin Lee, Neil Bogart, Jenny Scott, and Pascal Delaquis for their
service. Alvin, Jenny, and Neil will continue to support the Committee as
Advisors.
Gale Prince motioned to approve last year's minutes; Tim Jackson
seconded that motion. The meeting minutes from the previous call were
unanimously approved.
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