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decade that the award had been presented by IAOM.
The Middle East & Africa District has enjoyed dramatic
growth in recent years, including a remarkable 300% increase
in members in 2007.
In presenting the award, Past IAOM President Bill Dutton noted that Jamshidi had been "instrumental in organizing
district conferences despite facing some difficult situations."
Jamshidi, who is CEO of KFF Mills in Tehran, Iran, said he is
hoping for another good turnout at this year's Middle East &
Africa District Conference Nov. 11-14 in Arusha, Tanzania.
Receiving the George B. Wagner Outstanding Service
Award for providing leadership and support in the areas of
sanitation and food safety was Bob Richardson, manager, sanitation and food safety, for General Mills Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota, U.S.
Jim Bair, vice-president of the North American Millers'
Association, said of Richardson: "He's my go-to guy for any
question dealing with sanitation and food protection. His ability to explain highly technical matters in terms that lay people
understand and do so with a smile on his face has served the
milling industry very well and makes him uniquely qualified
to receive this award."
The Thaddeus Bownik Award for Outstanding Service was
presented to Barry McConnell, operations manager for Ellison Milling, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
In nominating McConnell for the award, Ellison Milling
President Michael Greer lauded McConnell for always looking at the big picture. "He doesn't confine his focus to just
milling," he said. "He realizes that the success of any milling operation is not only dependent on achieving the targeted
yield or throughput number, but also on superior marketing,
salesmanship and customer service."
LATIN AMERICAN MEETING
After years of holding the Latin American District Meeting
in conjunction with the IAOM Conference and Expo, leaders
are considering the idea of conducting their own meeting independent of the annual conference in North America.
Nearly 50 millers from the Latin American District, which
includes Central America and South America, attended this
year's conference in Orlando, but that was a disappointing
number considering that organizers were originally hoping the
turnout would be similar to the 1990 conference in Orlando,
which drew 150 from the Latin American District.
Marco Fava, director of the Latin American District, said
only about 1% of the IAOM membership in Latin America attended this year's event, which has sparked conversation about
moving the meeting closer to home.
"We're talking about it," Fava said. "We can't seem to find
a way to bring more Latin American people to these events
here. We've done everything we can on the technical part.
This year we had very good technical sessions with varied
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