FOOD , AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION DIVISION
FAN Minutes
Business Breakfast Meeting
Monday, June 11, 2001
San Antonio, TX
Presiding:
Carolyn Speakman, Chair
Anita Ezzo, Chair-Elect
Peter Sidney, Secretary
Linda Maddux, Treasurer
1) Secretary’s Report (Peter Sidney)
Minutes from the 2000 Business Meeting were approved as distributed. They were published in the summer 2000 issue of Food for Thought (FFT).
2) Treasurer’s Report (Linda Maddux)
Copies are provided at each table. The balance last June was $39,501.39. We had $14,104.79 in income. We spent $12,658.21 during the year. The closing balance at May 31, 2001 was $40,947.97. The full Treasurer’s Report will appear in the next FFT.
3) Chair's Report (Carolyn Speakman)
a) David Bender is retiring as SLA Executive Director. In recognition of this SLA is creating an International Development Fund in his name. FAN is contributing $1500 to the fund. Jean Philippe Decraene is interested in talking to the SLA board about how the money will be used. He will be talking to Ann Abate about his ideas for using the money. Susan Klopper, board proctor, said use of the funds is left to the discretion of the board and the executive director.
b) The Chair expressed her thanks to our sponsors for their fantastic support of FAN at this conference. A list of all the sponsors is available at each table. Carolyn encouraged everyone to stop by the sponsors' exhibit booths to thank them. Representatives attending from ISI and the American Chemical Society (ACS), sponsors of the business meeting, were introduced and thanked.
c) ACS presented FAN with a plaque at the FAN reception Sunday night. It will be kept by the Chair and passed on to each succeeding Chair in the future.
d) FAN was recognized in the focus group session on conference planning for its joint sponsorship of a program on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the Geography and Map Division. FAN is also sponsoring a joint program on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
e) Copies of the FAN strategic plan are on each of the tables. If you have any changes or suggestions to recommend, give them to Gracie Hale, Strategic Planning Chair, or Anita Ezzo, Chair-Elect.
4) Committee Reports. None given at this meeting.
5)
Awards Committee
a)
FAN Distinguished Member Award (Carolyn Speakman)
i) The award is sponsored by IFIS.
ii) The award this year goes to Lillian Mesner, University of Kentucky.
b) Kathi Kohli Memorial Scholarship (Peter Sidney)
i) The award is provided jointly by Cargill and FAN.
ii) The award this year goes to Emily Nielsen, a graduate student in the MLIS program of the College of St. Catherine and Dominican University.
c)
Retirements
Grace Dote is retiring.
6) Old Business
a)
Recognition of Officers and Committee Chairs (Carolyn Speakman)
Carolyn presented certificates of
appreciation and strawberry squeeze balls to officers and committee chairs that
served FAN during the past year.
b) Food for Thought (Heather Moberly)
i)
Heather asked for volunteers to write up reports of FAN
conference sessions for publication in FFT.
ii)
FFT is going
all-electronic, to be distributed in PDF format and posted to the FAN
website. Members will be notified
by an e-mail to the FAN list when a new issue is available.
iii)
Thanks to those who advertised in FFT: John Wiley, Leatherhead, IFIS, Chemical Abstracts
Service, Research Books Inc., Michigan Information Transfer Source.
iv) Thanks to our mailers for 2000-2001: Laura Baird -- General Mills, Peter Sidney
-- Cargill.
7) New Business
a) Nominations (Pat Wilson for Katie Clark)
i) Slate of Nominees: Chair-Elect: Lutishoor Salisbury
Treasurer: Mary Louise Pusch
Secretary: Sharon Fujitani
Directors: Kevin Adams, Pat Allen
ii) Election of Officers. There were no nominations from the floor. The slate of officers was approved unanimously by acclamation, with Anita Ezzo as the Chair of FAN.
iii) Carolyn Speakman expressed her thanks to the nominating committee and encouraged all members to think about serving on a committee or being an officer.
b)
Installation of New Board
The ceremonial mortar and pestle and the FAN chef's hat were passed to Anita Ezzo, the new FAN chair for 2001-2002.
8) Chair's Remarks (Anita Ezzo)
a) Anita said she is looking forward to the coming year as a learning experience and a chance to develop new skills. She knows she is not doing this alone and is counting on help from everyone.
b) Possible programs for the 2002 conference in Los Angeles include:
Food marketing, co-sponsored with Advertising and Marketing
Dietary supplements and functional foods, co-sponsored with Biomedical
Organic farming and foods
Food resources on the web
Adjourned: 8:30 AM
Respectfully submitted by Peter Sidney, July 16, 2001.