Beverage Professional Development Group
Mission Statement
To provide a forum to discuss and develop symposia on issues facing the beverage industry.
Upcoming Meeting
July 22, 2012
Rhode Island Convention Center
Providence, Rhode Island
- Committee Members (IAFP Member Access Required)
- IAFP Constitution and Bylaws
How to Join
Involvement in committees and professional development groups (PDGs) offers Members the opportunity to share a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Members of committees and PDGs are the architects of the Association structure. They plan, develop and institute many of the Association's projects, including workshops, publications and educational sessions. Technical challenges facing the food safety industry are discussed, examined and debated. Members may volunteer to serve on any number of committees or PDGs that plan and implement activities to meet the Association's mission.
Membership on a PDG is voluntary (not by appointment) and may vary from year to year. Requests for membership on a PDG should be directed to the chairperson.
Committee Minutes
Below are downloadable documents containing current and past meeting minutes.
Board Response to Recommendations
Board Response to Recommendations
1. Suggest changing the PDG meeting schedules for Applied Laboratory Methods and Beverages so that they coincide with PDGs (e.g., Food Law, Packaging, Pre-Harvest) that don't have overlapping methodology/membership interests, in order to maximize participation at respective meetings.
Board Response: Committee and PDG meeting will be adjusted for IAFP 2012.
2. Request that Executive Board provide feedback (perhaps across 4 or 5 broad category format/content elements) to PDGs on rationale for rejecting specific symposium/round table/workshop proposals, which will help PDGS to improve future submissions. Perhaps a representative from the Program Committee could come to the PDG meeting to speak on this.
Board Response: The Program Committee, not the Board, studies symposium proposals and selects those proposals that will create the strongest and most diverse program possible. Each submitted proposal that is not selected is provided with rational for nonselection.
3. Suggest that Beverage PDG shorten its allocated meeting time in 2012 to 1 hour which, given more frequent planned interactions throughout the year, will afford sufficient time to conduct the PDG's business at the Annual Meeting. This will also free up more time for members to attend other PDG meetings of interest.
Board Response: Agree
4. Suggest that Executive Board provide PDG leadership with training on IAFP-provided resources (e.g., webpage, Webinars, twitter accounts, etc.).
Board Response: Agree
5. Question to the Board: To provide more timely feedback on, correction of, meeting minutes, would it be possible for PDGs to approve Annual Meeting minutes at their next scheduled PDG meeting venue, rather than waiting until the following year's Annual Meeting?
Board Response: Agree