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Mission Statement Committee Members J. Stan Bailey, USDA, ARS, Board Liaison Members: How to Join Standing Committees provide operational or functional support to IAFP. Individuals are appointed by the President-Elect and confirmed by the Executive Board. Membership appointments are for 3-year terms on a rotating basis with balanced representation from education, government and industry. All appointments may be renewed for one additional term. Requests for membership on a Standing Committee should be directed to the President-Elect. August 3, 2008 In conjunction with IAFP 2008 Committee Minutes Members Present: Jinru Chen (Chairperson), Maria Teresa Destro, Richelle Beverly, Michelle Danyluk, Wendy Warren-Serna (on behalf of Gina Bellinger), Peter Bodnaruk, Montserrat Iturriaga, Maria Nazarowec-White, Peter Taormina, LeeAnne Jackson, Charles Otto and Kathleen Rajkowski. Visitors Present: Leon Gorris, Richard Whiting, Christine Bruhn, Mariza Landgraf, David Golden, Doug Powell and Larry Beuchat. Board and Staff Members Present: Stan Bailey, Frank Yiannas, Gary Acuff, Vickie Lewandowski, Lee-Ann Jaykus, Donna Bahun and Lisa Hovey. Meeting Called to Order: 2:02 p.m. Recording Secretary of Minutes: Michelle Danyluk. Old Business: Jinru Chen welcomed everyone, introduced the five new Committee Members, and acknowledged Donna Bahun, the production editor, and the five departing members including the departing chairperson, Dr. David Golden for their dedications to the journal. Julian Cox was elected as the vice chairperson of the committee. No additions or modifications to the agenda were offered. Frank Yiannas gave a brief update on the progress of the association, including membership, JFP and FPT submission rates, Web site, affiliates, annual meeting, foundation contributions, student activities, European symposia, and rapid response symposium. David Tharp gave a further update on the European symposium. He noted that the association is doing very well financially, and it is in the 4th year with positive funds. Copies of the Antitrust Guidelines were distributed. Minutes of the 2006 meeting were approved without change. Donna Bahun reported that the up-to-date number of submissions in 2007 has increased to 24 manuscripts, 2 of which were rejected. New Business: FPT Cover Pictures: A sample of the new FPT cover was shown. Stan Bailey indicated that if the 3 pictures on the cover were changed monthly, a total of 36 pictures would be required for the 2008 issues of the journal. Due to the lack of pictures in the current picture library, perhaps 3 pictures should be selected and used without alternation for at least one year. Meanwhile, additional pictures will be collected from various sources. Christine Bruhn suggested the possibility of buying pictures from the World Wide Web. David Golden believed that the best pictures could come from interested members who read the journals. Questions were raised on whether the pictures on the cover should relate to the articles inside the journal. Donna Bahun addressed the urgent need of finding three pictures to publish in January, 2008. Doug Powell suggested that one of the cover pictures should reflect “retail”. The copyright issues of pictures were addressed. The possibility of asking IAFP members to submit pictures to the library was suggested. Maria Nazarowec-White suggested that each member of the FPT Management Committee submit three pictures prior to the next annual meeting. It was proposed that the contributing authors submit a picture that reflects the content of their manuscript. The required picture submission will be included, and the quality of the picture will be defined, in the revised instruction to the authors. Technical Editors: Ed Zottola, whose term is ending in December, 2007, has requested to be renewed for a 2-year term as a technical editor. The committee recommends appointing a new technical editor with a 4-year term. The committee also recommends appointing an alternate technical editor. The addition of an alternate editor is deemed essential in the event that the primary editor is unavailable. Instructions to Authors: Michelle Danyluk brought up problems with the current instructions to authors, particularly the instructions for table and figure formats, online submission, and continuous line numbering requirements. Jinru Chen appointed Michelle Danyluk, Richelle Beverly, and LeeAnne Jackson to form a subcommittee to address this issue, pending board approval. Publications in FPT : Doug Powell asked if there are any comments over the new format of the “Thoughts on Food Safety” piece ran on the back page of FPT . The format is acceptable to the committee members. Doug indicated that more topics and contributors are needed for the Back Page opinion piece. The possibility of publishing white papers in FPT was discussed. Peer-reviewed and fast-track peer reviewed manuscripts were defined. The committee agreed that opinion articles should be put in a separate category from peer-reviewed manuscripts. Christine Bruhn has submitted a manuscript that is currently at galley stage. The manuscript has, however, not gone through the peer-review process. The committee recommends that an executive board’s action be taken in the absence of Ed Zottola so that the manuscript can be handled in a timely manner. Old Research Articles from DFES : Christine Bruhn would like older articles from DFES to be available online. Donna Bahun responded that all articles that are available using her current software are available Online. The possibility of scanning in older articles was discussed, as has been done with the articles in JFP . Recommendations to Executive Board:
Next Meeting Date: August 3, 2008. Meeting Adjourned: 3:58 p.m. Chairperson: Jinru Chen.
Board Response to Recommendations 1. The three FPT cover pictures stay the same in 2008, and a picture library will be generated by soliciting pictures from authors, committee members, and general members, or through purchasing from commercial sources for potential use in the future.
2. The Executive Board assigns reviewers for the manuscript submitted by Christine Bruhn et al., in the absence of Ed Zottola, so that the manuscript can appear as a peer reviewed article in FPT .
3. The appointment of a new Scientific Editor for a 4-year term.
4. The appointment of an alternate Scientific Editor.
5. The Instructions to Authors for FPT are reviewed and revised. The committee has appointed a subcommittee to review and revise these instructions pending board approval. The subcommittee includes Michelle Danyluk, Richelle Beverly and LeeAnne Jackson .
6. The older DFES research articles are scanned and made available electronically, as many of these articles have very limited availability.
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