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<< back to the 2000 archive listing << Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation Quotations From Jack, May 2000 Are we doing enough to attract field sanitarians to IAFP It gives me great pleasure to announce Paul Hall as our newly elected Secretary. I would also like to thank Frank Yiannas for running for the Secretary position. We had two outstanding candidates, which made choosing very hard for all of us. Finally, I want to thank Dee Clingman, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee and his Committee Members, Russell Flowers, Lawrence Roth, Gloria Swick, Peter Hibbard, and Ron Schmidt for their work in selecting our nominees. Paul will take office at the conclusion of the Awards Banquet at the 87th Annual Meeting. Beginning with the Secretary position, Paul has committed to serving the International Association for Food Protection for a five- year period serving as President in 2004. He will visit our office in Des Moines before the Annual Meeting to become oriented to the workings of the office and to meet the staff. I am sure that his commitment to the Association will be a rewarding experience! In my December column I wrote about the need for our organization to reach out to field sanitarians. I received a reply to that column from one of our long- time Members and Past President, Henry Atherton. Henry liked my sentiments but questioned if we are doing enough to attract field sanitarians to IAFP and not just to our Affiliates. I recently returned from speaking before the Carolinas Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians. A large percentage of the attendees at that meeting were also IAFP Members and many of them worked in industry or milk safety and quality related jobs. So we are reaching some field sanitarians successfully. Our Annual Meeting has had several milk-related symposia as well as ones that would be of interest to field sanitarians that work in the retail area (e.g., food service and food stores). Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation publishes articles targeted to applied topics intended to appeal to field sanitarians as well. I invite readers of this column to contact me with your thoughts about how well IAFP is reaching out to field sanitarians. If we are not doing enough, how can we do better? Better yet, volunteer to take on a project that will help us meet this need. You can respond to my E-mail address jguzewic@ bangate.fda.gov or to my mail address at the Office of Field Programs, HFS-605, 200 C Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20204. Our staff in Des Moines has been very busy preparing for our Annual Meeting.
I am pleased to say that things are going well. New innovation for this year
includes the ability to register online for the Annual Meeting at our Web site
www.foodprotection.org. We have also added a secure online Membership Directory.
To gain access to the Directory, you must type in your Membership ID and password.
The password is your last name. Visit our Web site today and take advantage
of these new features! |