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Minutes
Arkansas Association for Food Protection
Business Meeting
Oct. 8, 2009
Tyson Foods, Springdale, Ark.
President Mike Sostrin called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m. A quorum of the membership was found to be present.
As this was the first business meeting of the AAFP, there was no old business to cover.
New Business
Sostrin proposed that the constitution and by-laws as displayed on the chapter web site be ratified. A motion was made and seconded and the proposal was approved by voice vote.
Sostrin proposed that a conflict-of-interest policy prepared by Treasurer Scott Stillwell be ratified. A motion was made and seconded and the proposal was approved by voice vote.
Sostrin proposed that because the chapter is only a few months old and still in the process of organizing itself that the current slate of officers be retained in their current offices until the next election a year from now. Those officers are Mike Sostrin, president; Steven Ricke, president-elect; Hillary Hagan, vice president; Dave Edmark, secretary; ad Scott Stillwell, treasurer. A motion was made and seconded and the proposal was approved by voice vote.
Officers’ Reports
President Mike Sostrin – Ninety-three people registered to attend the current educational conference being held at Tyson Foods headquarters in Springdale. Sostrin thanked the program committee and the poster awards committee for organizing the event.
President-elect Steven Ricke – The University of Arkansas is being considered as the host site for next year’s conference.
Committee Reports
Jerri Lynn Pickett reported that the poster awards committee (Pickett, Gerry Huff, William Huff and Michael Johnson) has selected the winners of the graduate students’ poster competition. The winners and their posters are:
First Place ($75): Madhuram Ravichandran
Poster Title: “The enhancement of antimicrobial activities of individual and combinations of phenolic compounds present in grape seed and green tea extract by nanoparticle mediated delivery on Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Typhimurium in model system”
Second Place ($65): Pallavi Singh
Poster Title: “Genetic diversity of Campylobacter population in chicken ceca”
Third Place ($65): Vijayalakshmi Ganesh
Poster Title: “Electrostatic spray treatments with organic acids and plant extracts to decontaminate Salmonella Typhimurium in spinach”
Certificates of Merit (in no particular order)
Submitter: Ken Over
Poster Title: “Antilisterial efficacy of tartaric acid and grape seed and green tea extracts in conjunction with varying levels of electron beam irradiation when vacuum-infused into chicken breast meat”
Submitter: Erin Shannon
Poster Title: “Effect of cell membrane disrupting antimicrobial agents on Listeria monocytogenes during cold growth”
Submitter: Sherry Melendez
Poster Title: “Characterization of Salmonella and Campylobacter isolated from pasture flock poultry”
Review of Open Positions and Nominations
Sostrin read the list of open positions and asked members to nominate or volunteer for the posts. They are:
- Directors at Large (2)
- Nominating Committee Chairperson
- Education Committee Chairperson
- Financial Review Chairperson
- Membership Committee Chairperson
- Affiliate Council Delegate
Hearing no nominations from the floor, Sostrin advised the membership to expect some presidential appointments to the positions.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 4:55 p.m.
Resepectfully submitted
Dave Edmark
Secretary
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