AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

January 10, 2020

Attendees: Dan, Kayla, Tiffany, Paul

• Discuss business meeting feedback
  • Table discussion on meeting feedback for next meeting
  • Please read over before next meeting

• AFS 2020 updates
  • Big Data symposium (speakers, coordination, funding) (Dan)
    • Reach out to AFS management section for help with advertisement
    • 4 confirmed, have leads on more
    • Deadline for symposia is 21^st: Dan is the lead on getting the application submitted
    • Running title “Merging data science and fisheries science to solve big problems”
    • Table publication talk until have better idea of talks.
    • Potential for cross over keynote with NOAA’s UAV/Trailcam symposium (lead by Philip Hoffman).
  • Symposium on UAV/trailcam use – collaboration with NOAA (Rebecca/Dan)
  • Bayesian analysis in fisheries symposium (Paul)
    • Requested and were granted FITS support in the form of promotional help. Effectively non-monetary sponsorship.
  • Tech talk (Rebecca)
    • Table to next meeting for Rebecca’s updates, passing of torch to Paul
  • 150 year booth planning (Rebecca)
    • Table to next meeting for Rebecca’s updates
  • Discuss continuing education at AFS 2020
    • Repeat this year’s data management workshop (1Day)?
      • Due to popularity, ExCom would like to repeat this workshop for next year
      • Action Item: Kayla to contact Keith Hurley
    • Also offer one on big data (could help get more agency folks)?
      • Would we have issues with super computer access?
      • Ideas on what that would look like?
        • Choose a popular big data analytic technique?
        • How options for transforming data for sharing?
        • Something around “working/transferring/ manipulating” big data
        • Option to have this as a part of the data management workshop?
      • We should poll our membership (for ideas, or to vote on a list)
    • Support one on survey data and connecting them to spatial data?
      • Table to next meeting for Rebecca’s updates
    • Quarterly fisheries articles (Sarah)
      • No update to report
    • CFTC status (Doll?)
      • Steve Kambouris has emailed FITS : AFS wants to know if this can be rolled out by next meeting in Columbus
        • Is this possible?
      • From Doll: No progress so far, he can access WordPress site, but hasn’t come up with a way to integrate the software
      • Steve is probably more interested in hardware at this point (important to most vendors)
      • Steve is also interested in ideas for showcasing the progression of fisheries technology, which overlaps with plans for our 150 year booth.
        • Table to next meeting for Rebecca’s updates
      • Travel Award (Paul/Rebecca)
        • Discussion from last call
          • Twice a year
          • Need to pick two due dates
          • Any conference, applicant makes the case for which conference they wish to attend
          • Applicants serve on selection committee for following year
        • Other business
          • Kayla created and sent annual financial report to Paul and Rebecca for approval
            • Action Item: Paul to get with Rebecca about submission process
          • Software sells for 2019 were all FAMS 64bit. We sold 15 at the rate of $154 and 11 at $220 for a total of $4,730. Kayla sent invoice to AFS for $4,493.5 (less 5% for credit card fees).
          • Proactive planning of annual meeting symposia
            • We would like to stay one year ahead, like we did this year with Big Data
            • Action Item: Everyone think about topics for 2021 symposium
              • Could potentially come up with a few options and poll the members or make a call for symposia ideas from our members

Next Meeting Feb 14^th