AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

September 11, 2020

Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Rebecca, Tiffany, Dan

• Virtual AFS meeting
  • FITS Related Symposia
    • Action Item (Paul): Send reminder to members about FITS related symposia
      • Big Data symposium (Dan)
        • “Merging Data Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Science to Solve Big Problems”
        • No live session
        • Presentations will be available online
        • We will share more details as they become available
      • “Bayesian Inference: Applications and Interpretation”
      • “Using Autonomous Systems in Fisheries Management-What We Can Learn from the Past to Create a Sustainable Future”
    • CEC workshop (Paul)
      • No response to our email
    • FITS annual business meeting (Paul)
      • Action item (Paul): Send reminder to membership about meeting and send information that can be viewed ahead of time (Agenda, Reports and Minutes)
      • Action item (Paul): Reach out to Julie and Jodi for reports on respective committees and attending the FITS business meeting.
    • CFTC online (Rebecca)
      • Going well
      • Call with Exhibitors to demo the CFTC
      • All bugs are worked out and works nicely
      • We are working on building content
    • Citizen Science Task Force (Paul)
      • ExCom reviewed the proposal and agreed that FITS could be of help.
      • FITS will be involved in sending Calls for Volunteers in the future
    • Other business
      • Feedback on by-law change (Paul/Kayla)
        • No feedback
      • Resource Policy Committee rep search (Paul/Kayla)
        • Highlight in Business Meeting
      • Call for Communications Coordinator for FITS (Paul/Kayla)
        • Highlight in Business Meeting

Next Meeting is October 9^th