AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

October 13, 2021

Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Tiffany, Patrick, Rebecca

• Welcome to President-elect Patrick Cooney (all)
• AFS Baltimore
  • “COVID Effects” Symposium (Tiffany)
    • We are still waiting for information on the symposium
    • Action Item: Tiffany will reach out again to the Master Scheduler (joseph.love@maryland.gov)
    • Rebecca suggested Tiffany verify with speakers their status of virtual and in-person
  • Data Management workshop cancelled (Paul)
    • We had to cancel the workshop due to Covid and low enrollment
    • Patrick suggested possible future webinar on data management
    • Action item: Kayla will reach out to Keith to see if he is interested
  • FITS annual meeting
    • Action item: Paul to request room and meeting time, and investigate Virtual attendance options
      • Need to determine if we have Wifi access
      • Rebecca has an AV system we can use that is blue tooth
      • Sean Johnston – locations coordinator
  • Registration lottery (Chelsea)
    • We received acceptance responses from 4 winners
    • Action item: Kayla will reach out to the 6 other winners to give another chance to accept the award
• Partnership travel award (Kayla)
  • No entries
• By-law change (Paul)
  • Change has been confirmed
  • Action item: Paul to update bylaws on website
• FishR-FITS partnership (Paul)
  • A Call has been scheduled to discuss further actions
• Other business
  • Center for Fisheries Technology and Collaboration news (Rebecca)
    • We have recruited two more volunteers
    • Rebecca to focus on setting tangible goals for volunteers
  • Citizen Science Task Force (Paul)
    • No updates
  • History webpage collaboration with the History Section (Paul)
    • Tabled until Paul is past president
  • Fall meeting times-
    •  12-1pm eastern on 12/1/2021

Next meeting at AFS Baltimore (date/time TBD)