Data & Technology Section of AFS
Annual Business Meeting
September 16, 2024 4:45-5:30 pm Hawaii Standard Time
Convention Center 318B
Honolulu Convention Center, Hawaii
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● Call to order (Record the meeting)
● Welcome and introductions (Patrick Cooney)
○ Past President : Tiffany Hopper (served 2021-2023)
○ President-Elect: Chelsea Myles-McBurney (serves 2025-2027)
○ Treasurer: Kayla Key
○ Secretary: Jennifer Moran (newly elected)
○ Website Coordinator: Bryan Minihan
○ President: Patrick Cooney (serves 2023-2025)
● Determination of a quorum (Patrick)
● Approval of agenda (Patrick)
○ Motion, Second, Vote
● Approval of last year’s minutes (Tiffany)
○ Motion, Second, Vote
● Recognize all former officers of the section – please stand up. Thank you! (Tiffany)
● Officer Reports
● President (Patrick)
○ Thank you to all of the hard working officers.
○ Change of Name
■ Fisheries Information and Technology Section (old)
■ Data and Technology Section (new)
○ Change of Logo
■ Henry Hershey (Artist)
■ See Image of new logo!!
○ Change of Bylaws
■ Name Change
■ Number of Candidates for an election
■ Pronouns
■ Conflict of Interest statement
■ Split Secretary/Treasurer into two positions
■ Website update
● Cleaned up site and changed the name in all locations
● Treasurer/Secretary Report (Kayla, Jen, and/or Patrick)
○ See the accompanying file.
● Committee Reports
○ Center for Fisheries Technology (Rebecca Krogman)
■ Co-chaired by Rebecca Krogman and Alex Keiler-Klein
■ Biggest challenges:
● Continuity of people carrying the torch to put products online
● Visibility of site
■ Requests:
● Need AFS staff on committee to act as liaison with vendors
● Move site to be hosted on fisheries.org website
○ Data & Technology Section retains management
responsibilities
■ Volunteers!
● Old business
○ Election for Secretary
○ Solicited people to run for Treasurer
○ Solicited people for three travel awards of $500
● Travel Awards
○ Partnership Travel Award– Representing Data & Technology Section at partner
conferences.
■ No applications
○ 3 random $500 travel awards to this AFS conference
■ 22 people submitted their names
■ Recipients
● Terra Martinez, New Mexico State University, Fisheries Technician
● Amelia McReynolds, University of Vermont, PhD Candidate
● Hsin-Ho Wei, Bowling Green State University, Student
● Other Honolulu 2024 Meeting Events
○ MacGyver Symposium (Tiffany)
■ Excellent half day of presentations. Thank you to speakers/presenters.
■ If you have ideas for other workshops, bring them up!
● New Business (Patrick)
○ Upcoming Elections
■ Treasurer
■ President-Elect
○ rFAMS group (Hadley Boehm, Jason Doll, Maddie Lewis)
■ R-Shiny App Presentation
● Motion to adjourn
● Adjourn