AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
November 13, 2020
Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Tiffany
- Virtual Annual Meeting reflection/discussion
- FITS-related symposia
- Letter of appreciation and shout out in newsletter and social media (Paul)
- Vendors/CFTC
- Need Volunteers to help recruit vendor and encourage product reviews (Kayla)
- FITS Volunteers needed
- Reach out to student section (Rebecca)
- Reach out to past ExCom (Paul)
- Positions: Communications Coord, Resource Policy, ESAB, CFTC, President-elect (Kayla)
- Presidential elections:
- Reach out to potential candidates and offering other open positions in FITS (Tiffany)
- AFS Baltimore
- Symposium ideas?
- Deadline Jan. 11th
- Idea: Leveraging data to analyze shifting dynamics in relation to COVID response. (Tiffany)
- Ask membership for ideas (Kayla)
- 150 Booth -Not a lot of enthusiasm from membership and uncertainties of COVID. Better to spend time and energy on CFTC. Potential alternative would be to update our history page.
- Symposium ideas?
- By-law change
- Reach out to Randy for advice on how to update our officer roles (Paul)
- Citizen Science Task Force
- Draft email to membership (Paul)
- FITS opportunities
- Other business
- Change to Fish BC software license
- Ball State is giving license to author, Jason Doll
- No changes to FITS-related business with Fish BC
- Brainstorm re. ways to benefit members and attract members (esp. students and early career)
- Where to look? student section
- Ask membership what they want from our section
- Idea: Lottery for AFS Membership dues/ Conference registration sponsorships/ CFTC voucher for the next year
- Tiered system? Target students & early career
- Timing: Late fall- before paper deadlines & membership renewal
- Use December membership list
- Possible CFTC lottery
- Cannot defer conference registration – reverts to membership due and we re-draw.
- We should alert members now so that they can encourage others to sign up (Kayla)
- Change to Fish BC software license
- FITS-related symposia
Next Meeting is December 11th