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AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes August 15, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Paul, Patrick Old Business AFS Spokane Symposium updates Full day of speakers for the “MacGyvering” symposium Scheduled for Monday Aug 21st in 302A –starting at 8am! Patrick will give intro and moderate first block of talks Tiffany will moderate... Read More
The Fisheries Information and Technology Section Annual Business Meeting is set for Tuesday Aug 23rd @ 5:30pm in the Conference Center Room 103. Please review the minutes from last year’s business meeting, this year’s business meeting agenda, and 2022 Secretary/ Treasurer Report. We will only cover highlights from these documents. Light refreshments will be provided. We look... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes June 9, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Patrick Old Business Membership Dues (Kayla) No updates Changes to bank account (Kayla) No updates Potential section rebranding (Tiffany) Survey was sent out via membership listserv in May and was shared on FITS facebook page. Only 15 responses.... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes May 12, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Patrick, Chelsea, Paul Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions (Chelsea) No updates Manually editing and updating members Current subscribers 962 Membership Dues (Kayla) Membership dues... Read More
Dear FITS members, We are asking you to participate in a membership survey title “What does FITS mean to you?” A link to the survey can be found here. The survey will be open until July 1st. Thank you! -Executive Committee Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 21, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Patrick, Paul Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions (Chelsea) Update next meeting Potential section rebranding (Tiffany) Changes to bank account. (Kayla) Narrowed down to 4... Read More
The Fisheries Information and Technology Section of the American Fisheries Society encourages you to submit abstracts to present in the following two symposia at the American Fisheries Society Conference in Spokane, Washington, August 21-25, 2022. “MacGyvering”: Innovative Problem Solving in Fisheries Science We want to hear from all you tinkerers, inventers, and repurposers…the “MacGyvers” of... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes March 14, 2022 Attendees: Tiffany, Paul, Patrick, Kayla Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions (Chelsea) Table until next meeting Potential section rebranding (Tiffany) Required steps – membership involvement to identify new name, bylaws change, membership approval to bylaws and then... Read More
FITS annual membership renewal giveway is a way for FITS to give back to it’s members by covering the renewal fee of a FITS section membership for the next year. Congratulations to our lucky winners who were randomly selected and notified last month. The following lucky members will receive an automatic Section renewal for 2022:... Read More
We are looking for FITS members who would like to get more involved and learn about FITS and AFS! List of Opportunities: Center for Fisheries Technology and Collaboration (CFTC)- Contact Rebecca Krogman (Rebecca.Krogman@dnr.iowa.gov) FITS Awards committee- Contact Kayla Key (kayla.key@tn.gov) This committee will manage the three following award programs: Partnership travel award https://units.fisheries.org/fits/awards-and-recognition/partnership-travel-award/ Two open... Read More
