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Our 2018 Partnership Travel Award Winner was Jordan Holtswarth, a masters student at Tennessee Tech University, who was sent to OFWIM conference in Oregon as a FITS Ambassador. Here is what Jordan had to say about her trip! Read More
Please join us for the latest webinar presented by the OFWIM Training & Education Committee Introduction to Quantum GIS – A Virtual Tour of the National Conservation Training Center Thursday July 25, 2019 at 11:00 am PDT (2 pm EDT) Presenter: Don Schrupp To register go to https://ofwim.my.webex.com/ofwim.my/j.php?RGID=rb8a8e747d4e19ddbd983f57bbc582e5d This webinar will be an introduction to... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes July 12, 2019 Attendees: Kayla, Rebecca, Sarah, Paul Update on Elections: Need more votes. Sarah to send a reminder email via Mailchimp and personalization. Hard deadline is set for August 5th. Another reminder to send in two weeks and “last minute” reminder. Annual... Read More
The Organization of Fish & Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM) is coming to the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV from October 6-10, 2019! To learn more, go to www.OFWIM.org. Early registration ends August 9, 2019: https://www.regonline.com/2019OFWIM Submit abstracts by August 23, 2019: https://www.regonline.com/ofwim19abstracts Read More
The AFS Fisheries Information & Technology Section is conducting elections for the 2019-2021 cycle. As a current member, you are eligible and encouraged to participate. Please read the biographies of each candidate below, and then follow the link to vote. The election closes Friday, 2 August 2019. If you have any questions, please contact Paul... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes May 10, 2019 Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Sarah Agenda Announcement – Paul has taken a director position of a PhD program at Ball State. Stay tuned. Officer Nominations – Paul 2 nomination for President Elect: Tiffany Hopper Jason Doll Will have vote go live within the... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes March 8, 2019 Attendees: Kayla, Julie, Rebecca, Dan, Paul Welcome to Dan Weaver AFS 2019 Planning Update Symposium proposal (Advanced Tech) has been submitted as well as workshop (data management) proposal submitted. Need to start contacting potential speakers for symposium. Most of workshop is... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes December 11 2018 Officer and Committee Reports (Kayla, Rebecca, Julie, Paul, Guest: Steve Kambouris) Rebecca ESAB Procedures update Membership Services Survey being analyzed Julie Communication Committee-Strategic communications among AFS Formulating Procedures Brand Revitalization-membership survey ~1600 responses Communications position: One person from every division, Section representatives:... Read More
The Northeast Fisheries Science Center is hiring for several contract positions through Integrated Statistics. The positions primarily target people with technical backgrounds; however complimentary experience in environmental / fisheries data is desirable. Links to position descriptions below: Database developer: http://jobs.intstats.com/JobDetails.jsp?jobListingId=171 Fisheries video reviewer: http://jobs.intstats.com/JobDetails.jsp?jobListingId=170 Electronic monitoring API developer: http://jobs.intstats.com/JobDetails.jsp?jobListingId=168 Database project manager: http://jobs.intstats.com/JobDetails.jsp?jobListingId=167 Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes October 12, 2018 Agenda Officer Reports Committee Reports Communications Update Need for photo cloud storage? Did we shut down afsfits@gmail.com? Sarah will manage but need to find login Could keep as document storage and photosharing Sarah would like to update the website but needs input on... Read More
