Minutes
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
8 February 2019 Attendees: Rebecca Krogman, Julie Defilippi Simpson, Paul Venturelli, Sarah Grasty Officer and Committee Reports President – Rebecca Nothing to report President-Elect – Paul Nothing to report ESAB – Rebecca Amberle on leave for a bit, Melissa has a summary report already being used regarding membership services Governing Board Reporting Tool is being... 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
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
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes July 27, 2018 Attendees: Julie, Kayla Officer Reports President President-elect Secretary-Treasurer Deposit of membership dues Past-President Communications Coordinator Grasty Updates Working on OFWIM poster, anticipate final draft by end of August Completed a flyer advertising FITS for distribution/posting at the annual meeting in August... Read More
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 9:00 am Central, May 18, 2018 Attendees: Rebecca, Julie, Kayla Officer Reports President: Rebecca Thank you to fellow ExCom for maintaining communication within the ExCom and with the membership, posting updates on policy and responding to email requests/discussions representing FITS. I could not do it without you!!! President-elect: Paul Paul was... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes March 16, 2018 Attendees: Kayla, Rebecca, Julie, Paul Officer Reports President (Rebecca) Secretary-Treasurer (Kayla) 2017 Annual Report Expenses/Income Time series (see below) Membership Currently at 395 Taxes have been filed Software proceeds for 2018 7273.20(all FAMS-64) Committee Updates ESAB (Rebecca) Putting together membership services... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 19, 2018 Attendees: Kayla, Rebecca, Julie, Paul Officer Reports President (Rebecca) We are currently trying to use new website forum. You should be able to subscribe to a forum and reply via email, but not sure if this function is working. This is... Read More
Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Rebecca Topics: Committee updates Electronic Services Advisory Board: -Website redo mostly esthetics and organizational. The website is really successful, but membership side still has issues. These issues are top priority this year. Will be surveying members in early 2018 for feedback. (Paul): not easy to change earlier career status to profession status,... Read More
Attendees: Kayla, Adam (Guest), Paul, Rebecca, Julie Topics: Sonar Software Request – Adam Kaeser: Adam Kaeser (Guest): At the Tampa meeting, Dan Buscombe presented on PyHum, a program that processes sonar data and classification substrate types within the sonar imagery. This is a big advancement for this field as the feature classification is currently done... Read More
