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January Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 8, 2021 Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Tiffany, Rebecca, Chelsea Introductions Update on filling volunteer positions (COC, Resource Policy, ESAB) COC: Chelsea Myles-McBurney, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Discussion of COC priorities Social media: Facebook and twitter accounts Ideas: member highlights, interesting new technology/papers, Fisheries... Read More

December Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes December 4, 2020 Attendees: Tiffany, Rebecca, Paul CFTC Development (Rebecca) Have a reasonable number and diversity of products. Can use this to send targeted letters to specific vendors. Rebecca to draft a letter Member volunteers to recruit vendors and encourage reviews (Kayla) Call to student... Read More

November Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

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... Read More

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes September 11, 2020 Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Rebecca, Tiffany, Dan Virtual AFS meeting FITS Related Symposia Action Item (Paul): Send reminder to members about FITS related symposia Big Data symposium (Dan) “Merging Data Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Science to Solve Big Problems” No live session... Read More

Executive Committee August Meeting Minutes 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes August 14, 2020 Attendees: Rebecca Krogman, Paul Venturelli, Tiffany Hopper, Kayla Key Virtual AFS meeting Big Data symposium (Dan via email) ExCom is discussing the symposium packages Live or not live CEC workshop (Paul) No report on workshops Action item: Paul to send email to... Read More

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes July 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes July 10, 2020 Attendees: Rebecca Krogman, Paul Venturelli, Tiffany Hopper, Kayla Key, Dan Weaver Virtual AFS meeting Big Data symposium (Dan) 9 presentations Pre-recorded talks with live discussion talks. Still unclear on process and waiting for further information from AFS leadership. CEC workshop (Paul) Meeting... Read More

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes June 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes June 12, 2020 Attendees: Rebecca Krogman, Paul Venturelli, Tiffany Hopper Virtual AFS meeting 150 booth postponed to Baltimore 2021 (general discussion) AFS is asking units to preview their exhibits to the membership via brief descriptions in Fisheries. We will keep an eye out for further... Read More

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes May 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes May 8, 2020 Attendees: Rebecca Krogman, Paul Venturelli, Tiffany Hopper, Kayla Key, Dan Weaver Sarah Grasty’s update (via email; could not attend): We are still planning to do a 3rd FITS article in Fisheries Magazine. Should know if/when that’ll be published within the next few... Read More

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 17, 2020 (delayed one week for ex-com members adjusting to the pandemic) Attendees: Rebecca Krogman, Paul Venturelli, Tiffany Hopper CFTC Rebecca relayed information and recommendations to Steve Kambouris for AFS 150 A major aim is to increase Tech Talk visibility. They will be “selectable”... Read More

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes- March 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes March 13, 2020   Attendees: Kayla, Rebecca, Paul, Dan, Tiffany Old Business Rebecca has fixed the email/newsletter issue. Limited to one user on mailchimp and limits on sending emails Difficult to manage as a group MailPoet has been activated on the FITS Site. Action Item:... Read More