Meeting Minutes August 31, 2020 - NCIFT

Executive Committee

NCIFT MEETING MINUTES


Meeting Minutes August 31, 2020

Executive Committee 2020-2021:

  • Jaspreet Walia-President
  • Anjali Ganpule-President Elect
  • Craig Rothe-Past President
  • Abigail Selya-Secretary
  • Erin Evers-Membership & New Prof.
  • Bruce Ferree-Symposium Chair
  • Terri Amerio-Bell-Treasurer
  • Xi Feng-Dir. At Large
  • Natasha Dsouza-Dir. At Large
  • Parastoo Yaghmaee-Dir. At Large
  • Jeff Sheasley-Dir. At Large (NV)
  • Sara Koohikamali-Dir. At Large
  • Alvin Loi-Dir. At Larg

Attendees: 8/31/2020

  • Jaspreet Walia-President
  • Anjali Ganpule-President Elect
  • Craig Rothe-Past President
  • Abigail Selya-Secretary
  • Erin Evers-Membership & New Prof.
  • Bruce Ferree-Symposium Chair
  • Xi Feng-Dir. At Large
  • Natasha Dsouza-Dir. At Large
  • Parastoo Yaghmaee-Dir. At Large
  • Alvin Loi-Dir. At Larg

1:33 PM Called to Order, Meeting called to end 2:00PM (PST)

Location: Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Minutes:

  • Introduction of new board members
    • Proposed new roles: Hornblower Editor, Social Media, Golf, University Liaison (to coordinate UC Davis, San Jose State and Chico),
    • Anjali-> Social Media
  • Vote: Dues for next term
  • Financial Report-Craig & Terri
  • Director at Large – Our charter calls for a minimum of 3 and we have 6!
  • Voting Compliance with IFT- We missed the February date and August election
    • We are double checking by-laws to validate we can appoint people (Craig to lead), ensure we are ready by December to follow IFT election format.
      • Treasurer needs to be a current member- update membership
  • New Proposed Committees:
    • University Liaisons- Erin to Contact- Maria(Chico state), Alex for University outreach opportunities
    • Education Committee-Bruce, Erin, Ashwini, Abigail, students
    • Golf Committee-Jas, Craig + 2-3 others
  • Event planning-Virtual for remainder of 2020, and need event ideas for 2021
    • Virtual event, happy hour?
  • Ambassador Program-Could goal to implement next term.
  • IFT Connect & Section Leader Resources refresher course (Craig will coordinate)
  • Current & Proposed Initiatives:
    • Scholarship evaluation and expansion to SJSU & Chico State- Need based, and to involve Charwitt who is incharge of scholarships for NCIFT
    • Science Fair judges
    • Central Valley IFT leadership development
    • CFS award program- ambassador to keep track of new CFS and recognize those people who are certified and encourage the program.
  • Member of the Year Award-Nikoo
  • Budget requests due to Jas & Anjali by Sept. 15​th​ please (NP, Education, etc.)
  • IFT-related dates and deadlines
    • August 31-Dues changes to IFT
      • Vote Not to raise the annual membership dues: Erin First, Jaspreet 2nd, Passed Unanimous by all attendees
    • September 24-Virtual Volunteer Leadership Summit
    • October 31-Financial Report Due
    • 80th anniversary for NCIFT Next Year-Bruce to look into first 50 yrs
  • Virtual Event Sept 3 (Networking for New Professionals) -Cooking & Cocktails
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PRESIDENT
Dr. Vivian Wu
USDA-ARS

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jagriti Sharma, PhD

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Dr. Zhongli Pan
UC Davis

SECRETARY
Dr. Gabriela John Swamy
SJSU

TREASURER
Dr. Nishtha Lukhmana
Premier Nutrition Company

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Ms. Erin Evers
SPI Group

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE

Leigh Schmidt

Shayanti Minj

Karen Dawes

Marika Lodle

 

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

NOMINATING & ELECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Parastoo Yaghmaee

GRANTS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Charlwit Kulchaiyawat

NEW PROFESSIONALS GROUP CHAIR
Ms. Erin Evers
SPI Group

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIR
Poonam Bajaj

SCIENCE FAIR AWARDS CO-CHAIR
Ms. Rachael Hung
Impossible Foods

SCIENCE FAIR AWARDS CO-CHAIR
Jagriti Sharma, PhD

SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR
Meredith Morris-Gaudreau