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OFFICERS’ AGENDA: 7 Oct. 2015, 11.00 EDT, 16.00 BST

Agenda

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  1. Minutes of last meeting- None

Updates
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ActionS
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  1. IBC Victoria Update
  2. Call for Contributed Sessions out this week.
  3. Presentations of student oral competition will be handled after abstracts are selected. Poster sessions will be handled in the same manner. Need to keep numbers down by pre-selection.
  4. WNAR invited sessions
  5. WNAR young investigators session
  6. Registration being set up
  7. Sponsorship – letters are out

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  1. IBC Barcelona update:
  2. Need to notify IPC/LOC co-chairs – Elizabeth to notify everyone via email. Work with Charmaine to organize the IPC by next summer’s IBC.

Comments
ActionS
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  1. Executive Board & Governance
  2. Minutes – circulate to the Executive Board after the officer review them. Possibly publish a synopsis in the Biometric Bulletin.
  3. Follow-up from EB meeting
  1. Vote on Bylaws – advance email and then vote.
  2. Update P&Ps - Dee Ann to put in final form and uploaded.
  3. Notify Wiley/Biometrics EE re: page charges – Dee Ann to do, effective immediate.
  4. Notify IPC/LOC chairs (2018) – Elizabeth to notify
  5. Notify JABES editor of budget–Dee Ann to notify and prefer to contract with institution than individual. How procedures should be implemented.
  6. Advertise Network Funding program – Dee Ann to post on website and send notice to Regional officers
Need to draft a final document.
  1. Appoint Publication Review Taskforce – John promised!
  2. Memorandum of Understanding with ISI will be reviewed first and then sent to the Executive Board for their review.
  3. Prepare Budget draft – James & Dee Ann to move forward with this.
  4. Rep. Council almost complete -
  5. Rep. Council needs to put together Nominating Committee. Andrea to put together.
  6. Committee appointments: Jane Pendergast will continue
Finance: Laura Pla may be replaced. Elizabeth may reach out to an ENAR member in Minnesota to oversee the YSS activities at IBC. James will follow up with Angela Wood about rejoining and participating.
Comments
Actions
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  1. Regional Activities
  2. African Initiatives– John will talk with Andre Mead about what they are doing. Forshee responded to John and a call will take place next.
  3. Network/Inter-Regional program

Comments
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  1. Update on IBS standing committee activity
  2. Finance-
  3. Education –Journal club needs to be discussed.
  4. Editorial –
  5. Awards Fund – Revisions to Applicationready. Call for IBC travel awards goes out 1 Nov.
  6. Conference Advisory Committee-South Korea and China are in discussions.
  7. Communications – Website RFP is out for review; Biometric Bulletin published in HTML format for first time
  8. Rep. Council – Call for Honours & Awards, Network funding, YSS are all moving forward. Needs to forms Nominating Committee.

Updates
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Actions
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  1. Publications
  2. Need to notify Editors of EB decisions
  3. Chinese Journal needs to be reviewed again to make sure we’re aware of implications for IBS.

Comments
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  1. IBO Activities
  2. Review completed and staff met with Clarice and responded to questions. Final report is almost ready.

Comments
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Adjourned: Meeting adjourned at 12:15(EDT)

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