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ADSA Annual Presidential Report
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ASSOCIATION AFFAIRS ADSA Annual Presidential Report David J. Schingoethe South Dakota State University Brookings, SO
Continued progress and adapting to changes describe much of the 2000-2001 year for the American Dairy Science Association. This year ADSA experienced noteworthy mileposts such as "balancing of our books," introducing publications and services in addition to the Journal of Dairy Science, some changes in key personnel, a four-society annual meeting, and planning for the future of ADSA. This report will touch on some of these items. Financial. I am pleased to announce that ADSA is back to a positive financial balance after a couple of years of operating in the red. We still need to rebuild our reserve funds, but the outlook is good. Keeping a tight rein on expenses plus adding some new income sources contributed to the turnaround in our finances. We can thank outgoing Treasurer, Jack Van Horn, as well as former Executive Director Kent Williamson and others for their efforts in this area. Journal of Dairy Science. Time from submission to publication in the Journal ofDairy Science continues to decrease, important in helping us to get the latest research to readers as fast as possible. We are ready to begin online submission and review of manuscripts for the Journal, which will further aid our efficiency. Personnel from Manuscript Central are available next to the ADSA booth to demonstrate how authors· and reviewers can use this system. Our journal continues to be top quality, as illustrated by recent rankings by the Institute for Scientific Information (lSI). Their data indicate that the Journal of Dairy Science was number 1 in the Impact Factor out of 44 agriculture, dairy, and animal science journals for 2000 and 1999, and we ranked number 6 out of more than 90 journals in the food science and technology category. Other journals from the FASS group such as
Journal ofAnimal Science and Poultry Science are also highly ranked. Please convey this information to your university and business libraries, especially if the library is contemplating the elimination of some subscriptions. Other services. DISCOVER conferences, DASEES (Dairy and Animal Science Electronic Executive Summaries), and the Scientific Reader Series are of some of the newer services provided by ADSA to members and to nonmembers at additional costs. The highly successful DISCOVER conferences were started a couple of years ago by ADSA to allow researchers to discuss a specific topic in an informal setting. A fifth conference on "Milk, Dairy Ingredients, and Dairy Foods for the New Decade" will take place January 2002 in California. The ADSA Today online newsletter is now published monthly electronically but, starting this fall, we will also send out print versions a few times a year to be sure that all members receive this information. Through FASS we also offer several educational videos and fact sheets on subjects common to several species, and offer the FASS Talent Pool Database. Personnel. We started and ended the fiscal year with excellent Executive Directors, but they are two different people. Kent Williamson left this position February 1 for an opportunity he couldn't refuse. Brenda Carlson, who is no stranger to ADSA because she is a long-term employee ofADSA and FASS, replaced Kent. She was previously Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director of ADSA. After FASS was formed, she held several leadership roles in FASS and, from 1998 to earlier this year, was Executive Director of the Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association-one of the several organizations managed by FASS. The transition from Kent to Brenda has been quite smooth. We were pleased that during Kent's short one and onehalf years with ADSA he turned our financial situation around and started some innovative new programs. We thank Kent for all that he did for ADSA and wish him the greatest of success in his new position. For ADSA, Brenda is continuing and improving upon various ADSA activities, and we enjoy working with her. The FASS employees who work essentially full-time for
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ADSA, Managing Editor Jean Rice and Administrative Assistant JoAnna Wisniewski, continue to do excellent jobs for the society. Crystal Rothganger also now provides additional support for membership services and for the Journal ofDairy Science and other publications. Strategic planning. Our ADSA Board has continued the strategic planning that was started in 1999. We are fine-tuning the plan, including some revisions during,our Board meetings here in Indianapolis. The preliminary plan was summarized in the May 2001, issue of ADSA Today; the updated version will be published soon. First-ever four-society meeting. We are making history this year in Indianapolis with a joint meeting of four societies that are involved with the animal and food sciences. We in ADSA have agreed to meet with the American Society of Animal Science for the next several years. Our ADSA Board and the boards of the other three societies will all evaluate this year's meeting before making any decisions about future four- or three-society meetings such as this. We welcome input and suggestions from all of you. AnSA Centennial in 2006. ADSA will be celebrating its centennial in 2006. Yes, we are that "young," and a lot has happened in dairy science during the century nearly past. Past President John Campbell is Chair of the ADSA 2006 Centennial OversightfI'askforce Committee that is composed of a number of past presidents of ADSA. John has been a key member in spearheading our centennial plans. Ken McGuffey is Chair of the Centennial Planning and Budget Committee. Molly Kelley is the ADSA staff representative on these two committees. These committees are having their initial meetings here in Indianapolis and will inform us of centennial activities as they proceed. We anticipate several publications or other activities related to the history of ADSA; to the dairy industry; to research, teaching, and extension in dairy science; and some special events related to the centennial in 2006. Some activities may occur before 2006, while the 2006 annual meeting will be the time for the big event. Anyone with ideas that these committees should consider
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or anyone willing to assist these two committees can contact John Campbell, Ken McGuffey, or Molly Kelley. Membership. The number of ADSA members has plateaued the last couple of years. Graduate student memberships have increased, which is great because they are the future of our society. However, the number of professional members keeps slipping slightly and institutional memberships continue to decrease; both of these trends are possible concerns for the future. We all need to market the value of ADSA membership to our colleagues and to our institutions. For institutions, we can point out the high scientific rankings of our journal, that our journal is less expensive for institutions than most other comparable journals, and that institutional membership makes the Journal of Dairy Science more accessible for all ADSA members and nonmembers at the institution. Keeping and maintaining a strong membership is a key to maintaining a strong society. There are many benefits to being a member of ADSA; some of those benefits were listed above. In addition, members pay lower registration rates for attendance at meetings, can publish in the Journal of Dairy Science at lower rates, and can receive other benefits from ADSA at lower costs than can nonmembers. We all need to be sure that our graduate students are members of ADSA; it is very inexpensive for student membership, and they are the future of our society. We also need to constantly recruit new members from among our colleagues and associates in allied fields. Many people in fields related to the dairy industry-both Dairy Production and Dairy Foodsare likely candidates for membership in ADSA. Thus, we should not hesitate to suggest ADSA membership to those who we deal with-even those not directly involved with the dairy industry. And, we need to stress the benefits to institutions of maintaining their memberships. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as President of the American Dairy Science Association during the past year. Thanks to all of you ADSA members who volunteered to serve on the many committees of the society, as editors and reviewers for our journal, as officers of our society, and the staff in Savoy. We truly have a team effort.
ASSOCIATION AFFAIRS ADSA Annual Presidential Report David J. Schingoethe South Dakota State University Brookings, SO
Continued progress and adapting to changes describe much of the 2000-2001 year for the American Dairy Science Association. This year ADSA experienced noteworthy mileposts such as "balancing of our books," introducing publications and services in addition to the Journal of Dairy Science, some changes in key personnel, a four-society annual meeting, and planning for the future of ADSA. This report will touch on some of these items. Financial. I am pleased to announce that ADSA is back to a positive financial balance after a couple of years of operating in the red. We still need to rebuild our reserve funds, but the outlook is good. Keeping a tight rein on expenses plus adding some new income sources contributed to the turnaround in our finances. We can thank outgoing Treasurer, Jack Van Horn, as well as former Executive Director Kent Williamson and others for their efforts in this area. Journal of Dairy Science. Time from submission to publication in the Journal ofDairy Science continues to decrease, important in helping us to get the latest research to readers as fast as possible. We are ready to begin online submission and review of manuscripts for the Journal, which will further aid our efficiency. Personnel from Manuscript Central are available next to the ADSA booth to demonstrate how authors· and reviewers can use this system. Our journal continues to be top quality, as illustrated by recent rankings by the Institute for Scientific Information (lSI). Their data indicate that the Journal of Dairy Science was number 1 in the Impact Factor out of 44 agriculture, dairy, and animal science journals for 2000 and 1999, and we ranked number 6 out of more than 90 journals in the food science and technology category. Other journals from the FASS group such as
Journal ofAnimal Science and Poultry Science are also highly ranked. Please convey this information to your university and business libraries, especially if the library is contemplating the elimination of some subscriptions. Other services. DISCOVER conferences, DASEES (Dairy and Animal Science Electronic Executive Summaries), and the Scientific Reader Series are of some of the newer services provided by ADSA to members and to nonmembers at additional costs. The highly successful DISCOVER conferences were started a couple of years ago by ADSA to allow researchers to discuss a specific topic in an informal setting. A fifth conference on "Milk, Dairy Ingredients, and Dairy Foods for the New Decade" will take place January 2002 in California. The ADSA Today online newsletter is now published monthly electronically but, starting this fall, we will also send out print versions a few times a year to be sure that all members receive this information. Through FASS we also offer several educational videos and fact sheets on subjects common to several species, and offer the FASS Talent Pool Database. Personnel. We started and ended the fiscal year with excellent Executive Directors, but they are two different people. Kent Williamson left this position February 1 for an opportunity he couldn't refuse. Brenda Carlson, who is no stranger to ADSA because she is a long-term employee ofADSA and FASS, replaced Kent. She was previously Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director of ADSA. After FASS was formed, she held several leadership roles in FASS and, from 1998 to earlier this year, was Executive Director of the Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association-one of the several organizations managed by FASS. The transition from Kent to Brenda has been quite smooth. We were pleased that during Kent's short one and onehalf years with ADSA he turned our financial situation around and started some innovative new programs. We thank Kent for all that he did for ADSA and wish him the greatest of success in his new position. For ADSA, Brenda is continuing and improving upon various ADSA activities, and we enjoy working with her. The FASS employees who work essentially full-time for
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ADSA, Managing Editor Jean Rice and Administrative Assistant JoAnna Wisniewski, continue to do excellent jobs for the society. Crystal Rothganger also now provides additional support for membership services and for the Journal ofDairy Science and other publications. Strategic planning. Our ADSA Board has continued the strategic planning that was started in 1999. We are fine-tuning the plan, including some revisions during,our Board meetings here in Indianapolis. The preliminary plan was summarized in the May 2001, issue of ADSA Today; the updated version will be published soon. First-ever four-society meeting. We are making history this year in Indianapolis with a joint meeting of four societies that are involved with the animal and food sciences. We in ADSA have agreed to meet with the American Society of Animal Science for the next several years. Our ADSA Board and the boards of the other three societies will all evaluate this year's meeting before making any decisions about future four- or three-society meetings such as this. We welcome input and suggestions from all of you. AnSA Centennial in 2006. ADSA will be celebrating its centennial in 2006. Yes, we are that "young," and a lot has happened in dairy science during the century nearly past. Past President John Campbell is Chair of the ADSA 2006 Centennial OversightfI'askforce Committee that is composed of a number of past presidents of ADSA. John has been a key member in spearheading our centennial plans. Ken McGuffey is Chair of the Centennial Planning and Budget Committee. Molly Kelley is the ADSA staff representative on these two committees. These committees are having their initial meetings here in Indianapolis and will inform us of centennial activities as they proceed. We anticipate several publications or other activities related to the history of ADSA; to the dairy industry; to research, teaching, and extension in dairy science; and some special events related to the centennial in 2006. Some activities may occur before 2006, while the 2006 annual meeting will be the time for the big event. Anyone with ideas that these committees should consider
Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 84, No. 12, 2001
or anyone willing to assist these two committees can contact John Campbell, Ken McGuffey, or Molly Kelley. Membership. The number of ADSA members has plateaued the last couple of years. Graduate student memberships have increased, which is great because they are the future of our society. However, the number of professional members keeps slipping slightly and institutional memberships continue to decrease; both of these trends are possible concerns for the future. We all need to market the value of ADSA membership to our colleagues and to our institutions. For institutions, we can point out the high scientific rankings of our journal, that our journal is less expensive for institutions than most other comparable journals, and that institutional membership makes the Journal of Dairy Science more accessible for all ADSA members and nonmembers at the institution. Keeping and maintaining a strong membership is a key to maintaining a strong society. There are many benefits to being a member of ADSA; some of those benefits were listed above. In addition, members pay lower registration rates for attendance at meetings, can publish in the Journal of Dairy Science at lower rates, and can receive other benefits from ADSA at lower costs than can nonmembers. We all need to be sure that our graduate students are members of ADSA; it is very inexpensive for student membership, and they are the future of our society. We also need to constantly recruit new members from among our colleagues and associates in allied fields. Many people in fields related to the dairy industry-both Dairy Production and Dairy Foodsare likely candidates for membership in ADSA. Thus, we should not hesitate to suggest ADSA membership to those who we deal with-even those not directly involved with the dairy industry. And, we need to stress the benefits to institutions of maintaining their memberships. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as President of the American Dairy Science Association during the past year. Thanks to all of you ADSA members who volunteered to serve on the many committees of the society, as editors and reviewers for our journal, as officers of our society, and the staff in Savoy. We truly have a team effort.