| Accomplishment
Award
AAMP
member can be nominated to receive AAMP’s Accomplishment
Award for recognition as an up-and-coming meat industry
leader who has made strides in the industry. This award
targets newer members and serves as an example for the
“next generation” of meat business owners.
This award will be presented at the convention each year.
The AAMP Accomplishment Award considers companies which
have belonged as members of AAMP for ten years or less.
Code
of Ethics Committee
This
Committee serves as the body to review complaints which
AAMP receives about practices of its members, or to resolve
disputes arising among competitor members. The Committee
reviews complaints by mail and confers by telephone. If
disputes or situations cannot be resolved through review
or discussion, recommendations are made and submitted
to the Board of Directors for further action. The Code
of Ethics Committee meets during the annual convention
if it is deemed necessary by the chairman. Expenses for
attending the convention are covered by the individual.
Convention
Committee
This
Committee has the responsibility for overall planning
of the Association’s annual convention. It normally
meets in October of the year preceding the convention
to develop programs, workshops, social activities and
other considerations implemented. However, matters relating
to pricing for exhibit space, registration fees, or items
necessitating significant financial commitment are regarded
as subject to Board approval prior to implementation.
Committee members serve a one-year term and are reimbursed
only for their travel and lodging during the actual Convention
Committee meeting in the fall of the year preceding the
Convention being planned.
Cured
Meat Competition Advisory Committee
This
Committee is assigned the role of reviewing the classes
of competition and rules of the American Cured Meat Championships
and annually making recommendations to the Board of Directors
regarding this program.
Cured
Meats Hall of Fame Committee
This
Committee, created in 1991, is charged with the task of
recognizing those individuals who have excelled in the
craft of meat curing. Each year, nominations are evaluated
by the Committee, who recommends to the AAMP Board of
Directors an individual(s) to be inducted into the Cured
Meats Hall of Fame. A presentation is made at the AAMP
Convention at the American Cured Meat Championships Awards
Session. The recipient is given a plaque, and a duplicate
of the plaque is permanently displayed in the Hall of
Fame at the AAMP Headquarters.
Education/Training
Committee
This
Committee was established with the belief that a more
planned and formalized approach is needed to educate and
train Association members and others in the industry.
It is the mission of the Education and Training Committee
to determine the needs of both the membership of the American
Association of Meat Processors and the meat and poultry
processing and slaughtering industry in the development
of products and other needed areas, and to work toward
creation of the necessary media, through electronic, printed
and other technological sources, to provide the help needed
by the members and the industry in those areas.
Executive
Committee
The
Executive Committee is provided for in the AAMP By-Laws
and shall consist of the President and Secretary, and
at least one other member of the Board. Historically,
the Treasurer has been included as a member of the Executive
Committee because the treasurer has traditionally continued
to become the President. For purposes of continuity, the
Immediate Past President of the Association has been included
as a member of the Committee. Similarly, since the First
Vice President would succeed the President in the event
that he or she would be unable to complete their term,
past AAMP Boards have recommended that the First Vice
President be included as a member of this Committee.
The Executive Committee usually meets in late February
and other times by conference calls. Among their areas
of reponsibility: review the previous year’s financial
report and audit, make recommendations to the Board for
the new year’s budget, awards, provide advice and
guidance to the staff, verify the effectiveness of AAMP’s
overall operations, and make other recommendations to
the Board of Directors on matter of agenda items deemed
to be of a timely nature. The Association covers the travel
and lodging costs for members of the Executive Committee.
*The
Executive Committee has taken over the responsibilities
of the Property Management & Strategic Planning Committees.
Food
Safety & Science Committee
This
Committee, established by AAMP in 2000, will help the
Association to provide more scientifically-oriented information
to its members so they can meet the increasingly stringent
food safety directives from USDA and state inspection
programs. With USDA and state inspection regulations focusing
more and more on preventing pathogens in meat and poultry
products, AAMP believes that small meat and poultry processors
and slaughterers need more scientific resources and help
with microbiological issues to deal with and solve food
safety problems. The Committee’s purpose is to focus
on helping small meat and poultry processors and slaughterers
to meet the increasingly sophisticated scientific and
microbiological challenges that are posed by USDA and
state regulatory rulemaking and Congressional legislation.
The members of the Committee conduct their business mostly
via telephone conference and mail, whenever questions
arise that need scientific expertise to answer. The Committee
includes microbiologists and animal scientists from universities,
as well as representatives from the industry scientific
community.
Meat
Inspection/Governmental Affairs Committee
The
Committee represents a cross section of the membership,
including Federal and State inspected businesses, retail,
wholesale, custom-exempt, food service, and various geographic
locations. All Committee members, including the Committee
Chairman, are appointed by the AAMP President for a one-year
term beginning immediately after the annual convention.
The Committee officially meets once per year at the AAMP
Convention. The Meat Inspection/Governmental Affairs Committee
is charged with advising and making policy recommendations
to the Board of Directors on regulatory and legislative
issues affecting the meat industry and the Association’s
membership.
Membership
Committee
This
Committee of supplier, operator and other members is assigned
the role of development of membership recruitment and
retention programs. It closely tracks the work of the
Long Range Planning Committee in following up to consider
new areas of potential members and recommending programs
to the Board of Directors to help attract them as new
members. It also takes an active role in contacting non-members
about joining.
Nominating
Committee
This
Committee, appointed by the President, is charged with
providing at least one nominee for each open position
on the AAMP Board of Directors. Prior to the convention,
Committee members solicit suggestions from fellow Association
members in their geographical area. The Committee meets
during the convention to organize the slate for the election,
which is conducted at the AAMP Business Meeting. Following
the voting, the appointed tellers count the ballots and
verify the winners. Expenses incurred in attending the
convention are covered by the individual.
Outstanding
Service Award
The
Outstanding Service Award is an honor to be bestowed on
affiliated associations, officers, secretaries or leaders
by the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP).
In 1995, at the AAMP Board of Directors meeting, the Directors
voted to identify these associations and/or leaders whose
dedication and enthusiasm have elevated the association
to an outstanding degree. The AAMP Outstanding Service
Award will recognize noteworthy state, regional or provincial
associations or remarkable leaders. This Award may be
presented for past or present accomplishments. A plaque
is presented to the Award Winner(s), by the AAMP President,
at the annual convention of the American Convention of
Meat Processors. The Award Winner does not have to be
present to receive the Award.
Scholarship
Committee
AAMP’s
newest committee developed the criteria for the $2,000
annual scholarship to be given away at the convention
and also serves to screen candidates for the award. In
addition, the committee has worked to find ways to promote
donations to the scholarship fund.
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