November 14 2019 OMB Meeting Materials

AOAC OMB MEETING MATERIALS

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PRELIMINARY ITEMS 

Call to Order/Introductions/Announcements 

a.

Boison called the meeting to order at 2:04 pm ET. Boison took a moment to welcome OMB members to their first teleconference meeting of the 2019 ‐ 2020 term and invited

members to review their information on the roster.

Review of AOAC Policy Documents 

b.

Boison called OMB’s attention to the AOAC policy documents, reminded all attendees to review the documents, and that the meeting will be held in accordance to these policies.

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Review and Approval of Draft Meeting Agenda  MOTION: For OMB to approve the agenda as presented. Gilliland moved, and Verdon seconded. Consensus: Unanimous. Review June 13 and 27, 2019 of Draft OMB Meeting Minutes   MOTION: For OMB to approve the OMB meeting minutes as revised. Wong moved, and Phillips seconded. Consensus: Unanimous.

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ACTION ITEM: Item IV.c., line 2 – replace “some many members” with “so many

members”

OMB Reports to the AOAC Board of Directors and Annual Business Meeting  Crowley provided an update on the OMB reports to the AOAC Board of Directors and Annual Business Meeting. Boison congratulated Crowley on being President ‐ Elect and

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thanked her on behalf of the OMB for her leadership.

OMB Monthly Teleconferences/Meeting Times and SharePoint  

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Boison asked OMB members to confirm if the second Thursday of each month at 2:00pm ET is still a good time for everyone to meet. There was no opposition to the time. Boyd then discuss use of OMB SharePoint site for OMB activities and materials. Some members expressed a desire to have more information on using SharePoint. ACTION ITEM : Boyd agreed to provide a tutorial on using the OMB SharePoint site.

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AOAC ANNUAL MEETING ACTIVITIES  

Updates from Official Methods Board Liaisons  

a.

OMB members provided updates on meetings attended during the Annual Meeting. OMB liaisons were not able to complete an update for all the meetings attended.

ACTION ITEMS: 

1. Add meetings that were held on Tuesday, Statistics, ERP for Low Lactose Methods;

meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday to November agenda

2. Inform Palmer Orlandi about a request for discussion with McMahon and Crowley resulting from presentation during ERP for Microbiology for Food and Environmental

Surfaces.

III.

OMB ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGY FOR 2019‐2020 TERM   OMB Activities and Strategy for 2019‐2020 Term   a.

McKenzie shared with OMB a presentation that outlines much of the work before the

OMB this year for their review.

Review of AOAC Methods  

b.

Gilliland and Gill mentioned the need for OMB to lay the foundation for requirements for reviewing Official Methods by which decisions are made to maintain as Official Methods or repeal. This was

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