October Meeting + Student Award Committee - Rosexec-list

11 Sep 2018

Hello All!

I closed the Doodle poll for the October RosEXEC meeting, and it looks like October 17th,
from 11:00 AM PST - 1:00 PM PST will work the best for most everyone (sorry Feli!). I’ll
look forward to chatting about potential new members of the group and setting up for our
January meeting at PAG in San Diego.

And, just a reminder, I’m still searching for a few more volunteers for the newly proposed
student award committee. As a reminder this was what I sent last week - and I’m searching
for some applied folks to balance out the committee:

U.S. Rosaceae Executive Group Student Awards:
Opportunities for awards and recognition are critical to the development of successful
scientific careers. Given its national and international scope, RosEXEC is uniquely
positioned to help recognize the outstanding work of researchers working on Rosaceous
crops. Giving out awards as part of RosEXEC should help to further bring together the
Rosaceae research community, encourage participating in RosEXEC, and help advance the
careers of the students and scientists who dedicate themselves to studying these crops. A
RosEXEC subcommittee is needed to develop the framework and process for giving out awards.
Below are some possible topics:

  *   Purpose and mandate – Ensure that giving out awards falls within the RosEXEC bylaws
and amend the bylaws if deemed necessary. Does RosEXEC need to engage the broader
community in adding this function?
  *   Scope and categories of awards
     *   National or international? Public/private institutions? Research areas
included?
     *   Categories? Graduate student, postdoc, young scientist (<5 yrs.), scientist,
career award, breeder releases and/or germplasm development, scientific paper of the year,
etc. The awards should reflect the diversity of the Rosaceae research community.
     *   Nature of awards? Certificate of recognition, plaque, monetary, etc.
     *   Funding? Sponsorship, GDR funds, other?
     *   Selection committee? Who should be on the committee and how will they be
chosen.
     *   Nominations? How will nominations be solicited and who can nominate?
     *   Award selection? What will be the process and criteria for selection of
awardees?
     *   Award presentations/announcements? When/where will awards be presented and how
will they be announced to the community.

With January 2019 right around the corner – I would like to get volunteers on board and
reviewing potential awardees’ documents so that the committee can make a decision and we
can have an award/certificate available to present at the January meeting next year.

If you would like to participate on this committee – I’ll take the first FIVE volunteers.
Please respond by 9/14/2018, if you would like to help make these rewarding decisions!

Cheers and Thank You!!
Mercy

Mercy Olmstead, Ph.D.
Sr. Mgr. Production Research and Education
California Strawberry
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