Summer 2007 Newsletter : Report from 2007 AGM
The 41st Annual General Meeting of the UK Branch of WPSA was held at The Royal Clifton Hotel, Southport, during the Branch Annual Meeting. Minutes will be sent to all members with the papers for the 2008 AGM next Spring. Elections took place to fill two Council vacancies and for the important post of Branch Treasurer. These resulted in Dr Joanne Gatcliffe (British United Turkeys) and Dr Ceinwen Gilbert (Danisco Animal Nutrition) joining Council for the first time and Dr Kelvin McCracken being re-elected to serve for a further term of four years as Branch Treasurer. Congratulations to all of these.
Dr Paul Rose retires from Council
Sadly Council will now lose Paul Rose who has been Chairman of the Programme
Committee for the past nine years and largely responsible for the organisation
of nine highly successful Branch Annual Meetings. Paul has decided to have a
well earned rest from this office and that it is time for others to take over
the workload. He has done a tremendous job for the Branch over this time and,
at the previous evening’s Annual Dinner, the President thanked him on behalf
of all Branch members and presented him with a gift as a small token of our thanks.
This gift was a hockey stick to help him to enjoy his increased leisure time
next season. Dr Acamovic pointed out that it would now take four people to replace
the work that he did for the Programme Committee!
President Dr Tom Acamovic presents Dr Paul Rose
with a gift to mark his retirement as Chairman of the Programme Committee.
Future Events
he President reported that the UK Branch is planning to host a busy schedule
of international events over the next few years:
The 29th Poultry Science Symposium “Biology of Breeding Poultry” is
to be held at Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh from 23rd – 25th July 2007 and
is being organised by a group under the Chairmanship of Dr Paul Hocking (there
is still time to register).
The 16th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition to be held in Edinburgh from
23rd – 27th August 2009 (full details later).
The UK Branch intends to bid to host the XXIV World’s Poultry Congress,
probably in Glasgow, in 2016 in competition against France and China and will
make a presentation in Brisbane in 2008.
New Programme Committee
The Programme Committee, which does all organisation for the Branch Annual
Meeting, has now been reformed with four of its six members each taking responsibility
for one part of the organization:
| Chairman: | Mr Patrick Garland |
| Original Communications and Publication: | Dr Aaron Cowieson |
| Financial: | Dr Kelvin McCracken |
| Invited Speakers: | Dr Ian Dunn |
These members will be joined on the Programme Committee by the President and Dr Nick Sparks. So the Annual Meeting which, along with BSAS, will return to Scarborough in 2008, will see some changes. Members are now asked to ensure that they direct their communications to the correct committee member.
WPSA UK Branch
2008 Annual Meeting
The Spa Complex, Scarborough
Tuesday 1st – Wednesday 2nd April 2008
General enquiries: patrick.garland@alpharma.com
Papers:
aaron.cowieson@danisco.com
WPSA - UK Branch Administration 2007/2008
President |
Dr T Acamovic (2010*) |
Vice President |
Mr P W Garland (2010) |
Treasurer/Asst Secretary |
Dr K J McCracken (2011*) |
Secretary/Asst Treasurer & Membership Secretary |
Mr J A Parsons (2008*) |
Elected Councillors
Mr J A Ball (2009*) |
Mr M Kenny (2008*) |
Prof P Surai (2008) |
Dr J S Bentley (2010*) |
Mr S A Lister (2009) |
Dr W G Wakeman (2008) |
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* Ineligible for re-election.
Also Council MembersDr P M Hocking (2007). Chairman of Symposium Committee
Prof C C Whitehead (2008). WPSA Vice President (Co-opted to Council)
ProgrammeCommittee: Mr P W Garland (Chair), Dr T Acamovic, Dr A Cowieson, Dr I C Dunn, Dr K J McCracken, Dr N Sparks.
Symposium Committee: Dr P M Hocking (Chair, 2007) and Committee of Members
Representative on Egg and Poultry Industry Conference Committee: Mr S A Lister
Representative on Robert Fraser Gordon Memorial Trust: Dr P M Hocking (2011)
(Webmaster: Liz Archibald)
2007 PrizewinnersThe two recipients of the 2007 WPSA UK Branch Summer Vacation Awards have been announced. They are:
Emma Dicker of the University of Lincoln, whose project will be The
effect of egg size on growth of extra-embryonic membranes.
Rhonda-Lynn Graham of SAC Auchincruive whose project will be Comparison
of drinking delivery systems for laying ducks and their effects on welfare
and litter quality.
They will each receive £1000 to help them to undertake their projects
during the 2007 Summer Vacation and we hope to hear their results at the
2008 Annual Meeting.
The winner of the President’s Prize for the best paper to be
presented at the 2007
Annual Meeting was Daina Domahidi of the University of Glasgow who gave an
excellent paper Antimicrobial genes from egg white can be highly variable.
