¨ The AFDO President and the Executive Director participated in affiliate meetings and held periodic conference calls with AFDO affiliate presidents to provide information and listen to affiliate issues. The objectives of participating are to:
Ø Present information that affects AFDO affiliates and to obtain information that would benefit AFDO through participation or input of affiliate members.
Ø Solicit or just listen and understand affiliate needs for assistance, information, and input to, as well as from, AFDO.
¨ At the request of the Northeast Food and Drug Officials Association, conducted a survey of all six regional affiliate associations to ascertain current methods of operation and interaction, and to possibly identify issues that may need to be addressed to better facilitate the activities of regional affiliate associations and the interactions between AFDO and the regional affiliates.
¨ Assured that each AFDO affiliate was represented on every AFDO committee.
¨ Invited Regional Affiliate Presidents to attend the AFDO Board of Directors meetings held three times each year.
¨ Forwarded position statements, official comments and other issues of interest directly to the Regional Affiliate Presidents.
¨ Continued to encourage all Regional Affiliate Directors on the AFDO Board to be more communicative with their affiliates in regards to the activities of the association. This position is to serve as a two-way communication vehicle.
¨ Requested that Regional Affiliate Directors provide an update for inclusion in the Regional Affiliate column in News and Views.
