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Institute Affairs - Affaires de I'lnstitut Institute News What and where is the news of our Institute? What are the Sections and all the individual members doing? These im- portant matters appear to be a secret. Although "no news is good news", it is better to have some news. In spite of its steady and impressive growth, from three sm,all and widely spread groups of dedicated Food Technolol?lsts (Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver) in 1947-48 to 13 across Canada with a total of about 1,600 members, the InstItute appears to lack the ability to give its membe.rs a feeling of belonging. However, let us not forget that whIle the. work of the Institute must of necessity be borne by the NatIOnal and Section Officers and Directors, the enthousiasm for this work must stem from the individual members. The Institute is making progress in carrying out its objectives, but it can make better <progress, if all the members get behind the Officers and the individual members who chair and act on the Committees. This can derive from the development of the f Ppl;ng of belonging. From OIlT Meetings of Council, some ardent Directors return to their Sections charged with the responsibility of disseminating the news of their Sections among an the other mpmbprs. But a project of this natIlre can only operate if the individual members will co-operate. Many of our members travel widely. They should know what Section meetings th<>v can attend. All members should be intprested in knowing what transpires at the various Section meetings, especially those meetings of exceptional character. Very few persons obiect to seeing a short itpm on th<>ir transfers. promotions, and accomn'ishments in thpir chosen orofession, and on their private celehrqtions, such as Weddings, etc. Even noticps of Death, while being regrettable, are quite important. We have space al10ttpn in the Journal for such items. Let us use it and get closer together. It is now sevpn months since we held our Conference and six months since Presirlent McCabe asked the various Sections to spnr! Section ann Membership news to me so that it could be put in our Journal. To date, only three Sections have res- ponded, and they only in a limited manner, to this programme. TORONTO has sent releases on their activities in develop- ing the 1972 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME. No doubt, these have been sent to other Sections, but has the news spread among the members at large? Firmenich's Beth Harper has put together an excellent Committee. General Food's Keith Torrie, Chairman of the Technical Programme, already has a call out for papers, and anyone who is contemplating presenting a paper should make certain of it by prompt application. Jack Meyers of Stange is looking after all the non-technical affairs. He and Lipton's Don Gardner are probably now on safe ground, but, just in case, let us hope that they have a deal with Premier Davis that will prevent a Provincial Election on the day of the Banquet. Garry Knechtel of Ashner Foods has already got what appears to be an excellent Publicity Campaign well started. Nutro Technics' Bob Redhead will undoubtedly develop an interesting Exhibition, which is a most useful adjunct to any Conference. Other members of the Committee who are not so much in the limelight, but who, nevertheless, play a very important role in the develop- ment and successful operation of a Conference are Registration Chairman Bertha Smith of George Brown College; Canada Packers' Alison Towse, who, as the Secretary of the Committee, will be the "work horse" of the group; and Griffith's Jim Connell, who will be trying to keep a firm hold of the Purse Strings. The A3 Conference is in good hands and will likely be bigger and bett than ever. While on the subject of Conferences, you will be glad know that the Vancouver Section is already developing pI for the Conference in 1973. Now for some Section News: The TORONTO SECTION certainly started off their 1971·7 Season with a flair. A "Free Trip For Two" was the prize fo a competition to provide a new nam'e for their Section N Letter, The CIFTer, which name, unfortunately, no longer plies. Their September issue welcomed 28 new members, (l Professionals, 8 Associates, 6 Students, and 3 Transferees), an one member, Ray MacDonald, who has been reclassified as Professional member. And on page 3, there are details of a tri to the Barbados. But caveat emptor, dont relate this to th competition. The CIFTer editor is a Master of the Art "fine and blurred print". What a night they had for November 13! They went to "Arabia". At $15.00 per, it is good that " was billed as "One Night in a Thousand" and not as "A Thousand and One Night". But, perhaps it seemed like that to those who "Ozoued" too much. MANITOBA presented quite early its entire programme the Season. Time moves on so quickly and four of them arej already in the past. They will not, however, be forgotten quickly" if at all, they were all first class meetings. The one in Octobpr,: on Winnipeg's Water Supply, was exceptionally good and timely.' The following meetings are planned for the remainder of the season: " Tuesday, January 11, 1972 Presidential 'Visite and a Symposium Saturday, February 26, 1972 Annual Social Event " Monday, March 20, 1972 Food Packaging Wednesday, April 19, 1972 Annual Meeting " Dinner Meetings. They will be happy to welcome any member who should be in Winnipeg on any of the dates shown. Fo rparticulars about the meeting places, you should phone Programme Chairman Don Chunn at 284-1004 or Section Chairman Ruth Diamant at 474-9554. Congratulations To: - Past President George Andrich for so successfully represent- ing e.I.F.S.T. at the A.I.e. Conference in Lethbridge last July. Continued cordial co-operation between our two Institutes was stressed in the opening ceremonies of the Conference: Marion Vaisey, last year's Chairman of the Manitoba Section, who has taken a sabbatical leave from the Dept. of Home Economics at the University of Manitoba, to be Guest Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich: Dr. Reg. Gallop, who was named Lecturer of the Year by the International Institute of Food Technology: Jim Middag of Northern Sales on his election as a Director of the Canadian Spice Association: and Ben Berek of the Canada Dept. of Agriculture, WinniJpeg, who organized Canada's First Multidisciplinary Group of Professional Personnel to Combat Envimnment Problems and for successfully organizing a $200,000 Project for The Manitoba Scientists to Combat Pol- lution (MSCP) Student Employment project for 1971. Past President George Andrich, who is the Chairman of both the Nominations and Awards Committees, is a man of action, and knows only too well that all too soon we will find ourselves in the middle of next year. He has sent me the following release, which he trusts all will read and see that action is taken. Can. Inst. Food Science and Techno!. J. Vo!. 5. No.1. 1972
