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MOTION:
For OMB to approve the minutes as presented.
Salfinger moved and Gilliland seconded. Consensus: Unanimous.
e.
Update on OMB Report to the Board of Directors.
Crowley shared the update on the OMB Report to the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors.
f.
Update on OMB Report to the Annual Business Meeting.
Crowley shared the update on the OMB Report to the AOAC Annual Business Meeting.
g.
Update from Executive Office and AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors.
Sullivan and McKenzie provided an update on the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors
meeting and Executive Office affairs.
II.
OMB ORIENTATION
a.
McKenzie reviewed the Section VIII (Official Methods Board) of the Bylaws and the OMB Terms of
Reference. Additionally, she provided an orientation for OMB of AOAC policies, procedures, and
processes for standards development and conformity assessment activities and OMB Awards.
b.
McKenzie noted the following documents that will require revision by OMB:
a.
Selection of New OMB Members policy document
b.
Selection of Vice Chair
ACTION ITEMS:
a.
Staff to add Orientation to a future OMB agenda to finish reviewing.
b.
Staff to discuss internally the concerns raised by Editorial Board members regarding submission of
quality manuscripts to the journal resulting from stakeholder panels and ERP efforts and the ERP
members’ participation in Journal peer review process of method papers.
c.
Staff will then be discuss the status and any proposals to address any new or unresolved issues with
OMB and Editorial Board.
III.
OFFICIAL METHODS BOARD MEETINGS
a.
OMB Meeting Times
OMB discussed if the second Thursday of the month worked for OMB teleconferences.
OMB agreed to try it for October 13, 2016 at 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET
ACTION ITEM
: Schedule OMB teleconference for October 13, 2016 at 1:00pm ET
OMB discussed the timing of in person meetings and options to the current set up. OMB
decided on the following:
Winter meeting
Spring/Summer (June) meeting that may be optional
Annual Meeting – half day (9am – 1pm)
b.
OFFICIAL METHODS BOARD & EDITORIAL BOARD
c.
OMB Working Group on Method Format
Coates provided an update and offered to reinitiate the working group; however, a volunteer
champion would be needed.
Members volunteered included: Roman, Brown (Paula), Gilliland, Betz, Boison, Mastovska, Crowley,
Brown (Amy), and Coates.
ACTION ITEMS:
Invite chair of Committee on Statistics to participate on working group.
Paula Brown agreed to chair the working group.
d.
OMB Working Group on Candidate Methods
e.
Crowley and McKenzie briefed the group on the topic and the work of the working group to date.
Both groups discussed some of the concerns which ranged from needing to clarify SMPRs, to length
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