One correction to the July conference call minutes:
where it says "Joseph expressed interest in doing some type of COSA event that explores organic philosophy and sociology and joins with...." it should read - "joins with the SSSA committee called the Council on History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science."
COSA Minutes – July 6, 2007
Present on call: Kim Leval, Chair; Walter Goldstein; Julie Dawson; Frank Kutka; Joseph Heckman; Kathleen Delate; Caron Gala
1. Announcements
- plant and animal breeding subcommittee meeting after this conf. call briefly to discuss subcommittee purpose
- check out website for new updates
- question about lobbying – can we lobby on behalf of COSA? Can we do a research fly-in
- Kathleen met with Harkin about COSA farm bill priorities as a private individual
-Minutes from May approved; no COSA meeting in June
-Events – SAC info for Summer meetings
2. Status of Roundtable Speakers
-Jerry Glover/Land Institute – how much $ does he need? Caron will contact
-Susan Andrews – already at the meeting; no funds needed
- Rob Mitchell – already at the meeting; no funds needed
- Jason Hill – needs around $750
-Julie Sibbing - needs around $550
-Kelly King - needs $1,000 to $1,200
3. Review of Roundtable
-Questions – We have three questions that the full group needs to review.
4. Fundraising update for Roundtable speaker travel and other
-Dianna Jerkins – funding from CSREES national program - $1,000
-Kim is working with Phil R. at WSARE – funding forthcoming, amount unknown at this time
-Kathleen is contacting Organic Valley and Pioneer
-Caron will ask Farm Foundation for donation
5. Discuss Tri –Societies Structure and COSA
-Division status means that we would have formal status and a budget for symposiums or speakers and we would have representation on the Tri Societies (one of the societies) board
-Cons – restrictions on our policy priorities? How would our goals mesh with the larger organization.
- We’d likely fit under ASA and we could have a seat on their board
- How does our becoming a division compliment or duplicate what A8 is doing?
- Kim will ask Pat Carr about COSA becoming a division
6. Review Possibilities for Events 2008 annual meeting
-discussed that we need a call to specifically plan ahead for 2008 and 2009
- We need a special COSA call to talk about 2008 and 2009 meetings and planning ahead for funding for workshops, symposium, speakers, etc. The 2008 meeting is in Houston, TX Oct. 5-9 and the 2009 meeting will be held in Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 1-5 Joseph expressed interest in doing some type of COSA event that explores organic philosophy and sociology and joins with other societies (sociological society?) for the 2009 Tri Societies meeting in PA.
-We talked about doing a workshop on participatory research methods with help from Laurie Drinkwater
7. Action Items
-send out SAC mtg info
-Caron will contact Jerry Glover about speaker funding
-Caron will send Kim the list of 3 questions and then Kim will send out to full committee for input
-Kim will send out the list of last year’s funders
-Kim will talk with Pat Carr about COSA possibly becoming a Division and how that will impact A8 and other Divisions
-Caron will find out what the process is for becoming a Division
-Kim and Joseph will work on making connections with the Animal Science Society and the folks who were at the ICL training about 4 or 5 years ago
- Kim will set up a special COSA call to talk about 2008 and 2009 meetings and planning ahead for funding for workshops, symposium, speakers, etc.
-Kathleen will try to contact Laurie Drinkwater through one of her interns that is working in Iowa this summer.
-Sub-Committee for Public Plant and Animal Breeding – will be meeting via telephone on the 9th or the 10th of July to discuss the new subcommittee and its work. Julie Dawson will set up the call and Walter and Frank will join it and Kim too.
