Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Minutes of the 2010 NCERA-213 Meeting, October 26-27, 2010 Washington, D.C. Recorded by David Schmale and reviewed/edited by Andy Michel and Roger Magarey Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Opening Remarks. Roger Magarey started the 2010 meeting of NCERA-213 at 8:25 am on October 26, 2010. The meeting was held in rooms 4103-4105 of the Waterfront Centre, Washington D.C. Advisors Report. Bill Ravlin presented our administrative advisors report via conference call. The midterm review is complete, and minutes are being submitted through the system. There was a discussion on the changing landscape with AFRI and funding for multidisciplinary projects. The Science and Technology Committee is developing a roadmap for agriculture consisting of 7 grand challenges. The NCERA 213 name change was a result of changes in research and extension agendas. The committee extends their thoughts and prayers to OSU-OARDC for a quick recovery from the tornado damage. State Reports. State Reports were presented in the following five areas: (1) Pathogens, (2) Arthropods, (3) General, (4) Population Genetics, and (5) Information Systems for Aerobiology and Plant Biosecurity. The presentations will be posted to a URL for viewing. Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Training Workshops. Roger Magarey provided an update of the training workshops discussion on October 25, 2010. The proposed workshops and associated individuals responsible for the workshops are: (1) Population genetics (Andy), (2) IAMS (Scott Isard), (3) Practical aerial sampling (Elson Shields), (4) Aerobiology/Meteorology 101 (Scott Isard/John Westbrook), (5) NAPPFAST/OBS (Roger Magarey), (6) Insect Ecology (Shelby Fleischer/Patrick Tobin), and (7) Pathways (Manuel Colunga-Garcia/Roger Magarey). The training materials from the workshops could be presented online and should be extended to graduate students. The group considered potential avenues to deliver workshops as online lessons via a peer-reviewed format. Look to ESA and APS as potential avenues for this. Planning Details for 2011-2013 NCERA-213 Meetings. Roger Magarey led a discussion for planning for the 2011, 2012, and 2013 NCERA-213 meetings. Roger read an email from John Westbrook that offered a suggestion of Dallas, Texas for the 2011 meeting. Andy Michel will set up a doodle poll to query a date for this. The group thanked David Byrne for volunteering Arizona, but present political circumstances make meeting there difficult for international participants. The group considered locations in Florida for the 2012 meeting, which will be an international meeting. Rob Meagher agreed to serve as the local contact for this meeting, and he will look into potential venues for the meeting in Florida. The group considered Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the 2013 meeting. Jeff Bradshaw agreed to coordinate local arrangements for this meeting. NIFA funding opportunities. Rick Meyer gave a presentation about NIFA and offered some words of wisdom about getting grants in tough times. His presentation considered changes in NIFA, with the realization that some programs may disappear. There still may be a new FY11 budget. NIFA Climate Change Program. Louie Tupas, National Program Leader for Climate Change Program, talked about the program and shared a chapter from a 2009 book on climate change. A group is working on a 2013 report, and Louie Tupas invited NCERA 213 to be part of new report, perhaps discussing migration issues and the movement of populations that are impacted by climate change. Education about climate change was also presented as a major need and priority for this program. Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities for Members of NCERA-213. Andy Michel led a discussion on potential funding opportunities for the group via a large, multidisciplinary effort. Shane Ross presented an idea centered on the idea of migratory barriers (geographical, developmental, atmospheric, environmental, regulatory (social/behavioral), economic, etc.). The discussion considered invasive spp., potential invasion routes, climate change impacting the distribution and establishment of pests, and a mitigation/adaptation focus relevant to climate change challenge area. The group then considered a general aerobiological framework (see attached table) that could be applied to ANY pest and cropping system. Human mediated pathways could be considered in the context of the framework (e.g., via Manuel Colunga-Garcias work). New Officers Jeff Bradshaw was elected as the new Secretary/Treasurer of NCERA-213, and Manuel Colunga-Garcia was appointed as the International liaison (a 2-year commitment) to NCERA-213. Andy Michel closed the meeting at 11:50 am.