Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

See attached summary of the joint PBCC/NAPB meeting.

1) Installed the new officers and committee chairs of PBCC and NAPB. They are as follows: PBCC: Patrick Byrne, Chair Jamie Sherman, Vice-Chair Mike Gore, Secretary Allen Van Deynze, Past-Chair Administrative Advisor, Eric Young NIFA National Program Leader, Ann Marie Thro NAPB: Elizabeth Lee, President Barry Tillman, Vice-President David Francis, Secretary Shelley Jansky, Treasurer Seth Murray and Jim Hancock, Web Editors Tom Stalker, Archivist David Stelly, Past President Communications & Outreach Committee: Wayne Smith, Chair Robin Goose, Vice-Chair Kari Hugie, Graduate Student Representative Education Committee: David Francis, Chair Shelby Ellison, Vice-Chair Heather Merk, Secretary Membership Committee: Donn Cummings, Chair Don Jones, Vice-Chair Aaron Lorenz, Secretary Advocacy Committee: Bill Tracy, Chair Awards Panel: Phil Simon, Chair 2) Planned, organized, and held the 7th Annual PBCC Meeting in conjunction with the 3rd Annual National Association of Plant Breeders Meeting in Tampa, FL, June 2-5, 2013. The meeting, entitled Positioning Plant Breeding for the Future, was hosted by the University of Florida. It attracted 164 attendees, including public and private sector plant breeding professionals, and a large number of plant breeding graduate students. The meeting format included plenary talks, breakout sessions for committee meetings, poster sessions, field tours, announcement of awards, and a banquet. 3) Worked with SeedWorld to develop short video interviews at the PBCC/NAPB joint meeting in 2013. They will be used in a variety of ways to promote the two organizations and the plant breeding profession. 4) Continued to define a framework for the structure and organization of the National Association of Plant Breeders and its relationship to the PBCC. As the two organizations mature, their respective roles and responsibilities are being clarified. 5) Provided oral and written input to the Plant Breeding Stakeholder Listening Session, organized by USDAs Plant Breeding Working Group on August 15, 2013. Coordinated this effort with the Crop Science Society of America and the American Seed Trade Association to deliver a consistent message to USDA leadership. Among the major points made by PBCC were the need to continue providing federalcapacity funds for public plant breeding programs, especially for minor and specialty crops, and to continue support for graduate education in plant breeding. 6) Began compiling success stories of public plant breeding programs, by soliciting input from the state representatives of PBCC. Stories are being compiled at http://passel.unl.edu/communities/pbcc. 7) Expanded and maintained the organizations current website (Plantbreeding.com and Plantbreeding.org) to post PBCC- and NAPBrelated activities, including monthly meeting minutes. Appointed a committee to design and implement enhancements to the website. 8) Published quarterly newsletters updating membership on PBCC activities and latest events, publications, and webinars of interest to plant breeders. 9) Distributed pamphlets about the PBCC/NAPB at the Crop Science Society of America annual meeting in October, the American Seed Trade Association meeting in December, and the Plant and Animal Genome meeting in January. 10) Solicited nominations and voted on awards - see point (2) above. 11) Began planning for the 2014 meeting, which will be hosted by Syngenta in Minneapolis Aug. 5-8, 2014.