IAFS Outreach

IAFS Outreach

Purpose

Inform IAFS members of available outreach materials
Encourage IAFS members to promote AFS to the public
Record IAFS outreach events

Outreach Materials
• IAFS Brochure One page double-sided handout as a .pdf.
• IAFS Display Board ShowMax with Mural Graphics - Two 50w low-voltage halogen lights - Active display area: 36" x 74" - Molded in-storage compartments for literature - Velcro ready display surface - Weighs: 39 lbs

Click Here To Register your IAFS Outreach Event and/or Reserve the IAFS Display Board
• IAFS PowerPoint Slides
• Interested in providing aquatic resource education for your students or community? Get trained in the Go FishIN program, become a Crew Captain, and have access to educational materials and fishing equipment.

Current IAFS Outreach Event

April 2010*

Cami Miller, Ball State University

Activity: Earth Day

Group: BSU AFS

Location: Campus

August 2010*

Thomas Lauer, Ball State University

Activity: Activity Fair

Group: BSU AFS

Location: Muncie

*Display Board Reserved For This Event

Awards and Scholarships

Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program
Promotional materials:
- Brochure
- Poster
- Promotional and Recruitment Material Request
- CD
Contact: Kathryn Winkler
Hutton Program Coordinator
301-897-8616 ext. 213
AFS Awards
Student Awards
Student Scholarships

Register your Outreach Event

Are you planning an IAFS outreach event or planning on promoting AFS at a public appearance? Let us know so we can advertise your event here!

What would be considered
an IAFS Outreach Event?

Any event (public appearance, activity, etc) where an IAFS member describes and promotes AFS (parent, state chapter, or student subunit) to non-AFS people even when AFS is not the central message of the event or activity.

2010 IAFS Outreach Events

• Jan 26, Conservation Day at the State House
Contact: Jennifer Campbell-Allison

• June 5-6, Free Fishing Weekend
Contact: Clint Kowalik

• Aug 6-22, State Fair Fishing Pond
State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis
Contact: Clint Kowalik or Jason Doll

• Ball State Earth Day and Student Orientation Day
Contact: Tom Lauer

• Hoosier Outdoor Experience
Sep 18-19, 9am-6pm
Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis
http://www.in.gov/dnr/5009.htm
Contact: Clint Kowalik

2009 IAFS Outreach Events

• Jan 27, Conservation Day at the State House
4 IAFS members participated
Contact: Jennifer Campbell-Allison

• June 27, Northern Lakes Festival at Center Lake, Warsaw
Contact: Eileen Boekestein
574-372-5100 ext. 6446

• Aug 22, IAFS Day at the State Fair Fishing Pond
Contact: Dave Kittaka
812-279-1215

• Ball State Earth Day:

• Ball State Student Orientation Day:

• Other:
Student subunit outings
Outdoor/boat/fishing/sport shows
Field days, pond demos
Career days/fairs

AFS Education Section Info.

Fisheries Techniques Companion Visuals
The companion visuals for the second edition of Fisheries Techniques are now available. For each textbook chapter, a series of figures and a PowerPoint presentation were developed.
This project was undertaken by a special committee of the Education Section, co-chaired by Trent Sutton and Steve Lochmann. Thank you to the co-chairs, and especially to all the chapter authors and individuals who provided the figures.

AFS Policy: Education and Outreach

Need:
The Society's advocacy policies and procedures must be conveyed to newly elected officers and representatives at all AFS organizational levels. Newer members entering leadership positions often lack exposure or sensitivity to the Society's concerns about advocacy of issues. Longtime members may find advocacy a new experience in the AFS context, even though many other professional societies have assumed advocacy roles for many years. For these and other new leaders, the Society has and continually develops training and information programs that foster awareness of and adherence to established advocacy protocols.

Training and Information:
Society instructors offer leadership orientation each year at the AFS annual meeting, at annual Division meetings, and at as many Chapter and Section meetings as opportunities permit. This instruction covers advocacy protocols as well as introductions to AFS policies, the Society's Code of Practices, and Robert's Rules of Order. It will cover any training materials and documents that have been developed by the Society and its subunits as well as manuals, videos, or other media that record a relevant subunit's prior or current advocacy positions or roles. All members, and subunit officers in particular, are encouraged to attend any such orientation available to them.

Subunit leaders and developing leaders should stay abreast of Society and subunit advocacy activities as published in Fisheries, subunit newsletters, and other Society and subunit communications. They are expected to become familiar with the legal ramifications, risks, and liabilities pertaining to their professional activities as representatives of their Society and its subunits. Before engaging in any advocacy action on behalf of the Society or a subunit, members should be thoroughly familiar with these guidelines and with all related material in this manual. To help members and officers know about advocacy positions at all levels in the Society, a central registry of AFS positions will be established on an electronic information server at Society headquarters. Posted advisories will include the posting date, authorizing subunit, effective date, and the names and addresses of officials authorized by the Society or subunit to interpret the advisory.

Members and officers representing policies and positions of the Society or its subunits are expected to present themselves, their subunits, and their positions in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, including but not limited to matters of dress, language, demeanor, and sensitivity to the rights and opinions of others. Subunits are encouraged to institute multiyear progressions for elected officers or multiyear presidencies to expand corporate memory.

AFS Education Section
The EDUCATION SECTION of the AFS is an association of AFS members whose goals are to:

improve the quality of education for fisheries students and scientists
promote exchange of education information, techniques, and materials among educators and among educational institutions
foster improved communication and information exchange among fishery educators, employers, fisheries specialists, students, and the public.

At the Education Section website you will find information useful to educators, students, and other professionals interested in fisheries education. The website includes information on the background, governance, special activities, and functions of the EDUCATION SECTION, as well as many links of interest to fisheries educators and students.

Assessing AFS Student Needs and Desires: Survey Results

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Last Modified 01/23/10