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Annual Dues 2012
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Annual Dues for the NIRS Consortium for 2012 are being invoiced at this time. Usually we are well under way with receiving payments for dues at this time of year. However, this year we have had substantial activity in NIRSC intellectual property work. The NIRSC has engaged the help of an IP attorney and we have developed an NIRS Consortium License Agreement. This license agreement will apply to all members of the consortium. What is so important about this agreement is that we are aiming to protect the work and achievements of our entire organization that all members have contributed to for years. So when a member makes payment for 2012 dues and signs the License Agreement, the agreement will be retroactive as of January 1, 2012.
The License Agreement will be sent to each member along with the invoice for 2012 annual dues. Please contact Patty Laskowski-Morren with any questions.
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Equations updates for 2012 are nearly completed! We have updates for all products and include updates to individual parameters wherever it would improve a product equation set. Of special interest is the completion of the 30hr digestibility equations for our products. We will have about 100 samples for each product for the 30hr equations, so we will immediately begin to take new spectra for further updates. We expect the equations to be ready by about Labor Day.
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The Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2012 have the same line-up as 2011 and is as follows: Tim Hoerner, President; Dennis Walker, Vice President; Steve Fransen, Treasurer; Jerry Dekan; Tom Griggs; Doug Harland; Neal Martin, Ex Officio; Maria Monteros; David Sevenich; and Glenn Shewmaker. Please see our membership directory for the location and business home of each of our board members.
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