Suzanne Webb
$50,000
NATL CONF ON INTERSTATE MILK SHIPMENTS
Virginia
2022 NCIMS Project Summary The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) requests scientific conference grant funds for the amount of $50,000.00 for the 38th National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments scheduled to be held April 7- 12, 2022 at the J. W. Marriott hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. The funds would be used by the NCIMS in the following manner: Travel Support for State Delegates: $25,000 would be used to support travel expenses for the state voting delegates who would not otherwise be able to attend the conference. Conference Services: $25,000 would be used to help offset conference expenses for items that are allowable under the grant. These expenses include rental of audio visual equipment that is needed to facilitate ease of viewing computerized projection of work documents and hearing critical debate on the proposals being considered by the members of the Committees, Councils, voting state delegates, FDA officials, and conference attendees. Funds will also be used to record conference proceedings and debate during voting on proposals by a hired court reporter. Remaining funds will be used towards printing of the conference program and materials. Due to extraordinary circumstances of the COVID pandemic the NCIMS conference that would have been held in 2021 was postponed until 2022. This left the NCIMS with a dire shortfall of operating income during 2021 and into 2022. Therefore, applying funds from scientific conference grant to help offset conference service and expenses will provide need revenue for continued future operation of the NCIMS. It is also anticipated that due to COVID that conference registration will be considerably lower than previous years generating less income to cover conference expenses.