Dinner Meeting

Jan. 24, 2013

New Professionals Event

Feb. 11, 2013

Dinner Meeting

Feb. 20, 2013

New Professionals Event

March 11, 2013

Student Night

March 21, 2013

New Professionals Event

April 8, 2013

Dinner Meeting + AACT Tabletop

April 17, 2013

New Professionals Event

May 13, 2013

Tanner Lecture

May 23, 2013

New Professionals Event

May 23, 2013

New Professionals Event

June 5, 2013

New Professionals Event

June/July, 2013

No CSIFT Dinner Meetings

Aug. 2013-Date TBD

Golf Outing

It has been a fantastic year for the CSIFT. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the leadership team and the volunteers for their hard work and unabated support throughout the year. 

In the last couple of months, I had received queries from some of you regarding the leadership opportunities in the section. If you are interested in serving the Section and want to be part of the CSIFT Leadership Team next year, I encourage you to contact Uwe Nienaber, the chair of Nominations Committee (uwe.nienaber@kraftfoods.com) right away. Uwe will be delighted to share with you the open positions in Executive Committee for 2013-2014 session of the CSIFT. 

I hope you had a great time at the December dinner meeting. The House and Program Committees certainly lived up to their reputation! Kudos to them for organizing a very special gastronomic delight for the holiday party... 

We will kick-off the New Year with a very special guest speaker, Dr Mark Whitacre, COO and President of Operations at Cypress Systems, at our dinner meeting on Monday, January 14 in Rosewood Restaurant & Banquets. Dr. Whitacre (aka The Informant) was the whistle blower in the ADM price fixing case in mid-1990s. Appropriately, Dr. Whitacre's talk will focus on "Challenges of Business & Ethics in both the National and International Arena". I encourage you to register for the meeting at your earliest convenience.

If you are interested in serving the Chicago Section IFT in this capacity, we would like to hear from you. As an Officer or Executive Committee Member, you should be active, attend the monthly meetings and participate in a committee. You will be involved in lively discussions and decision-making for the Section. This is a great opportunity to share your experiences and knowledge with fellow members.

These are the positions that we encourage you to run for:

• Chair-Elect (commitment of three years, serves as Program Chair during the first year, Section Chair during the second year, and Immediate Past Chair during the third year)
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Executive Committee members (4 positions open, commitment of three years)

Chicago Section IFT Volunteers needed to host 2013 IFT Chicago will be the location of the 2013 IFT Conference in July of next year. 

Although it seems far away, it will be here before you know it.  The local Section is involved in several activities to help plan the Conference. 

The Host Section Activities Committee will be chaired by Pat Sullivan and Linda Perucca, but we don't do it alone. There are several sub-committees involved as well. Many of the positions are filled, but we are still looking for a Co-Chair for "Family Activities." We are also seeking volunteers to staff all the sub-committee. If you are interested please contact the Co-Chairs of the committee. Volunteers receive (1) complimentary registration to IFT based on a contribution of at least (6) hours of assigned volunteer duties.

Hospitality - Brigid Heath at brigid.heath@yahoo.com or Carol Bender at cbender@lifewise1.com.  The primary responsibility of the Hospitality volunteers is to provide information and assistance to meeting attendees. Volunteers should be prepared to answer questions relating to area attractions, restaurants, cab fares, shuttle bus routes, directions to city activities, maps, sights, costs, certified and state approved baby sitters service, location of meeting rooms, etc.   It is suggested the volunteers know the location of all functions and attend the AMFE Host Section tour of the Convention Center which will be scheduled prior to the meeting.

Family Activities - Barbara Morley at bjm42@sbcglobal.net

The primary responsibility of the Family Activities volunteers is to staff the Family Lounge and to secure family videos, games, magazines, newspapers, information on local family entertainment and other items for use in the lounge

Fred W. Tanner Click on the photo to learn of this IFT member.

The Lecturer may be from any country, but preferably not from within our Chicago IFT Section. The award consists of an honorarium of $2,000, a plaque and reimbursement of travel expenses. The Tanner lecture will be presented in May 2013.

Nominations may be made by any Chicago Section member, and preferably but not necessarily, consist of a curriculum vitae and an accompanying letter setting forth the reasons for the nomination.

Nominations are due no later than December 30st, 2012, and should be sent to the Tanner Committee Chair:

Zuoxing Zheng

Kraft Foods Group

801 Waukegan, Rd.

Glenview, IL 60025

Tel: 847-646-3388

We had our white elephant gift exchange at Beer Bistro in the West Loop last Thursday (12-13-12).  

Pizza and craft beers were on the menu and some great joke gifts were given including: Holiday night-lights, cake-pop makers, travel size loufas, and Amistad on DVD (full screen version).

The sponsor for our February Whirlyball event which is our biggest event of is sponsored by Prinova and we would like to thank them for their generosity. We have two more event this year that can still be sponsored (Wine Tasting and End of the year Golf event).  

Look for updates coming soon to the Facebook group, CSIFT

website page, and email list. If you are not receiving monthly emails with

upcoming event information, please email Mike

at mdcarson2@gmail .com and request to be added.

Per our group members request, we are releasing the schedule of even

ASAP. 

Please make note of the following event dates in your schedules and register for these events ahead of time at the Chicago IFT Website 

1. January 24th 

2. February 20th

4. Aril 17th

5. May 3rd

6. June 5th

If you have any questions about a current listing or would like to post an employment notice, please contact Gary Wills, Chair, Employment Committee at (708) 214-6689 or at garwil526@aol.com.

 Any active member of the CSIFT may post their own job listing to the CSIFT LinkedIn, as well as in our newsletter.

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Carly was officially recognized at the annual College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarship Banquet, held November 30; Mike Wanous, representing CSIFT at the Banquet, presented her with the award.

Concentrating in Dietetics, she aspires to be a certified diabetes educator and investigate treatments for diabetic children and adults.

Carly is gifted, capable, and well deserving of this honor. While attending high school (Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Buffalo Grove, IL), Carly was a teen staff leader with Operation Snowball, a youth empowerment program. She was a musical performer with the Stevenson Showcase, an anchor for her high school radio and news network, and played intramural flag football for three years.

More About Carly Rosenberg 

We finished the last month of the Fall 2012 semester strongly with various events. Our department head Dr. Faye Dong is retiring after 10 years of service at U of I, and held her retirement celebration on Thursday, Nov. 29 th, 2012. Dr. Dong has interactedwith many students, graduate or undergraduate, in the department.

Each of us has some memories with her. The department collected

these feelings from students, and presented to Dr. Dong as a gift. It was a wonderful and memorable retirement party for both Dr. Dong and our students. The last AFT meeting was on Dec. 4th. Our previous club president came in and talked about the upcoming   college bowl, which will be held at U of I. At the time, many helpers will be needed, and we are calling for more people who are interested to participate. Students

can not only be more involved in our department, but also gain more leadership experiences.

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