Current Consolidation
Documents:
Constitution &
Bylaws 5-12-2009
Recommended Consolidation
Plan 5-8-2009
Historical Consolidation Documents:
1996 Collaboration
Committee Report
2004
AOSA-SCST Rule Voting Procedure Study
2007 Consolidation Task Force Report
2008 Consolidation Presentation PPT
At the 2008
AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting the consolidation task force was asked to develop
a mission and vision statement describing the benefits of consolidation
AOSA and SCST. Please contact the working
group chair if you have any questions or comments about the draft mission
and vision statement.
Mission and
Vision Statements For a New Combined Seed Testing Organization
Vision of the new
organization:
To
serve agriculture in the area of seed testing.
Mission of the
new organization:
To
serve the seed industry by maintaining and encouraging the highest
professional standards and proficiency among its members and promoting
uniform seed testing methods through accreditation, research and method
development, and maintaining and updating the Rules for Testing Seeds.
The Association
will achieve this mission by:
- Educating
and accrediting seed technologists
- Developing
standardized seed testing methods and maintaining them in the Rules
for Testing Seed.
- Producing
and distributing educational materials for seed technologists.
- Providing
a forum for the exchange of ideas between seed technologists,
researchers, and the greater seed industry.
Benefits to AOSA
and SCST Members:
- Provides
one organization that represents all seed technologists and seed
researchers
- Indicates
solidarity to the seed industry, North America, and our international
colleagues
- Reduces
duplication in association administration, leadership, committee work,
and is a more efficient use of financial resources
- Enhances
the ability to determine seed research needs and conduct research to
improve seed testing evaluations through improved communication.
- Better
able to develop standardized seed testing methods.
Benefits to the
Seed Industry
(the term is used to include seed companies, regulatory agencies,
certification agencies, etc.)
-
Streamlines communication when the industry needs to communicate with
seed technologists and laboratories concerning their seed testing needs
- Provides
the seed industry with standardized uniform seed evaluation methods
- Continues
the high quality research that meets their seed evaluation needs
- Makes
available the latest publications for educating and training seed
technologists
- Allows for
one accreditation system for all of the seed technologists
- A
standardized and uniform set of Rules for use in seed quality
assessment, seed labeling, seed law enforcement and certification of
seed will be developed by one organization
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