A Statement of Purpose of the Organization of the American Oat Workers Conference
This statement, approved by the members of the American Oat Workers Conference, Minneapolis, MN on June 22, 1994, shall serve to delineate the purpose and organizational structure of an American Oat Workers Conference. This Conference shall be made up of scientists and other workers actively engaged in the improvement, management, and utilization of oats. These requirements being met, active participation in the Conference constitutes membership, and all attending members at a particular meeting of the Conference shall have voice and vote in all matters properly brought before the Conference during a regular business meeting to be held during each meeting of the Conference. The Conference shall meet at a time, generally every four years, and at a location to be selected by vote of the attending membership at the previous meeting of the Conference. The Executive Committee, described below, shall have the authority to call emergency meetings of the Conference as necessary.
The purpose of the American Oat Workers Conference shall be to advance oat improvement and culture in North America and the world by providing a vehicle for the:
a. Dissemination of information on current research.
b. Discussion of regional and continental problems of oat improvement and
integration of applicable research.
c. Encouragement of the exchange and preservation of germplasm.
d. Standardization of data recording and terminology.
e. Planning of regional and continental performance nurseries as
appropriate.
f. Preliminary announcement of planned cultivar releases.
g. Action on other matters that may properly come before the Conference.