Patrick N. Williams, the V.I. Commissioner of Agriculture,
 served as co-host and vice president of CFCS. After greeting
 members, he suggested that the by-laws be amended to include
 provision for the election of a president-elect who would also
 serve as a board member, to work closely with the incumbent
 president, thus giving continuity and stability to the organiza-
 tion. Some discussion of the pros and cons followed. No ap-
 propriate provision is in the present constitution, and the general
 consensus was it should be pursued, but no action was taken.
 Dr. St. Claire Forde of Trinidad announced that CARDI has
 offered to serve as the 1985 host. This offer was accepted by en-
 thusiastic acclamation.
 Nominations were received for Board of Directors membership
 and officers. The new slate by acclamation comprised the follow-
 ing for 1985:
 Officers
 St. Claire Forde, President, Trinidad
 Carlos Cruz, Secretary
 Miguel Lugo-Lopez, Treasurer
 Board of Directors
 Darshan S. Padda, Chairman
 Alejandro Ayala, Puerto Rico
 Ronald Baynes, Barbados
 Lucien Degras, Guadeloupe
 Freddy Leal, Venezuela
 Ivan A. Nicholaas, Aruba
 Joseph R. Suah, Jamaica
 A special report was delivered by John Cropper (Barbados) on
the Caribbean Agriculture Information Needs special interest
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members of CFCS. The main thrust was the need to improve
interchange of iAformation between countries of the Caribbean.
This interchange would include information on research person-
nel, current information projects of member countries, an up-to-
date bibliography and information outreach to agriculturists.
Working recommendations included:
 1. In recognition of the importance of promoting the inter-
 change of information between agricultural workers in the
 Caribbean, the Caribbean Food Crops Society will prepare
 a directory of research workers and their projects as a first
 step towards a comprehensive Caribbean Agricultural In-
 formation System.
 2. The information unit of INRA in Guadeloupe has agreed
 to coordinate this activity and to seek financial support for
 its completion.
 3. We wish to recommend that two volunteers in each coun-
 try who are members of the Society undertake the compila-
 tion of national directories using a standardized format.
 4. The INRA Documentation Center has agreed to collate,
 index and distribute the directory to all countries
 represented in CFCS.
 For the Caribbean Aquaculture Society (whose annual meeting
was held jointly with the CFCS meeting), newly elected president
Andrew S. McGinty thanked members of the plenary business
meeting for the opportunity to meet with CFCS and proposed
that the two societies continue to meet concurrently.
 The CFCS gavel, newly prepared by the St. Croix organizers to
commemorate the 20th Annual Meeting, was passed by 1984
president Darshan S. Padda to president St. Claire Forde. The
meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m.


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