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<pre>Dear All

Little more than a year ago I thought about setting up this list for the
benefits of exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, and answering any questions
about Olives and Olive Oil. Since then, the list has grown and thanks to all of
you, it is now one of the leading cyberspace discussion groups on Olives and
Olive Oil.

To foster this growth and to improve the offering of this list, I am considering
setting up an advisory committee, a think tank if you will, consisting of 10
prominent members of this group to discuss ways and means to achieve these
objectives and to put forth plans for future development of the list. The
primary objective is to continue to improve the quality of the list to always
meet and exceed the expectations of the membership.

Therefore, I am asking for nominees for the Advisory Committee (AC) to contact
me directly by January 15th, 2000 at OliveOil-owner@onelist.com if they wish to
be considered for this committee. The AC will communicate through a private
list created exclusively for this purpose.

Priority consideration will be given to the following:

~ Senior members of this list (by seniority, I don't mean age, but by date of
subscription to the group)
~ Active participants
~ Nominees who provide me a brief bio and summary of their Olive and Olive
Oil experience
~ Prominent people in the industry (farmers, manufacturers, advocates,
experts)
~ Consumers

Best regards
Jamal Sadoun
OliveOil list manager




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<pre>Dear Jamal
Congratulaions on your initiative

If you require an Australian on your committee I would be happy to help.

Professor Stan Kailis
Professorial Fellow
Department of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
The University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia 6907
University addresses
Tel 618 9380 1644
Fax 618 9380 1108
email skailis @ agric.uwa.edu.au

Private
tel 618 9367 2622
fax 618 9367 2321
email kailis@ca.com.au


My parents were of Greek origin having migrated to Australia in the
early part of the 20th century. My background is in food, drugs and
health with a specific interest in edible oils. My research involves
field trials, olive fruit quality, olive oil quality and table olive
production and evaluation. I have behind me 38 years of university based
R&D. With olives I have conducted olive symposia, international olive
schools, olive propagation and table olive workshops. Olive symposia and
Olive oil workshops are planned for 2000 and in 2001 I will be
conducting an International Olive School in Italy. I have hosted in
Perth the following for the past programs - Italy (Professor Montedoro,
Professor Maurizio Seveli, Professor Agostino Tombesi, Fr Maurizio
Lambardi)) Greece (Professor Apostolos Kiritsakis), France (Professor
John-Baptiste Lousard) USA (Dr Louise Ferguson), Israel (Professor
Shimon Lavee) and Spain (Dr Juan Tous). I have inumerable Australian and
International contacts around the world.

Hope this is enough

if you require more let me know
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