January 4, 2017

A review of the 2017-LI course schedule was given—not many changes from the last meeting on December 7th.  An update was given on the Spanish translation; the target is January 2017. The Food Safety Expert Invitation Letter is close to becoming finalized, in hopes to send an email blast to all Lead Instructors as soon as possible.

February 1, 2017

An FSVP update was given with the proposed dates for Combo Courses. The Spanish Translation (S2) will be piloted for the 2.5-Day LI course in Queretaro, Mexico (March 22-24). The Chinese Translation will be piloted in for the 2.5-Day Li course in Beijing, China course (March 29-31). The Japanese Translation will be piloted in Shibuya-ku, Japan course (February 6-10). The Outreach Subcommittee is beginning to strategize for future events.

March 1, 2017

Discussion focused on updating the current ISC Action Plan. The ISC POCs will re-review the Work Groups and their charges. The updated Action Plan will be posted on the FSPCA website under the International Subcommittee page.

april 5, 2017

Conversation of the possibility of bringing back Combo courses. This topic will need to be discussed further with the ToT WG. It was also suggested to bring back the HUB concept.

august 2, 2017

The International Subcommittee Work Groups all gave updates on course planning, translations, etc.

october 4, 2017

International HF LI courses (2017-2018) are projected to be held in China, France, Japan, and Germany.