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Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the International Flight Services Association is a global professional association created to serve the needs and interests of airline and railway personnel, inflight and rail caterers and suppliers responsible for providing passenger foodservice on regularly scheduled travel routes. IFSA's membership is dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of the multi-billion dollar inflight and railway foodservice industry.
The Association's Structure:
A Board of Directors governs IFSA, which includes the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, chairman and eleven directors. Of the eleven directors, eight represent the Active membership and three represent the Supplier membership. The Association's objectives are then implemented through a wide range of standing and ad hoc committees.
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Mission Statement:
Lead, develop and represent the global business interests of the onboard service industry.
The objectives are:
In order to serve the needs of the membership, we will:
- Provide a global forum to research, develop and communicate information to IFSA members,
the industry and the public.
- Develop and promote uniform guidelines of food safety, sanitation and security
for the onboard service supply chain.
- Represent the global interests of the Association before legislative and regulatory
entities
and other groups.
- Maximize industry participation and presence worldwide.
- Recognize exceptional contributions to the industry and develop future leaders.
The International Flight Services Association (IFSA) was officially launched in January 1966 when 43 industry pioneers attended the first commercial airline foodservice seminar at Cornell University. This seminar was the outgrowth of two previous meetings held at Cornell in 1964 and 1965.
From the first, the new association was guided by Dr. Gerald Lattin of Cornell who managed the affairs of the association until 1985. An annual conference has been held every year since 1966.
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Active Members
Active Membership is open to any bona fide airline, railroad or inflight or rail caterer. For purposes of these bylaws, an inflight or rail caterer is any company (i.e. a person, firm, partnership, corporation or department or division of a corporation) actively engaged in the conduct of an inflight or rail catering operation or operations on a full-time, regularly scheduled basis. Active Memberships shall be in the name of --- and on ---a company basis (e.g., a specific airline, under its corporate name, may become an Active Member), and may not be transferred or assigned.
Supplier Member
Supplier Membership is open to any bona fide vendor. For purposes of these bylaws, a vendor is any company (i.e., person, firm, consultant, partnership, corporation or department or division of a corporation) actively engaged in providing food or other products or services to entities in the transportation industry, including but not limited to airport or railway foodservice facilities, airlines, railways, and/or inflight or railway caterers. Supplier Memberships shall be in the name of --- and on --- a company basis, and may not be transferred or assigned.
Individual Membership
Individual Membership is available to individuals who wish to maintain a close relationship with the inflight or railway foodservice industry. Those eligible may include but are not limited to educators and persons not presently employed in any other IFSA membership classification, including those now retired from the industry. This membership category has no voting rights.
Associate Membership
Associate Membership is available to governmental or private, not-for-profit associations or agencies directly or indirectly involved in aviation, railway, inflight or railway foodservice, airport management, rail station management, public health, sanitation and safety. The IFSA Board of Directors must approve such associations or agencies for Associate Membership. This membership category has no voting rights.
Honorary Members
Any person who deserves special recognition for his or her outstanding contribution to aviation, Association service, government, public service or inflight catering, may be elected an Honorary Member upon being proposed for such membership by at least ten (10) Active and/or Supplier Members, and upon receiving a majority vote of the Board of Directors. This membership category has no voting rights.
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Purpose
The Membership Referral Program is designed to promote the International Flight Services Association, increase membership awareness in the industry and actively involve current members in the success of the association.
Benefits
The program will also provide financial benefits to current members and, as there is no limit to the number of referrals a company can recommend, it provides direct control over a company's expenditures for IFSA. Both the members and the association will benefit from this program.
For each referral that results in membership, a member company will receive a $100 voucher good for credit against any IFSA sponsored program such as conference registrations, tradeshow fees, membership dues, etc. As an additional incentive, should a company refer five members that join, they would receive $500 in vouchers and one free year membership dues (airline/railway $310, caterer $730, supplier $730). As an example, a supplier company referring one supplier, two caterers and two airlines or railways would receive $1100 in vouchers ($500 for the referral of five companies that join and one voucher for a supplier membership fee).
How to Submit a Referral
A "Referral Form" needs to be completed with both the company making
the referral and the referred company's information. The form is located below
this paragraph. Once the membership application is received from the company referred,
the current IFSA member who made the referral will receive a voucher. The voucher
can be submitted and applied to any IFSA fee at time of payment. All referral
forms must be sent to IFSA headquarters.
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