Bulletin Board

Distinguished Members - Persons, who have rendered significant service to the discipline and/or the Association or achieved special qualifications in the bloodstain evidence field, may be invited to become a Distinguished Member. Advancement of an individual to Distinguished Member shall be done by nomination of the individual by a Full Member in good standing or the Executive Board. The nomination must be in writing and delivered to the President or the Secretary of the Association at least sixty (60) days prior to any Annual Meeting. The nomination will then be forwarded to the Membership Committee for review and a recommendation. The recommendation will be voted on by voting members present at the next Annual Meeting of the Association in which a quorum is present. Passage of the recommendation will be by majority vote. Not more than one person may be invited to Distinguished Membership in any calendar year. Each Distinguished Member will maintain his/her voting right as any other Full Member. Distinguished Membership in this Association will be a position held for life and all future membership dues will be waived.

Excerpts from "A Tribute to Dan Rahn", IABPA News, September, 2002 by Insp. Bruce MacLean (RCMP):

"At the time of his death, Dan was the president of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts. Dan put a tremendous amount of time and energy into this organization."

"Dan was without a doubt one of the finest forensic identification technician and bloodstain pattern analysts I have ever met. As you all know, he was extremely intelligent and possessed a gifted analytical mind."

Dan was a free thinker and born rebel. Dan was thinking 'outside of the box' long before there was a box and it became fashionable to do so. Dan was not adverse to having a contrary opinion. He was always a man ahead of his time."

This is a small grant for up to $500.00 intended to help an individual fund a problem-oriented research. The grants are limited to two awards per year. These grants are open to members and affiliates (at any level) of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts. Proposals should include:

v Cites of appropriate references (e.g. literature references, legal citations, etc.)

v Budget for project, including the amount requested from the IABPA and any additional funding awarded by other sources

v Issues relating to the harvesting, handling, transport and/or disposal of human body fluids. These must be dealt with explicitly within the proposal and should meet the accepted protocols for the jurisdiction in which the research is being conducted.

Deadline for Daniel Rahn Grant proposals is April 15. Brief proposals should be sent to the IABPA, 12139 East Makohoh Trail, Tucson Arizona 85749-8179/ USA by April 15 in order to be considered by the grant committee. In addition, an electronic submission of the proposal shall also be submitted to the Secretary/Treasurer of the IABPA at norman@bloody1.com. The deadline of April 15 is firm with no extensions. An announcement of the grant recipient(s) will be made at the annual conference in October of the same year.

The IABPA reserves first right of refusal for all publications resulting from the research. The grant recipient is strongly encouraged to present the results of the project at a regular IABPA meeting.