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From the Desk of the EVP.....
We are now well into a new
administration of the ACVPM under the able presidency of
Dr. Peggy Carter. She very much
would like to encourage our members to sponsor and support
potential candidates among your various staffs and
acquaintances. These new candidates need continuing
support and we have requested 2008 diplomates serve as
mentors to applicants for the 2009 examination. This
simple and logical measure promises to sustain a higher
pass rate for future exams.
Our newsletter editor
mantle has fallen on the shoulders of Dr.
Deidre Qual who is chair of the Communications Committee.
All of us are exposed to particularly relevant news items
and noteworthy published accounts of developments in our
field and request these be forwarded to Dr.
Qual for review by her committee. Submissions may include
accounts of newsworthy events by individual members who
have attended a conference or been close to some event or
issue that may be apropos for our readership. So in the
functional year ahead, please support the Communications
Committee.
Under the purview of the Communications
Committee for the past year, is our website and I am
pleased to offer kudos for a total reconstruction of this
important function by our webmaster, Joe Adam. He has done
a terrific job with the graphics and functionality of the
site that you can ‘test drive’ at
www.acvpm.org. Look it
over and know that we now have the capacity for subgroups
to conduct dialogue as needed. Also check on your own
member listing and update address, phone and background
information. Many of our younger members move frequently
and it really helps if members maintain correct updates of
their listings.
Switching topics, officers have
been discussing ideas for fund raising as a means to
enhance financial health of ACVPM, independent of dues.
Publications and special training events are under
consideration. However I would like to challenge college
diplomates to do a little brain storming themselves on
ideas for a service or sponsorship or publication that we
could provide that may tap into our collective expertise.
If you have a suggestion or offering of some type, please
forward any ideas to President Peggy Carter at
PeggyCarterDVM@aol.com.
Also it’s ‘rush week’
for the EVP position and I encourage everyone to promote
this opportunity to potential applicants who may be
interested. Dr Mo Salman chairs the EVP search committee
and can be contacted at
M.D.Salman@ColoState.edu.
Russ Currier, 4 Sept
2008
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