KVMA EXECUTIVE BOARD MINUTES
KVMA OCTOBER 3, 2019 MINUTES 1. Attendees of meeting: Drs. Rodgers, Quammen, Barr, Peterson, Redmon, Dean-Hines,
Mirus,
Sunday, Shoulders, Smith, Reinhart, Giesbrecht, King, Weber, Cassone, and Vice. Ms. Hamelback and Lewis
2. Dr. Peterson made a Motion to accept minutes from August KVMA meeting. 2nd Motion by Dr. Rodgers. Minutes approved.
3. Treasury report by Dr. Dean-Hines: 2019 MAVC current attendee registration and sponsorship are increased from 2018 with final numbers to be presented at next KVMA meeting in November. Hilliard Lyons account currently at $505K.
4. Power of Ten Leadership program update by Dr. Quammen: participants to be presented at MAVC. 5. Review of contract discussion for Lobbyist Ms. Judy Taylor. Topics included the presentation of a 1-, 2-, or 3-year contract; defining the role as a board-designated liaison; a non-compete clause; fre- quency of written updates to the board, etc. Motion made to offer contract made by Dr. Shoulders. A second Motion made by Dr. Beckmann. Board approved moving forward with contract.
6. Discussion of 2021 location for MAVC. 7. Next KVMA meeting is the Board Retreat Nov. 15 and 16 at Belterra Resort and Casino, site of 2020 MAVC.
8. New members list reviewed. Motion made by Dr. Rodgers to accept. Second Motion made by Dr. Peterson.
9. Oct. 4, 2019, meeting will have special visitors; Drs. Johnson, Givens, Howe, Evans and Weale, representing Auburn University, AVMA, and Lincoln Memorial, respectively.
10. Dr. Weber presented the AVMA and House of Delegates report. Current topics and goals of the AVMA include furthering the use of veterinary technicians, debt crisis, cyber bullying, well-being, pharmacy hazards and national licensing. Legislative bills 205 and 288 concerning reporting abuse terminology mandatory reporting v. suspicious of abuse. KBVME current topics include changing the response time to a complaint against a veterinary license from 20 days to 30 days and the reduc- tion of cost of retiring a license.
11. Livestock Coalition sponsorship discussed. 12. Feline Fix program presented Ms. Hamelback. Program recommending spay/neuter cats by five months of age. Motion made by Dr. Peterson for the KVMA to formally support the program. Second Motion made by Dr. Reinhart. Motion accepted.
13. Meeting at recess until Oct. 4. 14. Introductions made at Oct. 4 meeting. Various topics with AVMA discussed and presented by Dr. Howe.
15. Meeting at recess until general meeting of members at Oct. 5 MAVC luncheon. 16. Oct. 5 meeting back in session at MAVC luncheon. Dr. Jen Quammen presented the POTL pro- gram, and Pet of the Year Award. Veterinarian of the Year presented by Dr. Alice Mills. Treasury report presented by Dr. Brigette Dean-Hines. Dr. Mark Smith presented the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Aaron Goodpaster.
17. Vote at large pertaining to amendment to Article 3, By Law 7, Section 7: ‘A Constituent Association Representative on the Executive Board (Constituent Association Board Mem- ber) must be present for at least fifty percent (50%) of executive board meetings per association year to maintain voting status. Determination of voting status will be determined by the Executive Director based on attendance in the previous association year Executive Board meetings. If a representative (or alternate) is unable to attend at least fifty percent (50%) of EB meetings per association year, that Constit- uent Association will become a non-voting member of the Executive Board for the next association year.’ Amendment Passed with motion and seconded and accepted.
18. Vote at large for nominees of Secretary/Treasurer (Dr. Dean-Hines) and Vice President (Dr. Aaron Rodgers) accepted.
19. Meeting adjourned.
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