NEBRASKA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

March 15, 2017

Quality Inn & Conference Center

Grand Island, Nebraska

Those present:ChairpersonBrent Van PattenRon WallmanVergil Heyer Jeremy Young Lisa Redington Lueen Mansfield

Roy Gehrt

Executive Director:Dina Michel, Hastings

  1. Discussion
  • Profit & Loss Statement for Lincoln
  • Discussed the survey from Lincoln Convention
  • Cost of reception on 2nd night was $1200 how can we have this better attended? Maybe call it a Member and Alumni reception?
  • On-line CE – Brent sent this task to the CoMark Committee
  • Winter 2020 will be Lincoln, get bids from Embassy and Cornhusker
  • Summer 2020 will be in South Sioux City – get bids
  1. 2017 Summer Columbus

Steak Fry Sponsor – Todd Grothuesen with Norbrook has agreed to do this

Small Animal – June 13&14 – Megan Grobman – Respiratory Disease- confirmed

Large Animal – June 13 –8 – 3 Jason Ahola – Animal Welfare topics – Confirmed for 5 hours

3:30 – 4 Russell Rice – E.coli

4 – 5 pmDennis Hughes - FAD

June 14 – Joan Bowen – small ruminant speaker - confirmed

Technician June 14 – Dr. Emily Hoard, Best Practices in Anesthesia - confirmed

Kramer’s/Claborn hosting a wine and cheese event.

Wallman suggested doing a Brisket for the 2nd night with chips, beans, coleslaw. Need to find a park to hold it in with electricity.

  1. 2018 Winter Omaha

Discussion about having a Merck reception/tour Friday evening

Small Animal – Jan 25 – 8 – 5Kelly St Denis – not confirmed – Mansfield to contact

Jan 26 - 8 – 12 noon continued

Joint session 1 – 3 Telehealth – Joint Session

3:30 –5 PDMP update

Large Animal Jan 25 8 – 10 Jeff Ondrak – Bull Fertility Topics

10:30 – 5 PM Calvin Booker Epidemiologist Grotelueschen

Jan 26 – 8 – 12 noon Jerry Stokka – Wallman

Possible accreditation module – Van Patten

Also discussed the idea of moving Telehealth and PDMP update to Saturday Practice Management and having 2 full days of feline speaker and have Stokka speak all day.

  1. 2018 Summer Lincoln

Need Steak Fry Sponsor

Large Animal – Wallman to talk with Brodersen about different wet labs such as Bovine Necropsy review, Bovine Pathology review, Bovine Hoof care.

With no further business meeting was adjourned. Next CE meeting will betentatively scheduled for May 17, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,Dina Michel, ExecutiveDirector