2023 plan for speakers should be $350 per hour with a $350 per diem. Motion made by McHughes to increase the speaker honorarium, Dr. Buchanan seconded, all were in favor. Motion approved.
B. Industry Representatives Nominees - Discussion of various names on Industry Nominees- it was decided to do an email vote on nominees later.
• Kawlin Firth, Boehringer-lngelheim- nominated by Daniel Levenson, DVM • Fawn Reely, DVM, Boehringer-lngelheim- nominated by Cordon DeKock • Andrea Matthews- Midwest Veterinary Supply • Susan Hopper, DVM, Petwell Parnters
C. SWVS Staffing- Dr. Cooper and Tina Garcia, CMM, CMP, CEM, CFRE discussed what SWVS needed to properly be prepared for this year. It was decided to hire a part-time admin help for call-in registrations and on-site at the information desk. It was decided that this part-time staff member would be hired ASAP. Dr. Cooper agreed that giving Tina Garcia, Executive Director of SWVS the discretion to hire this part-time staff member when needed. Dr. Levenson said that the VMAs should officially have a member/s help on-site.
D. The Board went into an Executive Session to discuss SWVS bonus structure.
Consent Agenda
V.
A. Reports from Partner States Executive Directors - Melanie Talley, CAE- LVMA promotion of SWVS and LVMA Winter Meeting
Tamara Spooner - NMVMA- NMVMA promotion of SWVS Cordon DeKock- OVMA - OKVMA promotion of SWVS Troy Alexander - TVMA- TVMA promotion of SWVS and Activities
B. CE Program - Dr. Trisha Marullo and Michelle Northcutt, CEM discussed the Tech Challenge Program and talked about how to promote it. Discussing of scrapping the Meet the Experts in 2023- going to see how 2022 pans out. Ended with a discussion of ticketed everts moving forward. C. Awards Committee - Discussion if anyone wanted to join Tina Garcia and Dr. Christie Hughes on the committee. Boehringer lngelheim was going to be sponsoring the Visionary Award and nominations were still open. Nominations were still open for the LTC Daniel Holland, DVM Memorial Scholarship.
D. Exhibits & Sponsorship - Angie Hickman, CEM discussed the number of exhibitors and current goals.
E. Marketing - Report - everyone agreed that AGS Marketing did a great job.
F. Industry Representatives Reports - Dr. Gayle Millard- Boehringer lngelheim Animal US- report submitted; TeleVet and Boehringer lngelheim announce strategic collaboration; discussion of supply struggles. Mondo Bridges-Zoetis - report submitted; Getting back to the new normal and the industry remains strong; Increases in every spend category; Gen X and Gen Z spending J.L. Bentley- Elanco - reported submitted; SWVS 2021 was a great show according to the staff that worked the booth; Growth continued with the acquisition of Novartis Animal Health
G. Registration Updates & September Itinerary- Tina Garcia, CMM, CEM, CMP - Discussion of registration numbers are higher than this time in 2021. Power Package numbers are strong.
The meeting adjourned at 2:06 PM
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