Member Committees

SVBT Committees work because of member participation. Joining a Committee is a great way to contribute to SVBT and the field of veterinary behavior. Joining a Committee is simple, just email the Committee Chair listed in the table below.

Committee Newsletter
Newsletter Editor
Purpose
  • Publish the quarterly newsletter to arrive the first weeks of January, April, July, October

Submission deadlines: November 1, February 1, May 1, August 1
Goals  

Committee State Representatives
Members Needed
Purpose

The chairman will:

  • Maintain contact information for state representatives.
  • Contact state representatives on a quarterly basis to keep informed of their proceedings and to offer assistance if necessary.
  • Contact committee members quarterly to facilitate committee goals
  • Actively recruit committee members from un-represented states

Members of the committee will:

  • Solicit and write articles regarding behavior news of their state to be submitted to newsletter/publication committee on a quarterly basis.
  • Submit SVBT news release supplied by PR committee to State newsletters
  • Watch/report behavior news in their state
  • Supply SVBT brochures at annual state meetings
Goals
  • Develop outreach programs in cooperation with PR committee

Committee Finance
Chair: President-Elect, Treasurer
Purpose To propose a budget for each fiscal year to recommend to the Board of Directors.
Goals
  • Meet minimum twice yearly, initially to create budget and then review the created budget for possible changes in approximately February
  • Submit budget proposal for upcoming fiscal year to Board by March 1st

Committee Internet
Monique Feyrecilde (web), Linda Campbell (forum), Ginny Price (forum)
Purpose To coordinate the listserv and website, adding new information as needed and monitoring member’s access to the information.
Goals  

Committee Public Relations
Kara Burns, Lynn Lower, Sherrie Yuschak, Marcia Ritchie
Members Needed
Purpose
  • To promote the profession of veterinary technology.
  • To promote SVBT.
  • To develop programs for presentation to other professional groups and to the public at the direction of the Board of Directors.
  • Promote SVBT to the public and veterinary professions
  • Create News Release to be used by state reps in newsletters and in other situations as needed.
Goals
  • Develop presentational programs for public presentations
  • Create SVBT/behavior promotional posters for veterinary technicians to use in veterinary clinics
  • Develop press release for puppy classes for veterinary technicians to use
  • Develop/modify SVBT promotional materials (e.g., brochures, stationery)
  • Develop public speaking educational "kits" for SVBT members to use
  • Create promotional SVBT Booth (coordinate with AVSAB) — Kim Clark & Donna Dyer

Committee Continuing Education and Programs
Chair: Ginny Price, Donna Dyer, Marcia Ritchie, Leanne Barker, Kara Burns
Purpose
  • To provide SVBT presence at selected CE meetings.
  • To serve in an advisory capacity for proposed continuing education programs or veterinary technicians.
Goals
  • Contact/establish relationship with state tech organizations, vet tech programs, major vet conferences to offer behavior track
  • Develop speaker referral/resource list (Tara Lang volunteered for exotics/avian presentations)

Committee

Membership
Chair: Coresponding Secretary, Members at Large

Purpose
  • Create membership drive strategies
  • To promote membership in SVBT.
  • To work in cooperation with the Board of Directors on all membership drives and activities of SVBT.
  • To solicit student members from veterinary technician programs.
  • Create a code of ethics
Goals Contact/email SVBT student members to encourage renewals post-graduation

Committee

Publications/Editorial
Chair: Tara Lang, Amanda Eick-Miller

Purpose
  • To select topics from Veterinary Technician magazine list.
  • Solicit articles from membership
  • Edit submitted articles
  • Provide necessary feedback to submitting authors
  • Keep articles on file for future reference (time frame for how long on file?)
  • Solicit articles for NAVTA journal
Goals Develop criteria for article submissions (i.e., outlines, etc.)

Committee

Scholarship
Chair: Pam Mahlie, Cassandra Vong
Purpose
  • Review submitted articles and select winner
  • Contact all submitting authors to notify outcome
Goals Seek, write and submit grants (i.e., scholarships for CE meetings, promotional educational material)

Committee

Specialty: AVBT
Julie Shaw, Marcia Ritchie, Linda Campbell, Ginny Price
Purpose
  • Complete all steps for VTS –animal behavior accreditation
  • Develop requirements for veterinary technician animal behavior internship
Goals
  • Submit accreditation proposal to NAVTA
  • Receive accreditation