Finance committee:
President Elect - Chair  
Treasurer

To propose a budget for each fiscal year to recommend to the Board of Directors.

·         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

Internet committee:
Tara Lang (web page)
Linda Campbell (Forum)
Ginny Price (Forum)

To coordinate the listserv and website, adding new information as needed and monitoring member’s access to the information.

Public Relations committee:
***Members Needed***
Kara Burns
Lynn Lower
Sherrie Yuschak
Marcia Ritchie

·         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.

·         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

Continuing Education and Programs committee:
Ginny Price - Chair
Donna Dyer
Marcia Ritchie
Leanne Barker
Kara Burns
 

·         To provide SVBT presence at selected CE meetings.

·         To serve in an advisory capacity for proposed continuing education programs or veterinary technicians.

·         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)

Membership committee:
Coresponding Secretary - Chair
Members at Large

·         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

·         Contact/email SVBT student members to encourage renewals post-graduation

Publications/Editorial committee:
Tara Lang – Chair
Richard Pusiteri
Amanda Eick-Miller 

·         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

·         Develop criteria for article submissions (i.e., outlines, etc.)

Scholarship committee:
Pam Mahlie - Chair
Cassandra Vong

·         Review submitted articles and select winner

·         Contact all submitting authors to notify outcome

·         Develop SOP for scholarship article submission and deadlines

·         Create topics for scholarship articles

Fundraising committee:
All Board of Directors

·         Acquire/secure funds

·         Seek, write and submit grants (i.e., scholarships for CE meetings, promotional educational material)

Specialty committee - AVBT
***Members Needed, see Accreditation Page***
Julie Shaw
Marcia Ritchie
Linda Campbell
Ginny Price

·         Complete all steps for VTS –animal behavior accreditation

·         Develop requirements for veterinary technician animal behavior internship

·         Submit accreditation proposal to NAVTA

·         Receive accreditation