February 2012
Sharon Kerwin, DVM, MS, DACVS
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None this month. Suzy Cooke President 
As digital devices become more prevalent at DC Academy seminars, please remember that these devices should be used in the main seminar room for seminar support such as accessing or taking notes. Many members have been complaining about people using their cell phones and tablets to share personal photos among other activities while talking with colleagues during the presentations, especially in the rear section of the main room. This practice is becoming a significant distraction to others who attend the seminars to listen to the speakers. The break room is always available for collegiality during breaks and while the seminar is proceeding. Please keep your fellow members in mind while the seminar is in session.
We will continue with the process of having seminar handouts available only for those members that have paid the $45 fee to receive the notes and for guests that have the notes fee included in their registration fees. If you decide at the upcoming meeting that you wish to purchase the notes for the remainder of the program year, please do so at the registration table. You may also print the notes from our website by clicking on Member Services, enter your name and badge number and you will be redirected to the notes section of the website. We also are sending the notes to you by email one week prior to the seminar. If you have not already done so, please provide us with your email address as we will also be sending out ce statements in December and June by email.
The Elks Lodge has installed a password protected wifi router in the main seminar room. The password is Elks2188. Please note that the password is case sensitive and the "E" in Elks must be uppercase. WiFi is also available in the lower level viewing room, but, with a different password: elks2188 (all lowercase). Happy surfing!
The best way to have your help wanted and other notices posted on our bulletin board and website is to send the information to us by email in advance of the meeting. We can format the notice for both posting sites. Also, notices that are sent to us by email will be posted by 8:00 am the morning of the meeting. Please send your notices to admin@dcavm.org.
In keeping with our efforts to reduce expenses and continue to "go green", we made a few changes to the beverage service at the Lodge. We replaced the individual bottles of water with large bottled water dispensers and larger cups. These dispensers will also dispense hot water for tea. We also changed from small soft drink bottles to two-liter bottles of soft drinks. These changes will reduce our beverage service expense by nearly $400 per meeting and also remove a significant number of plastic bottles from the waste stream. If you have a reusable beverage container, please remember to bring it to our seminars.
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* Salad
Dr. Kyle Mathews, NC State University, will present on "Soft Tissue Surgery" on March 1.
