Now that we hvae an automated process in place (which works for most of
us), I wanted to bring a possible course of action to the group for a vote.
To this point, we have been producing certificates only for the Tuesday
seminars that provide RACE credits. However, I get quite a few requests
from people (especially our international attendees) for certificates for
our Free Friday Seminars as well.
I know that in this country they are little more than a piece of paper
(especially when you take the RACE stuff out of it), but I think they carry
a lot more weight in vet schools in developing countries.
At any rate, now that we can churn them out at little cost and fairly
quickly, I think they would be very appreciated and would look very good
for the organization as well.
This is how it would work - we would just have one person sign up for each
seminar, and following the seminar's end, I would send them a copy of the
names (everyone for paid seminars, just the attendees for the free ones),
much like I did this week. Then the person "on duty" runs them through
Autocrat (or can hand jam them in case of a small turnout (I think we will
be less than 100 for Small Ruminants on Tuesday). I'm going to do POLA
next week (we are currently at 140) and will give me a chance to further
polish my Autocrat skills.
I would like to put this to a vote on the committee, as it you will be
affected by it. I think overall it will lessen the workload..but it is on
your backs....
This idea has already been put to the Ad Hoc Meetings Committee (a group of
the Board who has meetings oversight, and although not all the votes are
in, we already have enough votes and no dissenting votes, so I will put it
to all of you.
I would like to finish discussion and voting (and you can just vote if you
want) NLT next Thursday, so we can start out August's FFS with a
certificate (it's John Cullen on Chronic Hepatitis and one you should all
be at! I've seen it about 5 times and its a great lecture.
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