MVCAC will be attending conferences of statewide associations in the fall and winter to further engage and educate audiences we have not had the opportunity to get our messages out to. MVCAC is looking for local districts to help staff the events and can be experts on mosquito and vector control issues.

Conferences include:

• CA Special Districts Association Annual Conference
• September 21 - 24, 2015
• Monterey, CA
• http://conference.csda.net/
• CA Stormwater Quality Association Annual Conference 
• October 19 - 21, 2015
• Monterey, CA
• https://www.casqa.org/events/annual-conference
• CA State Association Counties Annual Meeting 
• December 1 - 4, 2015
• Monterey, CA
• http://www.counties.org/calendar-conferences-and-events/csac-121st-annual-meeting

If you are interested in participating, even for one day, please contact Jenny Dudikoff who is organizing these events: jdudikoff@ka-pow.com

New this year, we are collecting all fiscal status information online through the MVCAC member portal.  Instructions on how to login to your district's portal account are below.  Once this updated fiscal information is received, we will send you your 2015-16 dues invoice.

1. Login using your district login information.  This is the main login that was provided to managers a couple of months ago, if you need it resent please email us at mvcac@mvcac.org.
2. Once logged in, please click the link titled: "Create Corporate Members Fiscal Status Report 2015-2016"
3. Enter the information requested: Total Actual Expenditures, Capital/Fixed Asset Expenditures, Operational Expenditures, and your name.
4. You will then see a confirmation page, please review the information you entered and then click "Save Changes"
5. After clicking "Save Changes" you should receive a confirmation email.  A dues invoice will be mailed to you by the MVCAC staff shortly after you submit your information.

We know many districts have not closed their books yet, so please submit your fiscal status reports when you are able.  We're hoping to have all dues payments received by September 1, 2015.
 

Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions or if you need any assistance logging in to or navigating the portal.  Thank you for supporting MVCAC!

Click here to view the guidelines for contributions

It is time to begin preparation of the Proceedings and Papers of the 83rd annual conference of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. There were many excellent presentations at the annual meeting in January in Monterey, and I am hopeful that the authors will choose to submit their presentations for publication in the Proceedings. Attached to this e-mail are the guidelines for submitting manuscripts; please read and follow these instructions in preparing your papers. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically and simultaneously to me (janwash@berkeley.edu) and Rachel Hickerson (RHickerson@amgroup.us). The deadline for manuscript submission is July 31, 2015.

West Nile virus dead bird testing and the WNV Dead Bird Hotline began on April 15, 2015. 

Live calls are being answered (1-877-WNV-BIRD) and online reports are being responded to (www.westnile.ca.gov). 

Agencies can bypass the message options by calling the agency line at (510-412-4601). This will connect you to the hotline operators. If you need to enter a dead bird report and obtain a dead bird number, please use the Gateway.