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| Jobs Interested in a career in mosquito and vector control? Check out the MVCAC Job Board at www.mvcac.org Have a Job or RFP to post to MVCAC.org? Requests to post job listings (no more than 500 words in length) should be submitted to the webmaster at kandosca@amgroup.us. |
Do you have important news to share about your district or mosquito and vector issues?
If you would like your news to be included in the MVCAC News Briefs, please send press releases and/or links to relevant news articles to mvcac@mvcac.org |
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| MVCAC Spring Board Meeting Minutes Are Now Availble |
| The minutes from the Board Meeting that occurred on April 30th, 2015 are available now in the Members Only Section of MVCAC.org. To view the minutes, login to the website and click on the "Agendas and Packets" tab. |
| Staffing for Statewide Conferences |
| 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
- CA Stormwater Quality Association Annual Conference
- CA State Association Counties 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 |
| CDPH Certification and Re-certification Updates |
| The Vector Certification Exam was held yesterday. The results will be posted by Thursday (May 28th) at the latest. For re-certification, all continuing education units must be earned by June 30th. Failure to attain the minimum CEU in any specialty area in which the technician is certified shall result in the down-grading of that technician to the Certified Technician (Limited) status. After June 30th, any technician lacking units may utilize a 6 month grace period to obtain the necessary CEU to maintain their certification before they are relegated to Limited Status. Please note that as of July 1st the approved programs from the 2013-2015 training cycle will no longer be available for viewing unless given permission by Mike Niemela. Please contact Mike Niemela (Michael.Niemela@cdph.ca.gov) if you have any questions. |
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| MVCAC Corporate Member Fiscal Status Reports |
| 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.
- 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.
- Once logged in, please click the link titled: "Create Corporate Members Fiscal Status Report 2015-2016"
- Enter the information requested: Total Actual Expenditures, Capital/Fixed Asset Expenditures, Operational Expenditures, and your name.
- You will then see a confirmation page, please review the information you entered and then click "Save Changes"
- 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! |
| Call for Proceedings Papers |
| 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. |
| July 23rd, 2015 Sheraton Grand Sacramento 1230 J St Sacramento, CA 95814 Click here to book a room or call 800-325-3535 Rate $149, until 6/28/2015 **The group rate cutoff is June 28th, 2015, book your room ASAP! Schedule coming soon!
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| Formerly hosted within the MVCAC Dropbox account, these files are available on the members-only side of MVCAC.org.
If you have files you would like to submit (ex. salary surveys) to be added to the archive on MVCAC.org, simply email them over to mvcac@mvcac.org. |
| West Nile Virus Transmission Identified Near Salton Sea |
| INDIO, Ca, May 21, 2015: Three more samples of mosquitoes tested positive this week for West Nile virus, bringing the total number of positive mosquito samples to seven for 2015. There were no positive mosquito samples in the Coachella Valley at this time last year. The samples were tested in the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District lab. Read more |
| Mosquitoes in Tulare County found with West Nile virus |
| Mosquitoes in Visalia, Dinuba and Orosi have tested positive for West Nile virus, health officials in Tulare County said Wednesday. The Delta Vector Control District reported the mosquito findings last week. Tulare County residents should be on guard to protect themselves as outdoor activities ramp up on Memorial Day weekend, health officials said. Read more |
| Gene turns female mosquitoes into males |
| The female of the species is more deadly than the male, the famed author Rudyard Kipling wrote, and that's certainly true for the mosquitoAedes aegypti, also known as the yellow fever mosquito. Only females feast on human blood, transmitting not only yellow fever but also dengue and several other diseases. But what if you could turn all mosquitoes into males? That's a possibility raised by new research that pinpoints the gene that determines whether a mosquito becomes male. Read more |
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West Nile Virus Dead Bird Testing and Hotline - Now Live!
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| 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. |
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