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MVCAC Fall Quarterly Meeting
October 31- November 2, 2018
Hyatt Regency Palm Springs
Hotel:
Rates are $164 plus taxes
*There is a small per diem block for those who need it. Please contact Rachel in the MVCAC office for information
Schedule:
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MVCAC Corporate Member Fiscal Status Report Submission for 2018-19 Dues
It's that time of year again! Please fill out and email or fax back this year's MVCAC Fiscal Status Report Form for your district's MVCAC dues to be calculated.
Dues for Corporate Members are due on July 1st of each year for the fiscal year ending June 30th of the following year. Unpaid dues will be considered late on September 1st. After September 1st, a late notice will be sent which will include a $50 late payment fee. Corporate members that do not pay their dues and late fee by October 31st will be dropped from the membership rolls.
Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions. Thank you for supporting MVCAC!
The MVCAC Staff
Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC)
One Capitol Mall, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-440-0826
Fax: 916-444-7462
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Reminder to Participate: Tick Surveillance Program Survey
If you have not yet participated, we would appreciate your response to this survey on tick surveillance & control programs in your area!
The five CDC-funded Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases are conducting a survey among public agencies in all 50 states and DC in an effort to understand current practices in tick surveillance and control in the US.
We would like to hear from individuals who are familiar with tick surveillance and tick control activities in their organization, regardless of agency or jurisdictional level.
The survey will be open until August 24, 2018.
We estimate it will take roughly 25 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
The purpose of this survey is to identify current efforts within federal, state, and county/local agencies on tick surveillance and tick control. Questions in this survey cover topics including the types of tick surveillance activities that are currently implemented, which ticks species are targeted, capacity for pathogen testing, and barriers to operating surveillance and control programs. We also hope to learn about discontinued tick surveillance or control programs that may have existed in the past.
Your responses will raise awareness of efforts by public health, animal health, and vector control professionals to define when and where people are at risk for exposure to ticks and tick-borne pathogens, and will help to identify gaps in resources to support tick surveillance and control initiatives. Results from this survey will be summarized into a report documenting where and how groups are conducting tick surveillance and tick control in the US.
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July Board Meeting Minutes Available Now
Full minutes and reports packet coming soon. Click here to login and view the July 19, 2018 Board Meeting minutes.
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87th Annual Conference -
Call for Papers, Presentations and Posters
The Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC) will hold its 87th Annual Conference on February 3-6, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame. You are invited to submit a paper or poster for presentation at the conference.
This presentation should be related to mosquitoes or other vectors, the disease organisms they transmit, or their surveillance and control. Presentations may be about research results, the development and testing of new methods, equipment or products, education, community outreach and the adaptation or development of new technology relating to vector research, surveillance or control, or the administration of a vector control agency.
Deadline for Submission:
The deadline for submission of "Request to Present a Paper or Poster" is
October 9, 2018
. Requests made following this date may not be honored and may not appear in the conference program. Please submit this request to: Rachel Hickerson, MVCAC Meeting Manager,
rhickerson@amgroup.us
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2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18
 Applications for the 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award will be accepted through
Monday, December 3, 2018.
The William C. Reeves New Investigator Award, memorializing Dr. William C. Reeves, who was a renowned University of California entomologist, is sponsored by the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC). The award is presented to the best scientific paper submitted and presented at the annual MVCAC conference.
The Reeves New Investigator Award application differs from the MVCAC Call for Papers, if you have an additional speaking topic for the Call for Papers, please
follow that application and guidelines.
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2019 MVCAC Annual Conference
February 2-5, 2019
Hyatt Regency Burlingame
Book your hotel room(s) -
click here
Rate is $199
Click here for the full schedule guide
(draft schedule - subject to change)
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HR resources for districts to use and to upload information into
District
Managers - Please upload your HR resources and information into this Google Drive along with using it for your own district.
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Northwest MVCD is taking a poll of how many agencies have a bee program.
If your agency has a bee program: Does this bee program assist residents with bees on their property, serve public spaces only or serve both residential and public spaces?
Please send your response to the survey questions above (and any questions or concerns) to Bill VanDyke at bvandyke@northwestmvcd.org
or call 951-340-9792 to discuss further.
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NPDES Coalition Report Filed with SWB
The 2017 NPDES Coalition Report was filed with the State Water Resources Control Board on behalf of the participating districts. You can access a copy of the report here (or by clicking below). If you have any questions or issues you can contact the MVCAC office.
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El Dorado County Environmental Management would like to recognize Stefan "Toogee" Sielsch for receiving the American Mosquito Control (AMCA) Boyd-Ariaz Grassroots Award for 2018. This award is given to recognize excellent performance and dedication by mosquito control field staff.
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Submit your district for the next Agency Spotlight
D
oes your agency have a success story, a staff member you would like to publicly recognize, or an innovation by your agency that you would like to highlight? "Agency Spotlight" on the MVCAC website is one way to share your story! Each submission which meets the specified criteria will be reviewed and posted on the MVCAC website on the Agency Spotlight page and highlighted on the homepage in the rotating feature box. Each story will remain posted for 1-2 months before being moved to a publicly archived page.
Interested?
Click here
to fill out an application!
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MVCAC News Briefs - Zika Updates
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Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media. The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding Zika.
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MVCAC News Briefs - Other Outbreaks
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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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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
mvcac@mvcac.org.
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MVCAC Sustaining Member Corner
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Note: MVCAC does not endorse the products below, but we do support our Sustaining Members
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Central Life Sciences has announced the release of Aqua Zenivex™ E20, a reduced-risk adulticide for mosquito control professionals.
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