December Planning Meeting
December 6th - 7th, 2018
Hyatt House Emeryville
5800 Shellmound St
Emeryville, CA 94608
Members: The planning meeting is VERY quickly approaching. The meeting schedule will be available soon, but will follow the ones in the past. Thursday will be all day planning and Friday half day meeting. The hotel is accepting reservations until the 13th, book your room(s) now!
Hotel Information:
Guest rooms are available on the 5
th and 6
th - Rate is $171 per night. The hotel is accepting reservations
until 11/13/2018.
Here's how to book:
- Go to Hyatt.com
- Type in Emeryville and Select Hyatt House Emeryville/San Francisco Bay Area.
- Select check in and check out dates December 5, 2018 - December 7, 2018.
- Click on special rates and select corporate or group code and put G-MVCA
- Click find Hotels
- This should generate the discount.
Click here for more information.
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Webinar: Northeast CoE seminar on Invasive Longhorned Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis
Monday November 19, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
Dr. Allen Heath, together with Dr. Andrea Egizi and Dr. Richard Falco, will provide expert commentary on the biology, physiology, and ecology of the invasive tick Haemaphysalis longicornis,
and lead an interactive discussion.
Topics covered include the impact on livestock and considerations for control from the New Zealand experience of this invasive pest; and observations and findings from investigations of this tick in the Northeast USA.
All attendees must register.
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LOCAL LEGISLATIVE OFFICE OUTREACH WEEK: NOV. 12-16th
In order to facilitate a close relationship between member districts and their legislators, all districts are encouraged to arrange visits to their local legislator's home offices during the designated week. Many member districts are only able to connect with legislators during our annual advocacy event, and a local office visit may afford districts more time to better familiarize legislators and staff with vector control issues. There are currently no particular advocacy points for these meetings, but this may be a good opportunity to give a more comprehensive overview of mosquito and vector control operations, particularly touching on the safe and effective use of public health insecticides.
In order to help track these visits a spreadsheet has been placed on the members-section of the MVCAC website (
Advocacy and Legislation---Legislator Meeting Records). Please record your scheduled visits and any follow-up information in this section to assist in our ongoing outreach and advocacy efforts.
Thanks!
Conlin Reis, Legislative Committee Chair
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2019 MVCAC Annual Conference
February 3-6, 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)
More information on the Annual Conference coming soon,
stay tuned!
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CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019 - district interest?
To: Local Vector Control Agencies
As you may recall, in 2014 CDPH-VBDS initiated a program to test
Culex pipiens
and
Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes for
kdr-mediated pyrethroid resistance. The purpose of the program was to provide resistance profiles of local mosquito populations to help vector control agencies make informed decisions with regard to adulticide selection when needed. In December 2016, the
Culex kdr
program was discontinued due to the decreasing number of submitted samples.
VBDS was recently approached by local vector control agencies inquiring about the potential for reinstating the
Culex kdr testing program. Testing would be fee-based at $10 per mosquito.
Please contact me if your agency would be interested in participating in such a program. My contact information is below. Thank you!
Sarah A. Billeter, PhD
Associate Public Health Biologist
California Department of Public Health
Vector-Borne Disease Section
2151 Convention Center Way, Suite 226
Ontario CA 91764
Office: (909) 937-3443
Fax: (909) 937-3456
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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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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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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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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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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 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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FOR SALE: 2013 ARGO XTI Titan 8x8
OFFERED FOR SALE
: $15,000
2013 ARGO XTI Titan 8x8
487.2 Hours
Comes with 2 new tires and spare parts
Contact:
Douglas County Mosquito Abatement District
Krista Jenkins
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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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