Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Al Kertz, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN
ARPAS Sponsorship
If you are going to only read one report in this newsletter, read Kenneth Cummings’ EVP report, as it is the most comprehensive, yet concise.
More specifically, I want to announce the new ARPAS Sponsorship program. In the past, there has been considerable corporate ARPAS sponsorship. But that has dwindled more recently due to a variety of circumstances. And it became a bit unwieldy with 3 levels of sponsorship. Thus, we decided to simplify and broaden the number of sponsorships.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Kenneth Cummings, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN
Another decade for ARPAS has been completed and it is time to measure our accomplishments and admit to our shortcomings over that period of our 35-year history. I have been the Executive Vice-President for this entire decade so I will accept my share of accolades for the successes, as well as the penalties for the failures. In my University teaching days, letter grades were used to measure an individual’s performance, so I think it is only fair to ask each of you to “grade” ARPAS, and also me, as to how well we met your needs and expectations.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Brittany Morstatter, FASS Executive Assistant & Event Coordinator
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
David K. Beede, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of AAS, PAS, Dipl. ACAN
This report is divided into three parts: I) performance data about the submission-review-editorial-publication process of Applied Animal Science (AAS) for 2019 compared with the previous 4 years; II) activities and changes in 2019; and, III) anticipated work and activities for 2020 and forward.
The journal can be found at: https://www.appliedanimalscience.org via the ARPAS member or the Elsevier/Science Direct webpages.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Dana Tomlinson, PhD, PAS, Diplomate ACAN
Our National ARPAS organization remains in a solid financial position. However, as I’ve been reporting during my tenure, we continue to gradually erode our strong financial foundation. To help address this situation, this fall we released funds from our savings investments to cover shortages in income, and therefore, helped return our organization closer to a balanced budget. Our total revenue and support positions continued to slide from a high in 2016, and fell $41,476 below 2018, due to slightly lower membership revenue ($2,973), reduced corporate sponsorships ($1,120), a realized loss in investment income ($30,640) and lower investment interest income ($1,934), yet had a slight increase in ARPAS Journal income ($518). We were fortunate again this year to incur lower administration and governance expenses $1,234, but these savings were nearly matched by an increase in ARPAS Journal expenses ($517).
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
N. Andy Cole, PhD, PAS, Diplomate ACAN
The ARPAS Foundation is in excellent financial condition with a balance of $214,792.98 as of October 30, 2019. This is in large part to the generosity of the ARPAS Executive Vice President – Kenneth Cummings who contributes a portion of his salary each year to the Foundation.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Heidi Rossow, Ph.D., PAS
Membership update, 31 December 2019:
MEMBER TYPE
| Associate Member |
70 |
| Board Certified |
166 |
| Complimentary |
1 |
| Corporate Sponsor |
8 |
| Emeritus |
41 |
| Graduate Student |
86 |
| Life Emeritus |
36 |
| Professional Member |
1,087 |
| Total |
1,495 |
Total exams given in 2019: 178
The Membership Committee has recently completed a video about ‘Navigating the ARPAS Exam’ – find it soon on the ARPAS website and social media accounts.
The Committee is now working on a video about the ‘Benefits of Joining ARPAS’, which is anticipated to be ready for viewing at the 2020 Annual Meeting in June.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
California Chapter
The California Chapter completed its annual CEC meeting on October 16-17, 2019. The topics included talks form Dr. Vandehaar on “Meeting the Energy Needs of Cows: How Much Milk Will a Ration Make?”, “Fatty Acid Inclusion and Utilization by Dairy Cattle” by Dr. Lou Armentano, and an update on the work the chapter has been involved in, with UC Davis and the California Almond Board on the use of almond hulls in lactating cattle diets. The trial work is complete and the associated papers are being prepared for publication. A copy of the agenda is attached.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
June 21 – 24, 2020 | West Palm Beach, Florida
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The ARPAS Distinguished Professional Animal Scientist award is bestowed annually on one or more emeritus members of ARPAS who have made significant contributions to the animal sciences during their active career and also served in a leadership position with ARPAS.