Monday, December 19, 2022
Paul Beck, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAS
As I close out my time as President of ARPAS, it seems we have been very busy, but still have a lot that needs to be done.
Membership in ARPAS is still down, but the fall in membership last year was only about 40% of the reduction from the year prior. The reduction in Professional Member category was 60% of the total, which is problematic for the long-term sustainability of the organization. In the past-year we have added a new route to membership we are calling the Highly Qualified Individual membership route. The Bylaws have been updated to reflect this change and the Membership Committee has been repopulated to begin evaluating these nominations. The current Membership committee consists of Shelby Filley (Chair), Beth Kegley, Peter Erickson, James Quigley, Ryon Walker, Greg Martin, and Matt Beck. Thank you for your service to ARPAS.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Paul Beck, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAS
This last year has been a hardship on all of us, and ARPAS has also been affected. The online format to our professional meetings last year was great for maintaining involvement but did not supply the fellowship and interaction we thrive on to keep our programs centered.
The lack of in-person meetings has hampered our recruiting efforts, which usually occur at regional and national meetings of ASAS and ADSA among others. We are fortunate that Brittany Morstatter, Steve Schmidt, and our Examining Board had already been working on online testing, and we were able to administer ARPAS exams virtually.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Daryl Kleinschmit, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAS
First, I would like to wish all ARPAS members a happy and prosperous 2021. In addition, I hope all of us can get back to some level of normalcy over this new year, though admittedly, we may not know what that looks like yet.
One thing that 2020 has taught us as an organization is that we need to be adaptable to societal changes if we are going to meet the needs of our current members and recruit new ones. This challenge was successfully met head-on as denoted by the following two examples:
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Al Kertz, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAS Nutrition
The three major initiatives this past year have been the journal, sponsorship, and membership demographics. In the February Newsletter, I covered the successful rejuvenation of the sponsorship program. We have successfully renegotiated a new contract with Elsevier for co-publishing with FASS our journal, Applied Animal Science.
I highly recommend that you read Kenneth Cummings’ commentary to see all the other issues that ARPAS has encountered in a very much busier than normal but fruitful year. Likewise, read David Beede’s commentary about the journal. We have been blessed with the superb service of Brittany Morstatter and her colleagues at FASS in the operation of ARPAS.
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, September 11, 2019
Al Kertz, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN
ARPAS faces some critical and timely issues, and we are addressing them. These issues are the journal, sponsorship, and membership.
Monday, April 29, 2019
N. Andy Cole, PhD, PAS, ACAN
Members of the Governing Council and the Executive Committee of ARPAS have been busy the past few months taking on a number of issues and challenges.
The item that has occupied most of our time is our publishing agreement with Elsevier. We are starting the fourth year of our agreement with Elsevier to publish Applied Animal Science.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
N. Andy Cole, PhD, PAS, Diplomate ACAN
We are almost halfway through the ARPAS officer year.
We are sad to say that Cornicha Henderson, who has been the ARPAS representative at FASS for the past two years, has resigned and moved to another position. We thank Cornicha for her service and wish her the best in the future. Until Cornicha’s position is filled, Cara Tharp is giving us excellent help.
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
N. Andy Cole, PhD, PAS, Diplomate ACAN
I am truly honored to serve as the president of ARPAS for the coming year and look forward to working with the other officers, directors, and committee members. Thanks to John Bernard for his service as ARPAS president for the past year.
Congratulations to our newly elected officers (Al Kertz -- President-Elect; Mo Bakke – Secretary; Dana Tomlinson – Treasurer; Patrick French – ACAS President) and Directors (Dwight Roseler – Midwest; Tom Hickley – Northeast; Heidi Rossow – West; and Daniel Rivera – Southern). I look forward to working with them and other members of the Governing Council over the next year. Thanks to the outgoing officers and to those that were willing to run for office for their service to ARPAS.
Sunday, April 1, 2018
John Bernard
Spring has arrived, and everyone is preparing for another growing season. ARPAS is also examining how to maintain growth. Current membership in ARPAS is 1,418, which includes 63 graduate students. One change that your Executive Committee will recommend is the addition of a graduate student representative to the Governing Council. This is being recommended to bring another perspective and fresh ideas for the Governing Council to consider as we look at how we best serve the next generation of professional animal scientists. Details on how to nominate a graduate student will be available in the near future, so be thinking about someone you might nominate!