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• Lee Pickett was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)to serve out <br /> Susan Elmore's term as the ASAB representative to the Orange County Board of Health <br /> • However, that vacates Lee's position on the ASAB as a community veterinarian <br /> • Although the Clerk for the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)usually coordinates <br /> outreach, ASAB members discussed how the Board could help in recruiting candidates <br /> for the positions. <br /> • Animal Services agreed to distribute the vacancy notice to ASAB members so that <br /> members can reach out to veterinarians they know; pass it on to their veterinarians for <br /> distribution to their practices; and so forth. <br /> Succession Planning for ASAB representative to the Animal Services Hearing Panel Pool <br /> • Rachel Plast will organize a meeting between the current Hearing Panel Chairs—Edmund <br /> Tiryakian, Beth Grooms, and Amanda Schwoerke—and the two interested ASAB <br /> members—Casey Ferrell and Diane Obeid—to discuss more about the work of the Panels <br /> and the Chairs. <br /> Diversity <br /> • The ASAB discussed the need for increased diversity on the Board. <br /> • In the next eight months, the following vacancies will exist on the Board: 2 animal <br /> advocates; 1 certified animal handler/trainer; 1 veterinarian. <br /> • Members proposed various means to recruit candidates from underrepresented groups, <br /> such as: holding meetings at different locations, like Cedar Grove and Rogers Rd.; <br /> posting flyers in underrepresented areas; going outside of members' immediate networks <br /> to identify candidates; and so forth. <br /> • Bob reminded the ASAB that it can recommend candidates to the BOCC,but that the <br /> BOCC is the entity that selects the candidates. <br /> Old Business <br /> • Pat Sanford Award <br /> o The deadline for the award has passed, and there were two applications filed. <br /> o The Task Force will convene shortly to discuss the applications, and recommend <br /> a winner to the ASAB. <br /> • Rabies & Lyme Disease in Orange County <br /> o Ed Tiryakian briefly reiterated his view that public health authorities should be <br /> moving their focus away from Rabies to diseases transmitted from mosquito, tick, <br /> and flea bites, such as Lyme disease. <br /> o Ed distributed documents to members that were absent from last month's meeting. <br /> o Ed requested that the following items be included in the agenda for next month: <br /> ■ Discuss whether the ASAB should advocate that Orange County begin <br /> reporting both positive and negative Rabies test results; <br /> ■ Discuss whether the ASAB should seek related data from Animal Services <br /> and from the NC State Laboratory with respect to Orange County. <br /> o ASAB members briefly discussed Ed's comments <br /> New Business <br /> • Socially-Conscious Animal Community <br /> o Bob Marotto discussed this concept, and the history of the concept. <br />