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