SEAALAS News:

Membership Renewal Forms- 1/27/2010

2010 Membership Renewal forms for Institutional, Individual, and Commercial members will be mailed the week following the SEAALAS branch meeting. Please verify that all of your information is correct and return the form with your 2010 membership dues. Institutional members, please submit your form to your Institutional Representative.

New members may print out the Additional Member form under the INFORMATION link. In order to have your information printed in the SEAALAS Directory, we must have all forms returned no later than April 1, 2010.
Submitted by Lauren Luken  on 1/27/2010
Augusta Meeting Information- 11/28/2009
Links to information and registration for the 2010 Meeting and Awards Banquet in Augusta, Georgia can be found by clicking the "Augusta" Icon to the left.

A big thank you to everyone that submitted nominations this year.

Hope we see you all in Augusta in January!
Submitted by Chris C.  on 11/28/2009
Seeking Nominations for New SEAALAS Award- 10/27/2009
Bio-Serv Animal Welfare Award:
Sponsored by Bio-Serv, this award is presented annually to a person who has exhibited a positive impact to enrich, enhance, and/or improve the lives of animals, or the environment they work in regards to animal welfare.

CRITERIA:
A) Has enriched the life's of the animals they work with

B) Has enhanced the living environment for the animal colonies they work with.

C) Has positively impacted research and the morale of the animal care staff with improvements

D) Has displayed the 3R's (Reduction, Refinement, Replacement) in their plan for Enhancement and Improvement.

E) Has reduced or eliminated distress or created other benefits for the animals they work with

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. A person within the SEAALAS branch must nominate the candidate.

2. The person nominated must be a member of SEAALAS.

AWARD CONSISTS OF: $200 and a plaque

Due to the new nature of this award, the deadline for this year only will be December 1, 2009.

Please submit your nominations to awards@seaalas.org
(Word documents are greatly appreciated).

Submitted by Chris C.  on 10/27/2009
Updated Information on SEAALAS Golf Tourney- 05/11/2009
Good afternoon SEAALAS ~

Unfortunately due to scheduling conflicts with the International BioExpo and the limited planning time, the 1st Annual SEAALAS Golf Tournament will have to wait until a next year.

Thank you to all those who responded and volunteered to assist with the event - we will need you when planning time comes in 2010!

All the best and enjoy the rest of the week.

Respectfully,
Michael O'Connor
Submitted by Chris  on 05/11/2009
It's an Update!- 04/24/2009
Finally an update!

Things have been quite chaotic here at UGA and it has taken awhile to get to this update out. Several things are still in the works and are being tested as we speak. More details will follow in the coming weeks

I'll be working with Paula Cannela to create a nice vendor reference that should come in handy when you're looking for new equipment or PPE etc...

Also, in other SEAALAS news, preparations are underway for the 2010 Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet. Stay tuned for additional details

Please feel free submit any news/links/articles to ccarter@seaalas.org!

Thanks,
Chris
Submitted by Chris  on 04/24/2009