Greater Columbia Veterinary Association

Well tonight is the first meeting of the year for the GCVA (Greater Columbia Veterinary Association) and I am looking forward to a new year. Our officers meeting went well and I think that we have some great new ideas for 2008-2009. I think that veterinarian should all work together and function much like a family. Therefore, one of my goals as vice-president this year and president next year is to create stronger bonds between the members of our association. We are going to branch out from only having monthly meetings with a strictly medical topic. I want to try to have fun outings, community service projects, meetings with some non-medical topics, and any other ideas I might come up with that would encourage people to get to know each other as people and not just as doctors. I am a bit nervous that people will be a bit resistant to change (as they usually are), but I am hoping for the best. I love my current veterinary friends in the community and look forward to making new friends through my involvement in the club.