More on IACC

Connie thank you for such a detailed review of the meeting. I attended my first IACC board meeting last month but the change of venue caused a problem this month. Your information is much appreciated!

Thanks for posting this, Connie. I am going to make time later today to sit down and read this. You are always so good at detailing these meetings. thankyou!

Three years as a daily newspaper journalist who was low woman on the totem pole paid off. I always got stuck covering all the board meetings. I swore I would NEVER cover another board meeting as long as I lived once I got into specialty newspapers. But, I made the exception to cover the animal info. Much more interesting than covering the hospital board or the school board.

Is that "Bored" meetings? :-)

Connie...a question and sorry if I'm sounding stupid. I just don't know too much about IACC...

Does the below mean that there's no vet that works at IACC? Depending on how you respond, that could lead me to several other questions.

g) Staff veterinarian or network of volunteer veterinarians who provide 24 hour
care. IACC has a contract with VCA for emergencies, but most of what was observed by
the investigators (lame paws, runny noses, runny eyes, wheezy chests) required a vet
on staff, not an emergency

There is no vet on staff at IACC. It is supposed to be up to the ACO whether an animal brought in needs immediate vet attention, but a kennel worker says that they have to really call a supervisor before they can call the vet. So, I'm not sure what the exact policy is. But, bottom line, there is no vet on staff. However, that was something board member Marcie Short brought up at the meeting. She thought they should have a vet on staff and Newman said it actually might not be out of the realm of possibility.