NYCAAZK General
Meeting Minutes – Saturday April 20, 2013
Location: Bronx Zoo, Admin East, Curator’s Room
Location: Bronx Zoo, Admin East, Curator’s Room
Current Members:
Sarah Parker, Sara Koplish, Joe Nappi, Sarina Cella, Elizabeth Mills, Heather Tassler, Mo Ortiz, Michelle Medina, Robin Sutker, Cindy Maur, Danielle Steele, Flo Klecha
Future Members:
Lora Murphy, Kaitlyn Keys
Sarah Parker, Sara Koplish, Joe Nappi, Sarina Cella, Elizabeth Mills, Heather Tassler, Mo Ortiz, Michelle Medina, Robin Sutker, Cindy Maur, Danielle Steele, Flo Klecha
Future Members:
Lora Murphy, Kaitlyn Keys
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Training successes and trials share timeIdeas for scale
training
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Reviewed last meetings minutes
Upcoming Events
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Barnanza – Tuesday, April 30th 7:00 PM at Tavern on 3rd,
bring friends
o For future events we
are considering some sort of bring non-members get in free deal
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May Meeting/ Enrichment Bonanza – May 20th in Flaherty
Learning Center
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National Zookeeper Week – July 21-27th, night event, keeper
profiles, keeper grams, gifts
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BFR – Still approving venue, possibly Lucky Strikes
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Run for the Wild – April 27th
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Photo Contest live May 1st, please push interest on Facebook,
etc.
o Finishing up rules
o Will discuss if it
is worth it to produce a calendar, and if we do we will get it printed much
earlier
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AAZK National Conference call for papers deadline – May 15th
Treasurer Report of
finances
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Still have $5000.00
Updates
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We need to re-work our mission statement to reflect how
NYCAZZK has evolved since its creation.
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Thank you Michelle for all of your technical support.
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How can we make meetings more attractive?
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Do we have to meet every month? Can we meet at each
facility independently every month with a collective meeting only every few
months?
Committees
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Went over scoring guide for the travel grant recipient.
o VOTE: Unanimously
voted for approval by committee using scoring template beginning with October
travel grant.
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Travel Grant recipient presentation from Melissa Ortiz,
Queens Zoo Vet Tech
o Applying for the
Travel Grant to attend the Thirty-Third annual conference of Association of Zoo
Veterinary Technicians to be held Sept 5th to 9th in Seward Alaska by the
Alaska Sealife Center
o She will be
presenting this year on "Obtaining voluntary End Tidal Carbon Dioxide
values in awake California sea lions"
o The purpose of this
paper is to find out what CO2 levels sea lions live with comfortably while they
are awake, compare it to their anesthetized values
§ In the future
develop a case to see if this does in fact have to do with their dive reflex
o VOTE: Unanimously
voted YES for Melissa to receive grant. Good luck!
