EQUINE | Annual Report
SAEVA President
Annual Report 2018
Dr. Manfred Rohwer
As we are aware it is a voting year for SAEVA and
this means a new leader and some new faces possibly
in the executive. This is always an exciting time and
lends itself to opportunities as well as some challenges
for the new blood.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the helm. I
have faced some exciting challenges within the
organization as well as improved our relationship
with our parent organization SAVA.
In my period as president I also had the privilege
to host the 50th anniversary of SAEVA (EPG) at the
Congress in Skukuza with a massive local turnout
of members and the largest ever contingency of
International Speakers. This I must thank Terry Casey
for and The Trade who where most supportive in
sponsoring speakers and ensuring the most amazing
Gala Dinner. Thank you Zoetis!
There have been many duties and responsibilities in
the role. I will give a short account of what we have
achieved and then goals that we as the executive have
set ourselves for the future. It all started three years
ago after a most enjoyable trip to the AAEP Congress
in Salt Lake City with Terry Casey where we had much
time to debate matters of SAEVA.
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1. The executive was planned to have a ‘Core’
executive to make meetings easier and decision
taking faster. The ‘secretary’ position was
reintroduced as we felt the demands on the
President were increasing and especially archiving
and safe keeping of resolutions needed to be
improved.
2. The regional representatives were increased
from four to six. Their terms of reference slightly
changed to become primarily involved in disease
reporting and then also getting involved in the
local SAVA congresses to improve equine content
rather than organizing local CPD themselves.
3. The Committees remained relatively similar but
for the introduction of ‘procedures and policies’.
This has however been a little frustrating as I have
not been able to finalize terms of reference for this
committee even though it remains very important.
There are detailed committee reports attached as well
as on the website, and I will not go into details of each
as they are clear to comprehend. Much work has been
done by the Congress organizing committee, headed
by Terry Casey, with a great venue and speakers for
this year as well as plans in place for 2019.
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