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A Message from VOS President Nicole Ehrhart:
Dear VOS Members,
It's snowing in Breckenridge and the chairs are running!!! The picture you see above is from this morning at Breckenridge and serves as a great reminder for me to remind you that it's time to make your reservations for the 2010 VOS Conference at Beaver Run Conference, Breckenridge, CO February 20-27. In fact, if you make your reservations by December 15 2009, you'll get the early bird special. In the words of Noel Fitzpatrick, "Why not!!!" make your reservations early?
By every indication, the skiing and the science should be fantastic this year! The site of the 2010 conference is at Beaver Run Resort, located right at the base of the Super Chair and Quicksilver Six with access to the entire mountain literally steps away from the conference room and exhibit space. VOS has not been to Breckenridge since before the Beaver Run Conference Center was built and I think it will be a fantastic new site for our meeting. Lodging and conference rooms are located under the same roof and the main village with shopping, restaurants and night life within easy walking distance of the hotel. Based on your evaluations and input, we are going to make sure we continue all of the old and new favorites including the general meeting format, Poster session, Foundation Comedy Night, Foundation-sponsored Past-Presidents' Breakfast, and Radiology Rounds. In addition, the Foundation Black Jack fundraiser was a huge success last year and we will again have an opportunity for you to play the "house" for prizes.
Our Jacque Jenny Lecturer Series this year will be shared by Dr Stephen Withrow DVM, Director of the Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University and Dr Ross Wilkins MD, Director of the Center for Extremities at Risk in Denver, CO and President of the Limb Preservation Foundation . Their lectures will focus on the clinical and translational aspects of limb salvage in trauma, infection and cancer. Those of you who had the pleasure of hearing Steve Withrow's keynote lecture at ACVS about ten years ago will remember how inspiring he is and those of you who missed that lecture are in for a rare treat as Dr Withrow rarely does any public speaking for conferences anymore. Dr. Ross Wilkins is an equally gifted and inspirational speaker. Steve and Ross have been long time friends and their shared passion for saving the lives and limbs of children and veterinary patients has led to several pivotal breakthroughs in veterinary and human orthopedic oncology. You'll want to bring the family to these lectures.
Remember: If you plan to attend the 2010 VOS conference, please book your lodging through Daman Nelson Travel. Here is why this is critical for VOS. When we book conference and exhibitor space we commit to a certain number of rooms sold to leverage conference room facilities, discounted food pricing and event space. If we do not make our minimums, the VOS picks up the extra costs. This means banquet and picnic prices increase, food prices increase and meeting space becomes hugely expensive. When you book through the official travel agent, Daman Nelson Travel, all rooms sold count toward our minimums. Outside bookings do not count. We have been working closely with Damon Nelson Travel to address the concerns of the membership. After listening to membership feedback regarding ease of booking travel and the need for a la carte price comparison with published web pricing, I am pleased to announce some very important changes in our travel brochure and web page. Please take a moment to look at the changes in the brochure online as well as at our website at www.vosdvm.org and www.vosreservations.com, where you can now see the room prices per night, layouts, see pictures of the types of room, choose options with regard to numbers of nights needed, amenities within each room, numbers of lift tickets needed, etc. This will allow you to determine how many people can be accommodated and how much the room charge will be per person. In addition, if you find a less expensive published price on the web or anywhere, please contact Damon Nelson directly with that information and they will match that price! This should help make room pricing per night more transparent than it has been in the past and assure the membership they are getting the best value while still allowing VOS to leverage the rooms sold for discounts on meeting costs.
I look forward to seeing you all in Breckenridge. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions or comments as we continue to countdown to a successful 2010 VOS Conference!
See You in Breckenridge!
Nicole Ehrhart
Nicole.ehrhart@colostate.edu
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Upcoming meeting location:
Breckenridge, Colorado - February 20 - 27, 2010
Hohn-Johnson Research Award - Submission Deadline October 1, 2009
Mark Bloomberg Research Award
Abstract Submission - Deadline November 1, 2009
Our Official Journal: Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology (V.C.O.T.)
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