Meet ExCo
- TREASURER
I
’
m a s
econd year vet
er
i
nary s
t
udent at
Cor
nel
l Uni
ver
s
i
t
y i
n New Yor
k. As a member of
I
VSA SAVMA I at
t
ended my f
i
r
s
t I
VSA event
, t
he
Speci
al Gener
al As
s
embl
y
, her
e i
n t
he U.
S. and was
i
mmedi
at
el
y hooked on I
VSA, t
he i
mpact we ha
ve,
and how much f
un t
hi
s or
gani
zat
i
on can be. I was
i
ns
pi
r
ed t
o br
i
ng mor
e i
nf
or
mat
i
on about
i
nt
er
nat
i
onal medi
ci
ne and I
VSA back t
o Cor
nel
l
and cr
eat
ed an I
VSA gr
oup at my uni
ver
s
i
t
y
. I
’
ve
f
ound t
hat I r
eal
l
y enj
oy r
epr
es
ent
i
ng my peer
s
and act
i
ng as t
hei
r voi
ce. I act as a r
epr
es
ent
at
i
ve
of Cor
nel
l s
t
udent
s t
o SAVMA and now as a
r
epr
es
ent
at
i
ve of al
l of you wi
t
hi
n ExCo. I r
eal
i
zed
dur
i
ng my t
i
me i
n I
VSA t
hat t
her
e wer
e many wa
ys
t
o be i
nvol
ved and make an i
mpact
. I
t s
eemed t
hat
t
he bank account and f
i
nanci
al i
s
s
ues wer
e a huge
concer
n f
or al
l I
VSA of
f
i
ci
al
s
, s
o I r
an f
or
Tr
eas
ur
er t
o bes
t make a pos
i
t
i
ve change.
As Tr
eas
ur
er
, my f
ocus i
s managi
ng our budget
and pr
oces
s
i
ng r
ei
mbur
s
ement r
eques
t
s
. I
t
’
s al
l
about s
t
a
yi
ng or
gani
zed and pr
of
es
s
i
onal
. I ha
ve t
o
make s
ur
e al
l t
r
ans
act
i
ons ar
e r
ecor
ded and f
i
t
wi
t
hi
n our appr
oved budget
. I al
s
o handl
e al
l
member
s
hi
p f
ee pa
yment
s and hel
p t
he MOD t
o
keep t
r
ack of each MO’
s s
t
at
us
. The MOD and I
wor
k t
oget
her t
o pl
an ExCo meet
i
ngs as wel
l
.
The maj
or goal of my t
er
m, beyond
compl
et
i
ng t
he nor
mal t
as
ks of t
he Tr
eas
ur
er
, i
s t
o
f
i
ni
s
h s
et
t
i
ng up t
he new I
VSA bank account or at
l
eas
t cr
eat
e a wa
y t
o mor
e ef
f
i
ci
ent
l
y pr
oces
s
bank t
r
ans
f
er
s i
n t
he meant
i
me. I al
s
o wi
l
l be
cr
eat
i
ng a r
ecor
d of al
l t
r
ans
act
i
ons t
hat can be
pas
s
ed on t
o f
ut
ur
e t
r
eas
ur
er
s and mor
e eas
i
l
y
kept t
r
ack of
. I hope t
o l
ea
ve I
VSA’
s f
i
nances
or
gani
zed wel
l enough t
hat t
he next Tr
eas
ur
er can
cont
i
nue my wor
k wi
t
hout a hi
ccup.
Si
nce I ha
ven’
t yet had t
he opport
uni
t
y t
o
t
hank al
l of you f
or el
ect
i
ng me, t
hank you!
! I
t i
s
an honor and I ha
ve very much enj
oyed i
t t
hus f
ar
.
I l
ook f
or
war
d t
o s
eei
ng you at t
he next I
VSA
event
s
!
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