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Minutes – Annual General Meeting
9:30 am, Saturday, June 18 th 2011, Room 1714 Lifetime Learning Centre
Opening:
The Annual General Meeting of the OVCAA was called to order at 9:17 am on June 18 in room 1714 of the OVC
Lifetime Learning Centre by Janet SN (OVCAA VP). Janet welcomed alumni to OVC during the 250 th anniversary
of veterinary medicine. She introduced Dr Summerlee, who greeted alumni and congratulated award winners.
She also pointed out that U of G receives the second highest number of applications in province.
Brad Rooney from UGAA welcomed alumni. UGAA has paid its commitment to Rozanski Hall and has now
committed $1 million to support first year seminars.
Janet SN introduced Dr Dean Percy, who read names of alumni who have passed away during the past year.
Present: Janet SN, Dean Percy, Roger Thomson, Lyn Helweg, Jim Millington, Peter Conlon [Summerlee, Stone,
Jacobs, etc.] and various alumni from OVC’41 to present (including Dr Bern McSherry, Dr Bob Curtis, Dr Don
Barnum, among others).
A. Approval of Agenda: Moved by L Helwig, seconded by D Butler. Carried.
B. Approval of Minutes: Moved by D Julian, seconded by L Helweg. Carried.
C. Open issues:
A) Janet SN welcomed Dean Stone to comment on OVC activities. The Dean described the new buildings
(Pathobiology and the Clinical Skills Building). The second cohort of MPH students has graduated. Nestle
Purina PetCare Canada has funded a Chair in Communications (regarding pet overpopulation/abandonment).
The ICU expansion and Animal Cancer Centre (Pet Trust: $15 million) were mentioned. CPHAZ is moving into
former AHL space. The Hill’s Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) was highlighted. Outreach activities: mini vet
school conducted in evenings for the public; talks by 4 th year students in the new PHC. Dr Joan Budd (OVC’50)
turns 100 this year. The city of Ottawa will be naming a building after veterinarian Dr Roly Armitage. Dr Alan
Meek became an honourary Fellow of U of G. Dr Blake Graham started an endowed scholarship fund for the
study of zoonoses. OVC’s 150 th anniversary preparations: history students have been hired to catalogue and
digitize photos.
B) Janet SN thanked Dr Stone and welcomed Dr Roger Thomson to give OVCAA financial report (a copy of
which is in the meeting proceedings). The endowment is recovering (p. 1 of proceedings). In April 2003, the
endowment was $182,000; it is now worth $200,000. We get some interest from that investment (about $7,000
last year; p. 3). The university decides whether we get that money or not. We spend about $10,000-12,000 per
year using a GIC investment outside the university endowment. The OVC Alumni Trust (April 1997) was
transferred to U of G and is now worth about $52,000 (up from a low of $37,000 in 2009) – Dr Tom Sanderson
asked what happened to it. Roger said the objectives were to provide bursaries to students in need and to
support projects fundamental to the college, and to grow the fund. No funds have been disbursed in the last 5
years. Harry Brightwell said we started at zero and alumni have contributed those funds. We are in much
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