AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides an end-of-year update for AABP members. If you need your CE certificates to submit for your license renewal, go to https://aabp.org then hover over your name in the upper right corner and select "My CE Certificates" to view, print or save your CE certificates to your files. You can also find your dues receipts and your donation receipts for tax purposes by hovering over your name and selecting the appropriate option. To donate to the AABP Foundation, go to this link. 

AABP members can comment on guidelines and position statements which are now open by going to the "About" menu of the AABP website. These documents are developed by volunteer experts on AABP committees and task forces, then ultimately approved by the AABP Board of Directors. Submit your comments by going to this page by January 31 at 5 pm Eastern. 

Gingrich also encourages AABP members to cast their vote for the 2024 AABP Vice President Election. Candidates are Dr. Brandon Triechler and Dr. Mark Hilton. Candidate information including biographies, video presentations, question and answer document and a link to a podcast with the candidates can be found on the ballot page. The deadline to cast your vote is December 29 at 5 pm Eastern. 

AABP Vice President Dr. Callie Willingham serves as the Preconference Seminar coordinator for the 2024 AABP Conference in Columbus, Ohio. We are currently accepting proposals for preconference seminars and the portal will close on January 31 at 5 pm Eastern. To submit your proposal, please visit this link.  

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners Foundation announces the call for proposals for research grants for funding in 2024. Each grant will be funded for up to $25,000 and the AABP Foundation will fund up to two grants for 2024. Proposals may address clinically relevant research topics in beef cattle, dairy cattle or both, and can include topics such as disease treatment or prevention, production medicine or cattle welfare. For more information and to submit your proposal, go to this page. The deadline to submit your proposal is December 29 at 5 pm Eastern. 

Gingrich discusses the many CE opportunities for AABP members. The board has authorized funding many more CE opportunities for members. Historically, AABP has conducted an annual conference as its main CE event. AABP now offers the annual conference, recent graduate conference, practice management workshops, online CE of all webinars and conferences, and RACE approval for all CE, webinars and seminars outside of conferences. If you are not an AABP member, we encourage you to join us so that you can take advantage of the CE opportunities this organization has to offer. 

Gingrich closes by addressing some of the advocacy work from 2023, including xylazine legislation and protecting the VCPR from changes that may negatively impact cattle veterinarians. He encourages veterinarians who are AABP members to donate to the AVMA PAC to support this work.