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SCAVMA members may view their point totals here.*
Point totals are updated online twice a quarter.
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To Be a Member in "Good-Standing" you must:
- Pay your annual dues.
- Participate in SCAVMA events, committees, etc.
- Participation will be measured by points. The minimum number of
points required are:
- First year: 8 points
- Second year: 6 points
- Third year: 4 points
- Fourth year: 2 points
For the current year, good standing for the purpose of PDFs includes
- Having paid your dues for the current year and all previous years
- Having earned full points for all previous years
Points will be awarded as follows:
| Number of Points | Event |
| 5 | SCAVMA Executive office |
| 4 | SCAVMA Committee chairperson, SAVMA delegates |
| 1 per quarter | SCAVMA Committee member |
| 4- freshman; 3- sophomore, junior | SCAVMA Class representative |
| 3 | Class OVESS representative, SCAVMA Hill's representative |
| 1 | Payment of annual dues |
| 1 | Attending a SCAVMA meeting |
| 1 | Baking or working at a SCAVMA sale |
| 1 | Working or donating at a blood drive |
| 1 | Executive position (Pres, VP, Sec, Treas) in any recognized veterinary school club (listed below) |
| 2 | Class executive officer |
| variable | Other SCAVMA approved events |
Veterinary school clubs approved for points for Executive positions should be registered with Student Affairs. If you have questions about whether or not your club is approved for points, please e-mail Jennifer Maniet (Class of 2006 and 2009) at maniet.1@osu.edu or Chris Daniel (Class of 2007 and 2008) at daniel.80@osu.edu.
The following groups are NOT approved for points:
- OTS
- Alpha Psi
- Food/pharmaceutical company representatives
Procedure for Points Appeals:
SCAVMA recognizes that occasionally points are missed or not accounted for appropriately. If you feel your points totals are not correct after reviewing them with the points chairperson, please follow the below appeal information to have your special circumstances reviewed by the SCAVMA Executive Board.
- All appeals must be typed and submitted to an executive officer in writing including:
- Name
- Email address
- Date and name of event in question
- Explanation of special circumstances - no more than 2 typed paragraphs
- Signature
- You are responsible for signing in at meetings or approved events in order to receive your point.
- Unprofessional appeals will not be approved or answered.
- Appeals for a given quarter must be received by the second meeting of the following quarter to be considered.
- If you are planning a points-giving event, you must contact the SCAVMA President or Vice-president AND the Points Chairperson PRIOR to the event.
- All decisions made by the executive board are final.