Announcing the 2009 Specialty Challenge!

ACVIM Foundation Specialty Challenge Rules

The Challenge:

For the 2nd year in a row Neurology won the overall competition and Oncology won the percentage of participation portion of the competition

Who will be this year's winners? Will it be Cardiology, Neurology, Oncology, Small or Large Animal Internal Medicine? It's up to you! The following are the rules for the challenge:

• ACVIM Specialties will compete by highest average donation (total dollar amount/# of Diplomates in Specialty). The Specialty with the highest average donation will win the Specialty Challenge. Special recognition will go towards the Specialty with the highest percentage of participation
• The Challenge will launch via e-mail on May 25, 2009
• Specialty Chair's have the option of initiating their own launches as well via their listserves or other gatherings
• Each Specialty will have a minimum of 1 Chair to lead their efforts.
• Individual contributions, Paws for Cures Sponsorships, and Practice Leadership ($5,000) contributions will be counted.
• Practice Leadership contributions will be distributed by each Practice Partner's Specialty
• The Challenge will be based on gifts received THIS FISCAL YEAR (Oct. 1, 2008 - Sept. 30, 2009)
• Co-Chairs will promote the Challenge at the Specialty meetings that take place during the ACVIM Forum
• We are placing a board near the Foundation booth that tallies results day to day.

The Prize:
Bragging rights!!! The winning specialty will be recognized at the 2010 ACVIM Forum in Anaheim, CA

The winning specialty will also receive recognition via an ad in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Practice Leadership Members included in the winning specialty will have their logos included in the full page JVIM ad.

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