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Staff Update

Farewell

After a busy and entertaining 3½ years with the ACVM Group, Nick Whelan is leaving to take up a teaching position as a veterinary ophthalmologist at Iowa State University in the USA.

Nick completed clinical pharmacology training along with a veterinary ophthalmology residency in Texas before joining MAF in September 1993 as Team Leader of the Animal Remedies and Pesticides Registration team. A variety of other roles followed, including Registrar of the Animal Remedies Board.

Achievements during Nick's time with the ACVM Group include the release of the animal remedies and pesticide licensing and registration packages, an associated new fee structure, and further refinement of the decision making committees of the Animal Remedies and Pesticides Boards. Currently, with considerable help from other members of the Group, Nick has been involved in the development of policy and standards to support the new ACVM Act.

Our best wishes to Nick in his new endeavour. The Group will not be the same without him!

Customer Service Manager

Maree Zinzley has joined the ACVM Group as the new Customer Service Manager. Maree has a wealth of experience in customer service management with a number of major national companies. A more in-depth profile will be included in a future addition of AgVetLink.

Roles of Group Managers

The roles and accountabilities of all ACVM Group Managers is available on the MAF website (http://www.maf.govt.nz/acvm).

ISAC

The new database, ISAC, which will support the ACVM Group in fulfilling its legislative duties under the ACVM Act, is currently being tested at the ACVM Group. MAF IT have been developing the database and it is expected to be fully operational in May/June this year. In addition to the installation of ISAC at Wallaceville, the entire LAN was recently upgraded to ensure that it is capable of supporting computer networking requirements.