American Mosquito Control Association

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American Mosquito Control Association

• Promoting Public Health and Quality of Life
  Through Mosquito Control

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Who is AMCA?

• Founded in 1935 in NJ
• Non-profit professional association
• 1600 members in 2006
• Made up of students, researchers, professors,
  regulators, public employees, private employees,
  industry, mosquito control district
  superintendents, workers, trustees, and
  commissioners, and many others
• Members in 52 countries

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Leadership

• AMCA a leader in promoting highest standards in
  professional mosquito control
• AMCA Supports Good Science
• Integrated Mosquito Management
• Recognized by EPA as outstanding participant in
  PESP Program

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Leadership

• Provide information and testimony impacting
  policy at the national level
• Some Current Issues
• Clean Water Act need for NPDES permits to
  spray?
• Endangered Species issues
• Pesticide Labeling Product Registration
• U.S. Fish Wildlife Service draft National
  Policy for mosquito control on NWRs

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2007-2008 Officers
Gene Payne President
Major Dhillon President Elect
Doug Carlson Vice-President
Joe Sanzone President 2006
Bill Opp President 2005
Allan Inman Treasurer
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2007-2008 Directors
Stephanie Whitman Industry
Bill Reinert North Atlantic
William Meredith Mid-Atlantic
Roxanne Connelly South Atlantic
Tom Wilmot North Central
Gary Hatch West Central
Dennis Wallette South Central
Steve Mulligan South Pacific
Jill Townzen North Pacific
Yasmin Rubio-Palis Latin America
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• New Mid-Atlantic Regional Director (DE, MD, DC,
  VA, WV, NC) starting in March, 2008!
• Bill Meredith will soon complete a maximum of two
  3-year terms on the AMCA Board as a Regional
  Director (with his sentence having been served
  and parole now granted!) ?
• New Mid-Atlantic RD Capt. Stan Cope (welcome
  aboard!)

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• On a very sad note, the AMCA joins with the rest
  of the Mid-Atlantic mosquito control community in
  mourning the untimely passing of
• Cy Lesser (Cy was a past AMCA President,
  1992-93).
• Cy was a consummate, most knowledgeable
  professional who passionately practiced his
  craft. He worked for Maryland Mosquito Control
  for gt31 years, including heading the states
  program since the mid-1990s. Cy was a good
  friend to many and a fine colleague who will be
  sorely missed ..

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Education and Information

• Journal of the American Mosquito Control
  Association
• Research Articles
• Operational and Scientific Notes
• Electronic Publication
• AMCA Newsletter
• Reports from Regional Directors, Central Office,
  Committees and Technical Advisor
• Recent Developments
• Membership Notices
• Wing Beats
• Operational Magazine

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Education and Information

• Publications for Sale Include
• Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of
  North America, North of Mexico
• Bulletin 5 Manual for Mosquito Rearing
• Bulletin 7 Biorational Control of Mosquitoes
• 2002 Public Health Pesticide Applicator Training
  Manual
• Mosquito Biology and Control DVD
• AND MORE!!!

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Benefits of Membership

• Lower registration fee at AMCA Meetings
• Legislative and regulatory advocacy
• Journal publishing and paper presentation
• Participation in organization governance
• Member only access on AMCA website
• Journal of the American Mosquito Control
  Association (Quarterly)
• AMCA Newsletter (Quarterly)
• Wing Beats (Quarterly)
• Monthly e-Newsletter
• Bi-Monthly legislative e-Newsletter

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Categories of Membership

• Regular Membership
• Receives 4 issues of the Journal, 4 issues of
  WingBeats, 4 issues of Newsletter
• Right to vote on association matters
• Access to Members Only area of AMCA website
• Associate Membership
• Receives 4 issues of WingBeats, 4 issues of
  Newsletter
• Access to Members Only area of AMCA website
• Student Membership
• Receives 4 issues of the Journal, 4 issues of
  WingBeats, 4 issues of Newsletter
• Access to Members Only area of AMCA website
• Sustaining Membership
• Includes 1 Regular Membership or 2 Associate
  Memberships plus
• additional benefits

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Become a Sustaining Member!

• Sustaining Membership is an opportunity to
  provide a
• level of support that enables the American
  Mosquito
• Control Association to provide legislative and
• regulatory advocacy for the membership. All funds
• with the exception of the first hundred dollars
  derived
• from a sustaining membership are dedicated to
  fund
• the legislative advocacy program.

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Benefits of Sustaining Membership

• Includes 1 Regular Membership OR 2 Associate
  Memberships
• All agency personnel receive member registration
  rate at AMCA meetings
• Recognition in AMCA Newsletter
• Recognition at AMCA Annual Meeting
• Certificate of recognition
• Contribution to legislative advocacy

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AMCA Website (Members Only Area)

• Search back issues of the Journal of AMCA
• Search for a fellow AMCA members contact info
• Look at past issues of the Newsletter/WingBeats
• Discuss news and events in the AH Blog
• Download the AMCA toolkit
• Contains News Release Examples
• A comprehensive communications plan
• Examples of letters and correspondence
• Up to date news articles

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Legislative Regulatory Affairs

• Washington, D.C. Legislative/regulatory
  representation through legal counsel and
  professional advocacy -- McDermott, Will Emery.
  Keeps AMCA informed of breaking
  legislative/regulatory issues that could impact
  mosquito control. Also represents AMCA at
  selected federal agency/Congressional meetings.
• Technical Advisor, Joe Conlon, also attends
  meetings and testifies at hearings on AMCAs
  behalf. Joe has given AMCA a voice of sound
  science and reason wherever he has represented
  AMCA.
• Watch monthly E-Newsletter for updates. (Contact
  Sarah Gazi at sgazi_at_ahint.com to sign up with
  current email address.)

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COMING EVENTS
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Registration Opens December 2007
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10th Annual Spring Washington Conference May
5-7, 2008 Westin Alexandria Alexandria, Virginia
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• Go to www.mosquito.org for more information on
• How to become a member of AMCA
• AMCA Meeting Information
• Publications for sale
• State/Regional meetings
• How to contact AMCA