The annual meeting of the Iowa State University Veterinary Medical Alumni Association CVMAA at ISU) was held at the Marriott Hotel, Des Moines at noon on January 26, 1997. President Gene Warren called the meeting to order. Dr. Darrell Trampel, secretary and treasurer, presented the minutes of the 1996 Annual Business Meeting, which were reviewed by those in attendance. A motion was made, seconded, and unanimously passed that the 1996 minutes be approved as circulated.