CCRID Leadership Meeting Minutes

            November 8, 2009

             

            Attendees: Suzanne, Bobbi, Nikki, Kathy, Lisa, Christy, Renee B

 

             

       I.      Call to Order: 2:07

 

    II.      Approval of Agenda Items: approved

 

 III.      Approval of Minutes from October meeting: approved as corrected

 

 IV.      Board Reports:

 

a.       President:

                                                              i.      Had a 2 hr conference call for Region 5 Presidents.  Region 5 is unhappy with the NIC results. I typed a letter to send to Cheryl Moose and the final draft should be ready to send next week. The task force should be reviewing this concern.

                                                            ii.      Communication policy at region 5 conference was set up because a motion was raised and passed and they are following through with the plans.  Accommodations are being suggested to help the note taking process.

1.      Thumb drive, note taker and copies of the notes.

2.      For fun, would we like to donate Visine and eye masks to help the process of watching signed presentations be a little more light at heart.

3.      Would like to encourage you to join RID on Facebook and Twitter.

4.      Member benefits

5.      Bright ideas column

6.      Jonathan is resigning from Region 5 rep as of Nov 15th.  If anyone is interested the position requires a min of 5 hrs a week. Will appoint someone Jan 7th. Applications due Dec 4th.

 

b.      Vice-President: None

 

c.       Treasurer:

                                                              i.      As of Oct 30th the balance is $9480.56. 

                                                            ii.      We have a bounced check that we need to investigate.

                                                          iii.      Have an invoice for the membership cards that needs to be paid.

 

d.      Secretary: Contacted David Nathanson to possibly do a CL workshop. Will turn the contact over to Bobbi if he is interested in coming.

 

 

    V.      Committee Reports:

a.       Fundraising

                                                              i.      Wal-Mart, Union Bank, Sam’s club denied us a sponsorship for this year.

                                                            ii.      Will reapply in Jan. for Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club donations for $1000 from each.

                                                          iii.      Not yet made a decision on doing a big fundraising event.

 

b.      Hospitality:

                                                              i.      More cards are made by Shelly to give to Kaitlin. We need to follow-up with Jen about the cards she bought in the past.  Check at DHHSC to see if she dropped to them off.

                                                            ii.      Lisa is responsible for the food at the Deaf-blind workshop.

                                                          iii.      Will send out a sympathy card to one of our members.

 

c.       Membership:

                                                              i.      57 members, 31 certified, 15 associates, 11 students.

                                                            ii.      Need to make sure that the 6 checks have cleared. Nikki will check and update RegOnline.

                                                          iii.      Renee will call Alexis McMannis in Sac to tell her about RegOnline.

 

d.      Publications:

                                                              i.      I've given Erin Uribe all of the information that she will need to do the January newsletter while I'm on maternity leave.

1.      She will need all event dates (workshops, Terp Time, and leadership meetings) for the months of January through April.

                                                            ii.      At the last meeting someone had volunteered to write an article about the upcoming regional conference, but I didn't write it down and don't see it listed in the minutes either. Please decide who will do this article. Will need to be about 300 words and this needs to be emailed to Erin by 12/1.

1.      Nikki and Suzanne will write the article.

                                                          iii.      It was suggested at the last minute that David Smith might be willing to write about Designated Interpreting.

1.      Either Pam or Suzanne was going to talk with him about this. Is he willing? If so, the article needs to be about 570 words and emailed to Erin by 12/1.

a.       He said yes and will write the article. Nikki will let him know the info.

2.      If David is unable, what other article suggestions do you have?

                                                          iv.      I should still be able to do the spring fliers, especially if we get everything nailed down now however I will need someone to volunteer to email reminders for workshops/Terp Time to the membership while I am on maternity leave.

1.      Kathy will ask Erin if she can send the emails.

 

e.       Website:

                                                              i.      Need Oct and Sept minutes from Renee to post.

                                                            ii.      Made a few little changes to the website.

                                                          iii.      Need dates for upcoming events. Would like to put “Save the Date” posts on the website.

 

 

f.       PDC

                                                              i.      March 20th David Evans. Eye blinks, winks and gazes is confirmed.

                                                            ii.      Sept 11th and 12th Austin Andrews wants to be sure that we advertise and bill him as Austin Andrews and not “Deaf Ninja”. He is very excited about this. 

1.      Bobbi will send Christy a link to add a video to the website.

2.      Bobbi will send Lisa the flight and hotel info to get donations.

                                                          iii.      Terp Time will be Dec 5th ‘Signs of the Season’: Pam and Suz

                                                          iv.      Renee will ask Chantel to do Discourse Mapping mini workshop around end Jan beginning of Feb for 2 hrs.

                                                            v.      Ask Pam and Amy if the beginning of May will be good for them to do the Message Equivalency workshop.

                                                          vi.      Suggestion Doney is the designated interpreter for the President of Gallaudet. She wrote a book about Designated Interpreters. She would like us to do a workshop about designated interpreters and she would like to be part of a panel on the topic, but is not interested in presenting it herself.

1.      We should have Dave and Paul help present the topic.

                                                        vii.      Suzanne will give Doney’s email to Bobbi.

                                                      viii.      Terp time Feb 20th. Depending if Chantel does the ‘Discourse Mapping’ workshop this will be a practice session following up the workshop.

 VI.      Unfinished Business

a.       Kathy bought the cabinets for us to place at DHHSC. She went over the budget a little bit. The cost was ~$762.

b.      The area was organized. We have a lot of plates and napkins. We still have space available.

           

 

VII.      New Business

a.       Meeting reports change proposal:  Suzanne proposes that committee chairs submit reports via the discussion form one week prior to the monthly meetings and email them back to Renee and she will send them back to the team 72 hrs prior to the meeting. This should cut down on the length of the meetings. We should all be aware of the reports prior to the meeting so we can have the appropriate feedback, discussion ready ahead of time.

 

 

VIII.      Announcements from the Deaf and Interpreting Communities

a.       DHHSC thanks us for making a donation for VDF

b.      Going to Edo-ya for the Christmas Dinner Dec 4th at 6:30.

                                                              i.      Everyone needs to RSVP to Nikki. Nikki will send out an email. Please respond ASAP.

c.       Kathy and Shannon have been doing mentoring sessions for Clovis Unified and are excited about this concept for the community.

d.      Kathy will be participating in a conference regarding the D-CS. Is willing to discuss the information she learns with anyone.

 

 

 IX.      Adjournment:

 

Next meeting:  January 10, 2010