CCRID Leadership Meeting Minutes

            September 13, 2009

             

        I.      Call to Order: 2:14

a.      Attendees: Renee, Suzanne, Lisa, Pam, Nikki, Kaitlin, Bobbi, Shannon, Gloria

 

      II.      Approval of Agenda Items: Approved

 

    III.      Approval of Minutes from August meeting: Approved

 

    IV.      Board Reports:

 

a.      President

                                                              i.      Requests that Secretary sends out a reminder email 1 week before meeting. 

1.      Agenda will be sent out and additions will be made prior to the meeting.

2.      Chairs who won’t be at the meeting will email report.

                                                            ii.      Wanting feedback for Region 5 conference being done in all ASL:

1.      Discussed cons for Suzanne to share with Presidents Counsel.

b.      Vice-President

                                                              i.      Thanks for Lisa’s hard work.

                                                            ii.      Great job organizing Kickoff.

c.       Treasurer

                                                              i.      $ 92.17 check from RegOnline paid to us for Membership payments.

                                                            ii.      Cash box after kickoff dinner tickets, desert auction, and workshop. $682.60

1.      Beat our auction fundraising amount from last year!!!

                                                          iii.      ~10,400 in account

                                                           iv.      In order to receive a purchase refund, please fill out refund form.

1.      Renee will email form to everyone.

d.      Secretary

                                                              i.      Clarified PP for RID Conference stipends.

      V.      Committee Reports:

a.      Fundraising                

                                                              i.      Asks for input for future fundraisers. Gave a few great suggestions.

                                                            ii.      Want to have incentives for companies who donate to us and hopefully they will become more loyal.

                                                          iii.      Drawings for workshops? Silent auctions?

1.      Just for all day workshops.

                                                           iv.      Lisa will look for a sponsor.

b.      Hospitality

                                                              i.      Needs Amanda Sortwell’s address. Pam will try to get it.

                                                            ii.      Needs to contact Jen Anderson to get cards she purchased for us. Nikki will call her.

                                                          iii.      Need to get snacks for Fri night and Sat workshop in October.

                                                           iv.      Kaitlin passed NIC!!!

c.       Membership

                                                              i.      2 checks in mail.

                                                             ii.      Member who won membership will be sending in certificate and we will credit her account

d.      Publications

                                                               i.      Michelle Montelongo will write about her experience interpreting for the Deaf Blind in Washington DC.

                                                             ii.      Reminding Suz to write article about president’s email updates.

                  e.    Website: No Report

 

                  f.    PDC

                                                               i.      Kickoff went well even with so few attendees. 

                                                             ii.      Oct 2-3 D-CS Application

1.       Gloria will pick presenter up at the airport at 5:05 PM.

2.       We will reimburse presenter for plane ticket.

3.       Lisa will try to get hotel donated.

4.       Door prize will be a dinner certificate.

                                                            iii.      Nov 13th – Deaf Blind

1.       No updates

                                                           iv.      Dec 5th – Terp Time

1.       “Signs of the Season”

a.       Pam and Suzanne

                                                             v.      Start working on spring lineup. Bobbi will contact presenters to start recruiting.

    VI.      Unfinished Business

            a. storage cabinet at DHHSC

                                                               i.      One of the cubicles will house our storage cabinet. Kathy would like to have DHHSC purchase the cabinet and CCRID to buy from them. We discussed that it would be better to keep the purchase in house. Kathy may look at prices and make a motion to purchase, or Kathy may buy and request a refund.

  VII.      New Business

a.       End of the year drawing

                                                               i.      Nikki moves that for the annual drawing, the winner has a choice of reimbursement for early bird registration for region 5 conference or reimbursement for 1 year for both CCRID and RID membership. 2nd, motion carries.

b.      Conference stipends for committee members

                                                               i.      We will keep it as is. Members will not receive a stipend but this topic is open for future discussion.

VIII.      Announcements from the Deaf and Interpreting Communities

a.       Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure end of October.

b.      DHHSC is doing a shares program to swipe for fundraising.

c.       Deaf Event, Pizza and Ice cream fundraiser for DHHSC “Family Night” Sept 14th at Z Pizza.

    IX.      Adjournment: 4:07 PM

 

Next meeting:  October 4, November 8