ICRID Board Meeting February 8, 2003
Present: Dave Calvert, Judy Cain, Nancy Young, Carrie Westhoelter, Dianne Riddick, Randy Nicolai,
Antonette Needham – not present due to illness – Judy Cain filled in as “secretary”
Dave Calvert called the meeting to order at 11:30
October minutes corrected. Nancy Young made a motion to accept minutes. Dianne Riddick seconded. Passed
January minutes corrected. Nancy Young made a motion for acceptance. Dianne Riddick seconded. Passed
Treasurer’s Report:
January beginning balance: $19,553.00
Income: $2,935.00
Expenditures: $6,089.09
Ending Balance: $16, 398.91
Dianne Riddick made a motion to accept treasurer’s report as given. Nancy Young seconded. Passed
Committee reports:
1. Annual Conference – location – French Lick, IN / date: November 14-15, 2003 / Judy Cain has the contract /
2. ASR – Dates -- March 28-29, 2003 at ISD. CEUs will be offered for Saturday workshops. Presenters: Teri Motter (school psychologist at ISD) personality differences, Christine Wood – Multi-meaning signs, Jill Lestina -, Mike Jackson – (SEE JANUARY minutes). Friday night Bea Pfaff will coordinate games and icebreakers, Paul Wood will do story telling.
3. PDC – Goshen College story-telling February 27, 2003. CEUs will be offered as Participant Initiated Non-RID Activity (PINRA). Participants will need to fill out the form, which will be provided at the registration desk and will be accepted after the event, as per special arrangements between PDC and Myron Yoder.
The PDC committee has approved .275 CEUs for the May 10th workshop at Bethel College titled “Mental Health Terminology and Tips for Working with Mental Health Providers”.
PIN Conference May 2-3 in process, PDC is still gathering presenter information. Flyer is in process.
IAD Conference April 25-26 in Merrillville. Janet Beattie is working on a possible workshop for interpreters. Bob Canty needs to contact Carrie Westhoelter to set up CEUs for those workshops
CEUs from 2002 Annual Conference – double-checking on some of the participants’ status with ACET, IIC or EIC.
4. Awards – no report
5. Bylaws – no report
6. Newsletter – New editor has her first issue out and now has guidelines from the board as to what to include. Comments so far have been very positive.
7. Ways and Means – no report
8. Fundraising – Will focus on fundraising after the ASR in March. Dave Calvert and Joan Fiske are co-chairs for the silent auction for the 2003 RID National Conference. Dave Calvert will check on booth/table space for PTCO, IAD conference, PIN conference, and ASR to sell t-shirts and polo shirts. May’s board meeting will focus on fundraising.
9. Grievance – no report
10. IAD – George Martin has resigned as IAD representative.
11. Membership –
4 organizational members (3 need to renew)
164 individual (10 have renewed) (39 still need to renew)
Old Business –
Board Meetings – dates are set, discussion as to where and times
March 15 -- in South Bend at Bethel College
April 26 -- at IAD Conference in Merrillville
May 17 -- at ISD
June 21 -- at ISD
July 12 -- at ISD
August 16 -- at Carrie Westhoelter’s house (Fortville)
September 20 -– Ft. Wayne
October 18 -- French Lick
November 14-15 -- French Lick
December 13 – Nancy Young’s house
Randy Nicolai will contact Peggy Dickover and/or McCrocklin to rent a van.
Chicago, RID National Conference / Silent Auction
Carrie Westhoelter made a motion that ICRID spend up to $250 on a big-ticket silent auction item for the 2003 RID National Conference in Chicago. Judy Cain seconded. No discussion. Passed.
ICRID Brochure – Antonette Needham is working on the brochure and will print a copy for each board member to proofread before mass copies are made.
Letterhead / envelopes – see Randy Nicolai for any that you need
Carrie Westhoelter will follow up with Lynne Eighinger to contact Paul Kiel about the ICRID video.
Myron Yoder’s email/website/emails – wants the board to double-check all contact information on the Website to make sure everything is correct. Myron Yoder had a question about a possible email forum for interpreters in the state. Dave Calvert will get back to him about how to handle this idea.
ASR as a fundraiser – Dave Calvert will address this issue in the President’s column
IAD representative – Dave Calvert will have Bob Canty appoint a new IAD representative.
2004 Region III Conference/ ISD co-sponsor – Teachers of the deaf need to earn CRUs so ISD will be a co-sponsor for the 2004 conference. This will be a win/win for interpreters and for teachers of the deaf. Carrie Westhoelter will draft a letter to George Stailey and Bob Kovatch to become official co-sponsors.
ISD will be planning a workshop for Educational Interpreters on how to interpret the IEP conference. More information will come later. Cynthia Van Manen, Andy Rork, and Judy Cain will co-present.
Organizational membership – Randy Nicolai will check on the number of members in each organization, then will draft a letter to all the organizational memberships concerning group discounts.
Board discussed the response to the letter from Angela Myers. Dave Calvert will draft the response.
Dave Calvert adjourned the meeting at 3:50. See you next month.