Attendance
Introduction
Judy Cain opened the meeting at 11:05 am, with introductions of Board members and visitors. President Dave Calvert out ill today.
May Minutes
Nancy Young made a motion to accept the May minutes as corrected. Carrie Westhoelter seconded. Call to vote. Passed unanimously.
Newsletter
Margie Graham showed the Board a prototype for the business cards. Each Board member will receive 100 cards.
Newsletter will go to print on Monday, July 1, 2002. Margie Graham is currently working on a media presentation to be shown at the Region III conference to promote the 2004 conference to be held in Indianapolis. Margie Graham contacted Kelly Flores (MIRID President) about what technology will be available at Region III in August.
In regards to Newsletter, Randy Nicolai will look into not-for-profit postage for ICRID.
Special Report
Janet Beattie is here to discuss SLICES. She recently attended an Advisory Board meeting in Minnesota. Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA) Grant, under the Dept. of Ed., is now administered at St. Catherine’s College. The project managers who oversee the grant funding and in-kind support are SLICES. The Advisory Board has one member from each state in the region RSA and SLICES serves. RSA and SLICES reports yearly to the Federal Government on how they will run the project in accordance with their contract. Their goal is to target underserved groups.
Each state has 7 challenge grants of $500.00 each per fiscal cycle. Indiana has 2 of these grants left, and they should be applied for and used before Oct. 1, 2002.
They are also still developing CD ROMs that are sold through the National Clearinghouse of Rehab Training Materials.
Janet Beattie is willing to help with paperwork for anyone who wants to apply for the grants. People should be creative with the grants; they can be used for study groups, ASLTA workshops, or CODA workshops, etc.
Adjourned for 10-minute break.
May Treasurer’s Report
Committee Reports
Annual Meeting
Flyer is being made. Judy Cain showed Board rough prototype.
We have three confirmed presenters. We are waiting for Gary Sanderson to send in his information, but he has given a verbal commitment. Dave Calvert is giving a workshop on how to set up religious interpreting services. We also tentatively have a massage therapist who will present on how to reduce stress. The conference will be held at Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth, IN. on November 15-16.
Awards
No report
Bylaws
Board is reviewing new bylaw proposal given by the committee. Will vote at next meeting. Any comments on the proposal should be submitted via email to Antonette Needham in the next two weeks.
Membership
Fundraising
We are receiving rejection letters due to not meeting criteria.
Grievance
No report
Newsletter
See report by editor
Nancy Young (Liaison to Newsletter) would like more contact with Margie Graham.
Website
Beckie Madigan would like articles, info, etc. to expand the Website. Anyone can contribute.
Professional Development Committee
National RID sent new standards and criteria to the chairperson.
Carrie would like people to know that CMP and the Indiana Interpreting Certificate (IIC) are different and have different ways of tracking CEUs. Jerry Cooper is not in charge of RID sponsored activities. DHHS is an approved RID sponsor, and has been since Dec./Jan. Stephanie Jensen and Deka Oliver are in charge of that.
For RID certified interpreters who are registered under the IIC and receive RID CEUs, DHHS contacts RID ONLY to make sure membership is in good standing. Non- RID certified interpreters who hold IIC Provisional must fill out the appropriate IIC paperwork for DHHS to receive proof of attendance.
DHHS is also having a special kickoff celebration in conjunction with Deaf Heritage Week. It’s taking place this fall. They will have IIC info there.
ASR
Randy Nicolai sent out a certified letter requesting payment for a returned check.
Ways and Means
Planning new budget for next year. Bob Canty suggested using the old budget as a template and modifying anything that needs changing. We need to have it ready 60 days before the annual conference so the members have a chance to look it over before they vote in November.
IAD Report
Discussion
Bob Canty is acting President until next IAD conference on April 25-27,2003, in Merrillville, IN.
Old Business
ICRID currently has 60 items for the Region III Silent Auction.
Satellite Reports
South Bend had a meeting on June 17. Twelve people showed up. Their goal is to have three workshops a year. Brainstormed on possible topics. Also discussed having get together once a month to talk about issues related to interpreting.
Fort Wayne has been unofficially meeting once a month at Chi Chi’s Their biggest action is to have a workshop with Carrie and Deka presenting on CEUs and how to get them, IIC, and possibly an afternoon workshop with sports vocabulary. . They may talk to South Bend about planning it together to get more people. This may take place in Sept or Oct.
Evansville-no report.
EIS
Will go into effect at midnight on 6/30/02. The guidelines and grievance will be separate from the BIS.
Old Business
The check for the $250.00 the Board allocated to help defray costs of the Region III conference should be mailed to the MIRID treasurer.
Judy Cain will check with Cheryl Moose regarding the monies Region III for the Leadership training we had in January.
Randy Nicolai suggested offering a one- time discount to join ICRID for those educational interpreters who will be affected by the EIS going into effect.
We should write a grant to cover costs of Carrie traveling around the state giving workshops on earning CEUs.
New Business
Region III Presidents made a motion to use Region III monies to pay for RID affiliate chapter presidents to attend the Region III conference. So ICRID will not need to pay for Dave. Region III will reimburse us $140.00 for his registration. They are also considering extending this to include registration for NAD state presidents as well. However, this motion has not been voted on yet.
Meeting adjourned at 2:04 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Antonette Needham, Secretary