ICRID Board Meeting

April 3, 2004

Goshen College, Goshen

 

Attendance

Judy Cain                Barbara Cain            Nancy Young           Stephanie Hirschler

Bob Canty               Christine Krock          Ayanna Clayton

         

Interpreter:    Jerrell Jobe

 

Visitors:  Myron Yoder, Kim Cain, Sandy Slabaugh, Tiffany Wright, Alana King, Dawn Patrick, Tracey Stack, Beatrice Salinas-Sievers, Gretchen Kingsley, Sarah Lintz, Nick Miller, Antonette Needham, Holly Miles, Dalonda Young.

 

Judy called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.

 

Approval/Correction of Minutes

March minutes discussed and corrections made.  Minutes approved. 

 

Motions

There were no motions proposed during this meeting.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Postponed until May meeting. 

 

Committee Reports

1.  Annual Conference – no report. 

 

2.  ASR — Judy delegated the responsibility of the ASR to the members-at large.  They will be assisted by the student liaisons serving on the committee. 

 

3.  Awards & Scholarships — no report.

 

4.   Bylaws — no report

 

5.  Credentials — no report

 

6.  Grievance — no report

 

7.  Membership —no report

 

8.  Newsletter — no report

 

10.  PDC — no report. 

 

11.  Ways & Means — Last month there was a proposal to increase membership dues.  After investigation, the committee decided that there was just cause to raise dues.  The membership dues will be 25 dollars per year or 45 dollars for two years.  Students will remain at the $20 per year price. 

 

12.  Website —Website has been updated.  There is current information regarding the conference on the website.

 

-- Resources are available at St. Joseph County Library and information is on the website.  We want to implement a mailing list for those that are interested in knowing updated information for the library. 

 

-- We also want to set up links for resources such as the interpreting agencies.  Let Dalonda know about resources you are aware of by sending an email to her. 

 

-- Region III registration form on website will be updated to include conference dates. 

 

-- Due to an interesting email coming from jhendrick@purdue.edu encouraging people to join ICRID’s Yahoo Groups, and no one knowing who that is, (someone) will be investigating this issue. 

 

13.  Fundraising  -- Currently all fundraising at this time is focused on the Region III conference.  There are no fundraising efforts being directed towards ICRID at this time.   

 

14.  IAD —

- Spring Ball was a success.  Nearly 60 people attended and enjoyed themselves.  We are hoping to continue this tradition next year. 

- May 1, 2004 DeafNation Expo is coming to Indianapolis .  Many booths will be there for your browsing.  They will consist of a town hall along with many state agencies.  Hope to see everyone there!!  1,600 people have already registered for the Expo.  DeafNation is free to all, but you need to be registered.  Parking fee is $3.00.

 

OLD BUSINESS

1.  Region III Conference

  1. Members need to register for this conference! 
  2. There is going to be a huge birthday bash for RID on Friday evening. 
  3. We are in the process of confirming the presenters.  Once all presenters are confirmed, the schedule of workshops will be posted on website. 
  4. Our fundraising is close to $20,000.  Our goal is $27,000.
  5. Exhibitors are starting to reserve booth space. 
  6. Hotel—Judy and Dave went to finalize issues with meeting rooms.  The rooms are fantastic.  All of the meeting rooms, exhibit hall, silent auction, etc. are located in one area of the hotel.   
  7. If you attend each session, you can earn approximately 2.5 CEU’s.  This is a first for a regional conference. 
  8. July 20- 25th.  Opening ceremonies are the evening of the 20th with workshops beginning on 21st.   Members need to get their early-bird registration in soon.   May 1st is the deadline for early bird registration.  April 15 is the deadline for the group discount. 
  9. Conference t-shirts – ON SALE NOW!
  10. Holly Miles is working hard on hospitality baskets.  If you would like to be involved with making a hospitality basket, contact her at hollyhands@hotmail.com.  If you are interested in helping with decorating the hotel rooms, please contact Holly.  Holly is in charge of the Hospitality Suite.  She is looking for donations of water, pop, snacks, etc.  If you know any companies willing to donate any of these items, please let her know. 

 

2.  Satellite Information

          Evansville — is meeting twice a month and working on Educational Interpreting issues.

          South Bend — is hosting a Legal workshop May 8.

          Ft. Wayne — no report, DeafLink should be contacted for CEU’s. 

 

3.  DHHS Liaison Report —Dave Calvert is the liaison to DHHS.  We have attempted to set up meetings with Jim VanManen but conflicts have occurred.  He hopes that a meeting will be scheduled in the near future.  There will be an update next month.  

 

4.  Position Paper — copies passed out to visitors.  If you have any ideas or feedback, please let Judy know. 

 

5.  ICRID video from Paul Kiel — Judy will contact the Indiana Attorney General for advice as to what to do regarding this matter of the unedited tapes. 

 

6.  Request for Sponsorship--Last month Bea Pfaff requested sponsorship from ICRID to help one or two students go to Deaf Olympics camp.  The cost for each student is $175.00 (early bird, due before April 1, 2004).  Since this request, Randy has received a letter from MDO requested $800  ($400 per student).  After much discussion amongst the board and after reviewing the mission statement of ICRID, it was decided, regretfully, to turn down this request.  We suggest that Bea and MDO contact PTCO for scholarship money.      

 

7.  Deaf Nation Expo—May 1, 2004.  This event will be held at the state fairgrounds.  IAD has already has obtained a booth.  ICRID will attempt to get a booth, but there is an issue of a sales tax license.  We need to check to see if we need one.  We will be providing ICRID T-shirts, Polo shirts, conference shirts, and registrations to the Region III Conference.  

 

8.  Generalist Testing--Online testing for the generalist test is no longer available online.  The new test, the NIC (National Interpreting Certificate) begins in June 2004. 

 

NEW BUSINESS

1.      Deaf Worldwide Champion Search-- Bob Clyde, a sales representative for DWWCS, has submitted a letter explaining that DWWCS is a talent-searching group.  He wants to know if ICRID is interested in advertising or exhibiting with this organization. They will be here in Indianapolis at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on October 16, 2004 from 10 – 5.  Are we interested in sponsoring? 

 

      Judy will investigate this organization a little more and give us an update at the next meeting. 

 

2. Job Description—Vice President—

#1 change the word “oversee” to  “assist”

#2 delete

#3 keep

#4 delete

#5 keep

#6 keep

#7 keep and add, “coordinate hospitality needs for meetings”

Secondary list -- delete chair of ASR, change to liaison for ASR (return chair of ASR to member at          large)

 

3.  Definition of PDC and CMP –

          PDC—Professional Development Committee--responsible for offering CEU’s when applicable. 

 

CMP—Certification Maintenance Program--the actual program that provides CEU’s.  Includes academic coursework, independent study, etc. 

 

Carrie will write an article regarding the CMP and the available position opening (CMP coordinator) to be published in the newsletter, on the website, and on the yahoo groups.  Carrie will retain the PDC chair. 

 

Carrie is also investigating credits for Teachers of the Deaf regarding the Region III Conference.  She will also check on credits for the ASLTA group. 

 

4.  Announcements—

a.  September 18 meeting has been changed to September 11 at Bethel College.  The time will remain the same —11:00 to 3:00 p.m. 

 

b.  The June meeting—scheduled for Saturday, June 26 has been changed to Sunday, June 27th at 1:00 p.m. at ISD.   

 

c.  Loan library list for ICRID at St Joseph County library is now accessible through the ICRID website. 

 

 

Judy Cain adjourned meeting at 10:52 a.m.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Cain, Secretary