Welcome to our first meeting of 2010.  2009 was a year of change and growth for SCRID. We have some new Board Members and also have growth in our membership.  We have some exciting events coming up so be sure to check the info and scedule of events on the SCRID Web-site.

I just would like to encourage all of our Board members, our  committee chairs and members and those in our general membership to keep up the Awesome work they are doing.

Many things go on behind the scenes that we are unaware of , yet we see the outcomes and results of those who are working hard to make SCRID the wonderful organization it is.

Many hours of work and effort go into what we see only as the results, such as the excellent work our new webmaster is doing on our website, or the commitee working on our Annual Lou Fant Banquet, as well as future workshops.

From what I can tell, each of our officers and commitee chairs are consistently working on individual efforts and projects that we will see in the future as workshops, meetings, and events.

I am looking forward to each of our phone conferences, and Facd to Face Board meetings like our meeting and following workshop on January 16 2010 at Pierce College.

Information and details are on the web-site for each of our events.  Another thing I would like to add is to encourage those of you who may want to become invloved in a commitee to step up and offer your expertise and talents. SCRID web site has contact information for anyone who would like to become involved.

Remember, and this is for those of you who may just be beginning your career as an interpreter, we all were beginners too. We stood in your shoes as a beginner and someone took us under their wing and mentored us and encouraged us as we progressed.  Come out and meet SCRID Board Members, our commitee chairs and commitee members and other interpreters. Take the opportunity to  netword and to take advantage of the awesome learning experiences you can have as you become involved with SCRID.

I will be having a "Welcome Table" at each event, so please come and say "hello".

Updates

• A new Region V Representative has been appointed. We welcome Dawn Buldoc from Arizona. Dawn graduated from North Eastern’s program in 2001 and has worked in various venues in both Massachusetts and Arizona. She became involved with AzRID when she relocated working in their Peer Mentoring program, was their PDC chair and was their Conference Planning chair. She currently works as a VR Interpreter and as an instructor. She also is on the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
• The question of the use of a CPA was asked of the President’s counsel. There are several ACs in other regions that utilize a CPA for taxes due to the amount of funds they handle. Several of the ACs in Region V are also currently considering utilizing a CPA.

Current Endeavors

• Recruitment of individuals for various committees
• Updating the policies and procedures manual
• Updating Lou Fant Banquet budget for 2009/10
• Begin planning for Bylaws review
• Plan for contact with local agencies to become organizational members
• Begin planning for member meeting in May

Announcements

• There will soon be an election for Region Representatives. Dawn’s appointment is just to finish out this year. Nominations are due April 1^st. If you are interesting in running, you can find information regarding nominations on the RID website.
• The President and Executive Director of RID will be participating in one of the future Region V President’s Counsel conference call to answer any questions we may have. If you have any questions or concerns, please share them with me. I will check in prior to their visit to remind everyone.
• February 20^th conference call is CANCELED.
• February 19^th & 20^th Terp Expo in Irvine. Call for volunteers to man the booth will be out soon.
• March 6^th Board of Director’s conference call 1pm-3pm.
• March 20^th face-to-face meeting CANCELED.
• March 20^th Lou Fant Banquet. Call for volunteers will be out soon.
• April 17^th 1pm-3pm Board of Directors conference call meeting.
• April 30^th & May 1^st OhSoEZ conference in Anaheim. Call for volunteers to man the booth will be out in some time.
• May 15^th Member meeting AND Board of Director’s Face to Face. Time and place TBD.

Workshops in Progress

CDI Workshop

Presenter: Daniel Langholtz

Date: Rescheduled to February 6, 2010

Location: CSUN

Due to low enrollment, it was decided that the workshop shall be canceled.  We have maintained a good a relationship with Daniel Langholtz who may be interested in presenting on the topic in a future workshop

Gender Discourse Workshop

Presenter: Diana MacDougall

Date: TBD (Spring 2010)

Location: RCC

Presenter is currently unavailable for the remainder of the month.  More details will be determined in February.

PDC Portion of the SCRID Website:

• PDC is offering online registration for workshops.  As of today the online registration option has been popular for the “Catch the Dew” Workshop.

PDC Committee is under new management and re-organization:

• Tenele’s resignation became effective Dec. 15, 2009. All materials have been transferred to Danny and Tenele will be available via email/phone if help is needed during the transition period.
• On November 21, 2009 PDC had 8 committee members; however due to inactivity I have given members the option to resign for their commitments.  As of January 7, 2010 the PDC committee has 2 other members… Will begin looking for more volunteers shortly.
• PDC is re-organizing by giving members more responsibility for planning and executing future workshops.  The following is a break down of roles and duties, each category (besides chair) will have several people sharing similar responsibilities:

1. Chair:  Overall supervisory position as well as presenter liaison.
2. Registration/Logistics:  Oversees the registration process and room set up.
3. Promotions:  Promotes the events on various websites and seeks willing sponsors.

If you have any questions, thoughts, or recommendations on the re-organization process, please feel free to comment.

Training Manual:

• Training Manual is “complete”. Please let me know if you’d like a copy.

Google Calendar:

• http://sites.google.com/site/professionalaslworkshops/

My observations of the above calendar are that professional organizations, such as LiNKS, DPI, Love2ASL, Sign Language Factory etc… are not using this resource to plan dates for their workshops.  The only organization I see using it is SDRID and SCRID.  Perhaps our new SCRID calendar, which has multiple events from various organizations, should be used instead.

Daniel Frank gave me the great news today that Riverside Community College has elected their new Student Rep, Zachary Johnson.  He is studying to become a CDI and I look forward to talking with him.  Thank you RCC for taking the initiative

I also have been adding information to the Student Representative Blog and welcome any feedback you have to offer on what has already been posted.  This is just the beginning and I have lots more to contribute to the page.

• The annual report has been completed and submitted to RID. Thank you to everyone who assisted in that.
• Regional Representative, Jonathan Webb has resigned from the position. RID is currently accepting applications for an individual to fill the position for the next 6 months. A replacement is expected to take over by January 7^th.
• A message went out over SCRIDTalk with information for individuals interested in applying for the Regional Representative position.
• The President’s Counsel letter regarding the NIC survey information has been finalized and was shared via SCRIDTalk to membership.

Current Endeavors

• Recruitment of individuals for various committees.
• Updating the policies and procedures manual.

Announcements

• Please refer any issues regarding an individual member of SCRID to the President. Additionally, any individual that approaches a representative of SCRID looking for assistance regarding legal matters should also be referred to the President.
• January 16^th 10am-12pm Board of Directors face-to-face meeting at Pierce College. Free workshop 12:30-2:30.
• February 20^th 1pm-3pm Board of Directors conference call meeting.
• March 20^th 10am-12pm Board of Directors face-to-face meeting. Will be held in the Ventura area, exact place TBD. Tentative free workshop to follow.
• April 17^th 1pm-3pm Board of Directors conference call meeting.

• Add an event feature for people to use. Public access has been temporarily closed because a spammer tried to post a bunch of things to the calendar but we caught it.  When site registration is ready to go, then registered users whether members or not will be able to add events.

• All the various calendars that are used in planning were imported into a single calendar

Online Event Registration

So much to say about this functionality! I think it can best be summed up with a picture.

SCRID Official E-mail Conversion

SCRID now has an official home for e-mail, documents, calendar, etc. through a non-profit implementation of Google Apps. November 15, 2009 marked the official conversion date for many of the board and committee to the new virtual office for SCRID.

What impact have the members experienced?

The membership continues to show good polling numbers in reaction to the launch of the new website. No major problems have occurred since the beta launch. 83% of the voters like where the website is going so far.  8.3% are still waiting to to see if everything promised is delivered.  Finally, 8.3% hate the new site, but they want to help improve it. Important to note that so far there are only 12 votes so there is not a large enough sample to derive any validity from the numbers yet.  However, it is a start and the membership seem to be slowly but surely warming up to the interactive nature of the site.

Respectfully submitted for your information and deliberation.

Daryl Crouse,  Chairperson

Marjorie Foster, Committee Member (Xtreme! - Thanks for your hard work in learning all this new tech.  You're doing great!!!)

Bob LoParo expressed interest in joining the committee and his involvement will start this coming month hopefully.

1. Julie Hurdiss, mentor
2. Robert Fero, student, RCC ITP program

A.    CMP.  See attached.  Call for questions.  None.

B.    Lou Fant Memorial Fund.  See attached.  Given D’addario is not present, questions deferred to email.

C.    Fundraising.  See attached.  Given D’addario is not present, questions deferred to email.

D.    Membership.  See attached.  Call for questions.  Given SCRIDTalk is a membership benefit, query made as to why the amount of SCRIDTalk members outweighs the amount of actual SCRID members.  Discussion ensued.  SCRID permits former members to maintain their access to SCRIDTalk as a community courtesy which permits SCRID more access to marketing/advertisement.  Membership and Website committees to look into two separate distribution lists with SCRIDTalk focused on current members.    Query made to as to how online membership payments will be processed.  Discussion ensued.  Deferred to Bernard and Crouse for further discussion and report later.

E.    Student Rep (SRC).  See attached.  In tandem with the STG, the mission for SRC committee is to ease students from student to interpreter with varied access to professional interpreters, organizations and the Deaf community.  Historically, there has been varied interest from students in becoming involved with the SRC and even less support from varying Interpreter Training Programs (ITP) coordinators.  At this time, SRC is looking to strengthen the role of the Student Representative.  The first step is will be to define the SRC webpage.  Foster to work with Crouse on the webpage. Once the SRC has defined a new direction, the Regional Representatives will work with Foster on filling the vacancies of the SRC.  Call for further questions.  None.  This project will be a work in progress. Updated information as it becomes available.

Support the GAP (STG).  See attached.  Given the 2009 STG event had extreme low attendance, the STG committee will be working with the Regional Representatives to host annual, smaller STG events within their respective regions.   By hosting smaller events within the regions, the committee projects the costs to be lower and to recruit/entice more local support from local professional interpreters, varying agencies/employers; thereby, attracting more student attendance.  This will be a work in progress.  Updated information as it becomes available.

F.    Trilingual Interpreters.  See attached.  With both Chairs absent, questions deferred to email.

G.    CDI Taskforce.  Vacant.  No report.

H.    PDC.  The February 6, 2010 CDI workshop will be held at CSUN.  Call for further questions.  None.

I.    Adhoc Committees

A.     Website.  See attached.  The website is under beta testing.  Crouse will be adding the reports, logo and membership information.  Eventually, it will be the responsibility of officers and committee chairs to update their own by uploading and removing board reports.  Crouse to meet with remaining board members to tutor on the web software.

A.    Motion 20091017:01. (M/S Bernard/Shanker) The SCRID Board approve the Treasurer to find and hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to fulfill the duties of completing the organizations tax forms and perform a yearly audit of the organization's financial standing.

Rationale: The organization's former tax preparer has moved out of state and will no longer be available. In addition, it is critical that the organization's books be audited on a regular basis.
Discussion:  While RID does not require the chapters to have the annual financials certified, under California law, 501(c)3 organizations are required to have certified financials.  Due to lack of unknown historical factors of the SCRID financials and auditing procedures, the general concensus is to defer the issue to committee and revisit once clearer information has been obtained.  Call for futher discussion. None.

Motion Amended:  (M/S Taylor/Shanker)  Motion 20091017:01 be deferred to committee to research on the historical factors of the SCRID financials and audit(s).  Call for discussion.  None.  Vote called:  5/0/0  Motion passed.

B.    Motion 20091017:02. (M/S Crow/Shanker) The SCRID Board approve the appointment of Peggy Huber as Membership Chair.

Rationale: The current chair, Lisa Balbirnie, has tendered her resignation as of October 17, 2009. Peggy Huber has been working with Lisa on the Membership committee and is prepared to take over as Chair.
Discussion: None.

Vote called.  Motion passed.  5/0/0

C.    Motion 20091017:03. (M/S Crow/Bernard) The SCRID Board to approve the creation of a committee to coordinate and run the organization’s website.

Rationale: The SCRID Board had previously approved having the website upgrade researched. The research has been done, and advice was given. Currently there is not a committee dedicated to the running of the website once the advice is taken and the website upgraded. Creating a Website Committee will assure that the upgrades will happen and the website will be tended to into the future.
Discussion:  None.  Vote called.  5/0/0

Vote called.  Motion passed.

D.    Motion 20091017:04. (M/S Taylor/Klyn) The SCRID Board to approve the appointment of Daryl Crouse as the Chair of the Website Committee.

Rationale: Daryl Crouse was appointed as the chair of the ad hoc Website Committee. With an official committee established, it would be beneficial to have Daryl continue the excellent work that he has begun as Chair of the ad hoc committee.
Discussion:  None.  Vote called.  5/0/0.  Motion passed.

E.    20091027:05 – Motion.  (M/S Klyn/Crow) The Board approve to amend previously adopted motion 20090919:02 to strike “GoDaddy.com” and insert “Interactive Online” as the vendor for the website and domain registrar.

Rationale: While trying to install one of the pieces of web software necessary for the membership database and other features (CiviCRM), it was discovered that GoDaddy’s configuration would not support the installation of the software.  The alternate web host, Interactive Online, does support the software. There are no cost or service differences between the two vendors. No impact on budget or procedures.

Motion to be amended:

F.    20090919:02 – Motion: The Board approve the transition of the web hosting for the organization from DeafVision to GoDaddy in an amount to not exceed $100 per year and the transfer of the domain name SCRID.org starting September 24th, 2009. The fee will need to be renewed on an annual basis in consideration of appropriate market price increases subject to organizational funding availability.

Rationale: The change to GoDaddy will save SCRID $150 annually and potentially resolve the issues that have caused continual problems over the past year.
Discussion:  None.

Vote called. 5/0/0.  Motion passed.

G.    20091027:06 – Motion.  (M/S Klyn/Crow) To approve a donation of $100 to California School for the Deaf  (CSDR)for the use of their facilities of the October 2009 board meeting.

Rationale: The $100 is to pay for utilities and CSDR staff time.
Discussion:  None.

Vote called.  5/0/0  Motion passed.

IV.    Approval of July 18, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

A.    CMP.  Taylor reiterated the committee is currently vacant.  No further questions.

B.    Lou Fant Memorial Fund.  See attached.  The Lou Fant banquet will take place March 20, 2010 at Castaways in Burbank, CA. Call for further committee members.  Query made to entertainment and emcee.  Discussion ensued.  Entertainment and emcee possibilities continue to be explored.  Additionally, the individual cost of the LF tickets has been increased by $3.00.

C.    Membership.  See attached.  Balbirnie emphasized the need to have the PO mail checked at minimum of once per month to stay on top of new and/or reoccurring membership applications.  Taylor to follow-up.

D.    PDC.  See Attached.  Bennett introduced Daniel Frank as the new PDC co-chair, who was voted in at the June 2009 meeting.  The PDC manual is available for review.  See Bennett for copy of manual.

The CDI workshop slated for October 16, 2009 continues to have issues with CEU approval.  Discussion ensued.  Query made to the financial status of the workshop.  CSUN/Deaf Studies program will be providing a $700 sponsorship for the workshop which will be applied to administrative and presenter costs.  Given the nature of the workshop and the request of the presenter the workshop will solely be in ASL.  Therefore, no interpreters will be necessary saving us additional costs.  Casaccia expressed the board should not vote to cancel the workshop regardless of a profit, loss or a break even in funds.

E.    Mentorship.  None.  Committee vacant.

F.    Student Rep.  No report.

Support the GAP.  No report.

G.    Fundraising – No report.  D’Addario has shirts available for $15.00.

H.    Trilingual Interpreters – See attached.  Partida explained the TriLingual workshop last week was very successful.  Next week Partida will be presenting an in-service on how to request interpreters, including trilingual interpreters at St Francis Hospital.  Partida and Narvaez are working with SCRID sister chapters in California to produce a three day TriLingual Conference at Cerritos College which is slated for fall 2009.  The conference will encompass medical, social work, and children & family services.  Thus far, Purple has expressed an interest in being a sponsor.  In addition to Purple, other sponsorships are being explored.  Further information provided as available.

I.    CDI task force.  No report.  Vacant.

A.    Inland Empire – See attached.  Call for questions.  None.

B.    South Bay – See attached.

C.    North Western – Vacant.  Taylor reiterated this position is currently vacant and encourages all to network to fill the position.

A.Motion: 20090718:01. (M/S Taylor/Klyn)  Call for discussion.  None.  Carried. 5/0/0.

B.Motion: 20090718:02. (M/S Taylor/Crow)  Call for discussion.  Query made if the position was only for hearing interpreters (HI) only.  Discussion ensued.  Any Deaf Interpreter or HI interested in co-chairing this committee should contact Goodson.  Call for further discussion/questions.  None.  Carried.  5/0/0.

C.Motion: 20090718:03. (M/S Taylor/Crow) Call for discussion.  None.  Carried.  5/0/0

D.Motion: 20090718:04. (M/S Taylor/Bernard)  Discussion ensued.

PnL and FY 09/10 budget hardcopies disseminated.  See attached. Bernard reviewed the current PnL.  At this time, Bernard is unsure of the FY 09/10 actuals.  Committee members reviewed their individual budgets.   Discussion ensued to postpone the approval of the FY09/10 budget.  Vote called to pass motion: 0/0/5.  Motion failed.

Taylor made the following motion:

20090718:05 – Motion:  The approval of the FY 09/10 budget be postponed for no more than 30 days.  The rationale is to provide each committee member to provide one more opportunity to review their actuals and respond to the Treasurer.  An online executive meeting will occur within 30 days of today to approve the FY09/10 budget.  Bernard reminded everyone a copy of the budget has been posted under Google Documents.  Bernard has emailed everyone with a link to the document and has encouraged everyone to review the document again to make any corrections.

(M/S Taylor/Bernard)  Call for discussion.  None. Carried.  5/0/0.

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:49 AM.  (M/S/C Taylor/Crow)

Due to the national RID conference next month in Philadelphia, PA, there will be no SCRID meeting in August 2009.  The next SCRID board meeting will be held online, Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Michael Klyn, Secretary

Robin Taylor, President

20090718:01Motion: The SCRID board approve a special committee lead by Daryl Crouse to research and make recommendations for changes to the SCRID web site.

Rationale: The SCRID web site has recently experienced many technical issues due to the ever changing technological world. Being that it has been historically maintained by members, it will benefit SCRID to look into more current formats that will be easily taught to and maintained by future committee members. There is a need to have an individual with extensive background in creation of web sites and an in depth understanding of the needs of SCRID to research and make recommendations to the board. In today’s world an organization’s web site is often the first impression made on individual’s looking to be a part of the membership. Approval of this motion will provide the board with options to create the ever important first impression with formats that are easily learned and maintained by those overseeing the web site in the future.

20090718:02 - Motion: The SCRID board approve the appointment of Kathy Goodson as chair of the Mentorship Committee.

Rationale: The Mentoring Committee was established to provide activities that further the profession of Interpretation of American Sign Language and English and Transliteration of English which is one of the principle objectives of SCRID. It is important to have the Mentoring Committee chaired by an individual that has awareness of various forms of mentoring and that is willing to take the committee in new directions. The appointment of Kathy Goodson as Mentor Committee Chair will provide a foundation for the committee to begin establishing more opportunities for mentoring through the organization.

20090718:03 – Motion: The board approve the appointment of Maren Jensen and Steve Barnthouse as co-chairs of the Certification Maintenance Program.

Rationale: The Certification Maintenance Program provides SCRID with a connection to individuals and organizations looking to provide Continuing Education Units for their activities and events. The work that is done by the CMP chair(s) ensures the quality and effectiveness of educational opportunities provided for certified members, establishes standards for professional development and provides a framework for certification maintenance. This work requires individuals with strong organizational skills and an eye for detail. Additionally the chair(s) should have the ability to work with and hold others accountable to dead lines and schedules. Maren Jensen and Steve Barnthouse are a team that possess all of the previously mentioned skills and abilities and would be an asset to SCRID as CMP Co-Chairs.

20090718:04 – Motion: The board approve the 2009-2010 budget.

20090718:05 – Motion:  to table the approval of the FY 09/10 budget for no more than 30 days.  The rationale is to provide each committee member to provide one more opportunity to review their actuals and respond to the Treasurer.  An online executive meeting will occur within 30 days of today to approve the FY09/10 budget.  Bernard reminded everyone a copy of the budget has been posted under Google Documents.  Bernard has emailed everyone with a link to the document and has encouraged everyone to review the document again to make any corrections.

(M/S Taylor/Bernard)  Call for discussion.  None. Carried.  5/0/0.

Officers

President - *Peggy Huber

Vice President- *Beth D’Addario

Secretary -*Richard Fendrich

Treasurer -Marie Treacy

Member-at-Large - Fred Gravatt

Ex-Officio -*Stephanie Harris

Standing Committee Chairs

An Evening With….” –Nicole Pancino

CMP-*Isa Sachs/ *Kathleen Lanker

Lou Fant Memorial Fund, Bonnie Gibson/*Beth D’Addario

Membership – *Lisa Balbirnie

Newsletter – Vacant

Professional Development Committee Chair – *Kathleen Lanker

Legislative – Darlene Geyer

Mentorship – Vacant

Student Representative – *Rachelle Trank

Fundraising – *Beth D’Addario

Members and Visitors

Steve and Tari Kelley

Mr and Mrs Julie Casaccia

Michael Morefield

Suzie Van BC Giroux

Susan Zar Zycki

Ellie Madison

Annie Mc Elroy

Steve Palmer

Carol Smith

Andrew Leyva

Constanza Wiens

This Face to Face BOD meeting was called to order by President Peggy Huber at 4:48PM.

I. Reading of SCRID Mission Statement:

It is the mission of Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf to provide local forums and an organizational structure for the continued growth an development of the professions of interpretation and transliteration of American Sign Language and English.

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes:

November 11, 2006 & December 14, 2006.  See motions, below

IV. President’s Report

Peggy Huber - attached

V. Vice President’s Report

Beth D’ Addario – none

VI. Secretary’s Report

Richard Fendrich – none

VII. Treasurer’s Report

Marie Treacy – attached

VIII. Member-At-Large

Fred Gravatt – attached

IX. Ex-Officio

Stephanie Harris – none

X. Standing Committee Reports

A. An Evening With…” Nicole Pancino – none

B. CMP – Ila Sachs - attached

C. Kathleen Lanker – attached

D. Lou Fant Memorial Fund – Bonnie Gibson/Beth D’Addario – attached

E. Membership – Lisa Balbirnie – Added (membership now at 210)

F. Newsletter – Vacant

G. PDC – Kathleen Lanker – attached

H. Legislative – Darlene Geyer – none

I. Mentorship – Vacant (Website revised to include Mentorship material by Linda Humphries

J. Rachelle Trank – attached – preliminary budget report for Support the Gap to be submitted by January 20, 2007.

K. Fundraising – Beth D’Addario - none

XI. Ad Hoc Committees

A. PR Kit – None

B. CDI Task Force – Vacant

C. Needs Assessment Committee  - Vacant

D. Election Committee – Stephanie Harris – attached

E. Bylaws Committee – Catherine Tabor (Secretary) - none

XII. Old Business:  none

XIII.  New Business:

A. Schedule for 2007 Spring Board of Directors Meetings set for  February 19, 2007   March 19, 2007  June 18, 2007

B. General Meeting – Set April 21, 2007

C. New officers search – still many positions vacant for the election.  Please send names of potential (and qualified) candidates.

D.  Code-switching research – Human Subjects Solicitation  By Mel Futrel, grad student at CSUN.  She will be soliciting CODAs through SCRID via SCRIDTalk in the coming months.

E. Thriva Online Booking service – consensus is not to change to a new service.  We are satisfied with Acteva and Thriva has many fees which, although they may be waived, will have to be renegotiated every year.

XIV. Announcements

A. Next Meeting: Online February 19, 2007

B. New Trilingual Interpreter Committee will be introduced soon and the chair to be appointed at the next board meeting.

XV. Adjourned at 6:15 pm

MOTIONS:  20070113.1:  Approve the minutes for the Board of Directors Online Meeting for November 11, 2006

B. D’Addario/R. Fendrich        3/0/0  Passed

20070113.1:  Approve the minutes for the Board of Directors Online Emergency Meeting for December 14, 2006

R. Fendrich/ B. D’Addario       3/0/0  Passed

20070113.3:  That the board of directors happily approve the appointment of Michael Morefield as CoChair of the Professional Development Committee.

P. Huber  P. Huber/B. D’Addario 3/0/0  Passed