Official SCRID Board meetings: 

May 16 Thursday 6:00 – 7:00 pm:  Board meeting- phone conference

 

Don’t miss the SCRID Annual General Member Meeting and Election*

FREE Lunch!       FREE Workshop & CEUs!    Door Prizes!     Executive Board Election!

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Location: GLAD in Eagle Rock  

-10:30am-12pm General meeting and 2013-2015 Officer Election

-12pm-1pm FREE Lunch

-1pm- 4pm FREE Workshop – come join us for door prizes and CEUs! 

(*Nominations for Executive Board positions are closed)

 


 

 


RID Conference 2013 LogoRID 2013 National Conference


 
FIFTY & FORWARD: Building on the Legacy

August 9-14, 2013
JW Marriott, Indianapolis, IN

The 2013 RID National Conference is the kickoff to a yearlong celebration of RID's 50th anniversary. Below is some highlight information about the upcoming 2013 conference. Additional resources may be found in the sidebar at the right.

RECENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

2013 RID National Conference Registration NOW OPEN!
Registration Opening Announcement
*Register by MARCH 15 to get the Early Registration Rate!

  Call for Region V Representative for the RID Student Member Section

 

News from RID National Office

  • Shane H. Feldman Named New Executive Director of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.

See Article Here

  • RID Emergency Management Task Force Seeks Member Feedback/Comments on Standard Practice Paper (Due January 16, 2013)  See Article Here

 

  • Naomi Sheneman, M.A., M.S., CDI, has accepted the board’s appointment to the position of Deaf Member at Large See Article Here

 


 

Membership Committee Report

November 14, 2012

Submitted by Peggy Huber, Chair

1. Membership numbers:

Certified Members:

78

Associate Members:

26

Student members:

13

Organizational members:

7

Total current members:

124

2.  Membership Application:

I have been unable to locate the electronic file of the SCRID application.  I’ve emailed the board with either responses that they do not have it or did not respond.  This will require me to design a new membership form.  The attached is what it would look like to clone the online application.

 

3.  Membership cards – it has been suggested that SCRID use pull-off or punch-out membership card forms. I am researching the price per unit and different formats. If I am able to extrapolate numbers and provide samples at the meeting, I will do so. If not, this will be continued at the next Board Meeting.

a. My goal is to have a decision and the computer and new printer (thank you, board!) programmed to use the SCRID website database to generate the new membership cards by July 1st, 2013.

b. Samples: Full form, 2-ups (2 per page) and 3-ups (3 per page)

i. Card form & ink

ii. Envelopes

iii. Postage

iv. Total cost

 

4. Communication with SCRID membership:

a. SCRID’s Facebook and the SCRID Website continue to be resources for communication as well, but these are “passive” in that members would need to visit them on the internet to receive information.

b. SCRID had decided to discontinue the Yahoo Group because the website database was to replace it. However, since the database was difficult to use and unpredictable, the Yahoo Group has continued to fill that gap.

c. Now that the website has been upgraded to Joomla 2.5, do we want to try again to use it for sending email notifications to members?

 

5. Pending memberships:

a.       There are 4 memberships with “pay later” pending memberships. All members have provided proof that their checks have been cashed.  I have updated all of their memberships while Richard is researching the reason his records do not reflect the deposited checks.

b.      Payments from PayPal are being transferred to the website database as “pending.”  This does not seem to be a PayPal issue because the records on PayPal show the payments are being recorded correctly.  I will have Bob look into this once he’s on board.  In the meantime I am verifying payment for each member on PayPal and updating the database and processing those memberships.

6. Membership Promotion: I would like to reinstate the discount for newly certified RID members.

a. However, I cannot find the motion for which this promotion was first instated. The minutes we have on file only go back to 2008.

b. I will need access to the list of newly certified RID members.

 

SCRID

July 31, 2010

Fundraising Report

Kate Bess

Current Endeavors

  • Research efforts taking advantage of the vast resources on the internet.

-Association of Fundraising professionals, afpnet.org

-Stepbystepfundraising.com

-The National Council of Nonprofit Association, NCNA, councilofnonprofits.org

-Nonprofit Donor Database, nozasearch.com

-California Association of Nonprofits, canonprofits.org

-fundraiserhelp.com, for nonprofits

  • Reading blogs of current endeavors of other nonprofit leaders posting on the sites listed above.
  • Grant writing research

-ca.gov/grants

-Santa Monica Public Library Database, smpl.org/websource/Grants/nonprofit.htm

  • Finding corporations and businesses such as Target and Macys whose goals of community giving match the goals of SCRID.
  • Developed and continuing to develop a variety of letters and emails to send to these companies.

Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Board of Directors Meeting Agenda

Conference Call

November 14, 2012

 

 

 

      I.    Call the meeting to order.

    II.    Roll Call.

   III.    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 and development of the professions of interpretation and transliteration of American Sign Language and English.

   IV.    Approval of November 14, 2012 Agenda  

    V.    Approval of the minutes- phone conference July 25, 2012

   VI.    President’s Report Beth D’Addario

 VII.    Vice President’s Report Juti Seshie

VIII.    Treasure’s Report- Richard Bernard

   IX.    Secretary’s report- Dorene Holms- All minutes submitted from January 2012 until May 2012 are inaccurate, not in proper format and need to be reviewed and resubmitted by the Secretary.

    X.    Member-at-Large Connie Loper

   XI.    Standing Committee Reports

 

a.    CMP— Darlene Geyer/Diana Nosch

b.    Membership— Peggy Huber

c.    Lou Fant Memorial Fund Banquet – Patty Drasin

d.    PDC – Davena Peters

e.    Website committee- Peggy Huber

 

 XII.    Old Business:

a.    Public Relations committee chairperson

b.    Website training day

c.    Welcome kit-review

 

XIII.    New Business:

a.    Change the bylaws to modify the number of terms of office  that can be held by any particular individual.

Motion: Motion: 20121114:01:

 

That the SCRID board enter into a contract with Bob Woods as new Webmaster of the SCRID website, earmark no more than $600 for start-up fees and budget for a maximum of $100/month for 12 months for maintenance.

 

Rationale:  Bob Woods comes highly recommended and is one of the few resources that work with our current back-side database platform, Joomla. He is able to take over the website now that the website upgrade to Joomla (2.5) and CiviCRM (4.1.25) has been completed.

 

Background:  SCRID is in need of reliable, quality webhosting.  The current arrangement, webmaster as Website Committee Chair, a non-paid board position, is not realistic given the amount of time and level of detail required to maintain a complex website that includes a membership database. 

 

The Website Committee will now consist of a Website Committee Chair who will coordinate website content, membership database function and work closely with the Membership Committee Chair and the webmaster contractor to ensure that all front- and back-end functions of the website are working properly, updated regularly and maintains the functionality which best serves the SCRID Board and membership at large.

 

A search and request for bids was conducted from June 2 to September 4th, 2012 (See chart in Website Committee Report).  Most webhosting companies screened were either unfamiliar with, or unwilling to work with the Joomla platform.  Only two bids were produced: Bob Woods and Daryl Crouse (Current webmaster). 

XIV.    Announcements

a.     

 

 XV.    Adjourn   

From representative Michael Luna
At CSUN the semester started with the memorial for Larry Fleischer, which was a very moving and sad beginning to the semester. The big event of the semester is actually this weekend, Silent Weekend. March 19th through the 21st at a camp site near Big Bear. Over 140 students will be attending to build friendships, improve their sign and learn more about Deaf culture. This year's theme is Stop Audism and several presenter to discuss how hearing people can become more of an ally to the Deaf community.
From representative Danica Dicus

This semester has been full of wonderful events!! Last month in March, many students and members of the community traveled to a campsite in Big Bear for Silent Weekend, a weekend where participants are required to turn off their voices and only use Sign Language to communicate.  We played games, had an opportunity to participate in a low and high ropes course, attend presentations where some of the Deaf students from CSUN shared their experiences with Audism and oppression, and of course we socialized and chatted until the early hours of the morning.  The board members of the Deaf Studies Association (DSA) truly did a wonderful job in planning a fantastic weekend for all of us who attended.

Also in the month of March, the group of students who went to Jamaica during the Winter Break, shared their trip with us and their experience of having a full immersion in the Jamaican Deaf Community and the work they did with the Deaf kids there. They encourage those who have an interest in going next year to complete the application process and sign up!!!

In the month of April, the DSA General Meeting will be held on Wednesday April 14th.  Time and location will be forthcoming.  On Sunday April 18th the CSUN NCOD 2010 Sing ‘n Run Festival will begin at 8:00am.  For more information about participating in this event visithttp://www.csun.edu/ncod/news/signnrun.html

We are also looking forward to the primer of the Deafhood Monologues. This is a special ASL/Deaf Theatre production preformed by CSUN students in the Deaf 405 (ASL/Deaf Theatre) class and special guests from the Los Angeles Community.  Deafhood Monologues, is an original script written by Ella Mae Lentz and directed by John Maucere. It is a collection of vignettes about Deaf people's experiences and shared beliefs/values that describe what it means to be ‘Deaf’.  Their stories are thought-provoking, captivating, and inspirational.  Audience members will leave with an appreciation for the Deaf spirit.  The performances will take place in the CSUN Little Theater on Saturday May 1, 2010 at 8:00pm, as well as Sunday May 2, 2010 at 3:00pm (Voice interpreters will be provided at this performance only).  Admission is $5.  Tickets will be available for sale at the A.S. Ticket Office in the USU after Spring Break.

SCRID Presidents Report November 14, 2012

 

1.   SCRID Board Retreat at “Love2ASL”

-we got many SCRID items cleared up an accomplished regarding bylaws and communications.  Now all board members are ready to make SCRID great.

2.      Deaf Festival

SCRID was extremely successful at the festival.  Despite having spotty internet service, we managed to collect 30 emails of potential SCRID members.  We also had a lot of people come by our booth for questions and answers.  All in All it was a very successful event that SCRID will definitely participate in next year.

3.      MATA Expo

Once again SCRID had a presents at the MATA Expo and once again we had many people inquire at our booth.  It was another successful presents in the Deaf community.  We even had a great idea to hand out business card with the SCRID name, website, and Facebook page.  Juti will be printing the business cards up for the next big event.

 

Presidents Report October 27, 2012

 

SCRID Board Retreat at “Love2ASL”

 

We got many SCRID items cleared up and accomplished regarding bylaws and communications.

Now all board members are ready to make SCRID great.

 

Region V Presidents Conference Meeting

 

I was unable to attend but in my place was the Member-at-Large, Connie Loper. She did a great job

in my place.

 

Deaf Festival

 

SCRID was extremely successful at the festival. Despite having spotty internet service, we managed

to collect 30 emails of potential SCRID members. We also had a lot of people come by our booth

for questions and answers. All in all it was a very successful event that SCRID will definitely

participate in next year.

Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Board of Directors Meeting

Teleconference

January 26, 2011

10:00 AM

Officers

1. President-*Robin Taylor                                     2. Vice President – *Renahlee Crow

3. Secretary - *Michael Klyn                                   4. Treasurer - Richard Bernard

5. Member-at-Large - *Marlene Shanker             6. Ex-Officio- Julie Casaccia

Standing Committee Chairs

1.  CMP-Steve Barnthouse/Maren Jensen         2.  Lou Fant Memorial -Beth D'Addario/*Patty Drasin

3.  Membership-*Robin Taylor                               4.  PDC- *Juti Seshi

5.  Mentorship- *Kathy Goodson

6.  Student Representative/Support the Gap-Vacant

7.  Fundraising- Kate Bess                                                9.  Website – Daryl Crouse

8. Trilingual- Vacant

Adhoc Committees

1.2011 Election – Robin Taylor

Regional Representatives

1.  Inland Empire-*Michael Klyn                           2. South Bay – Tamara Hill

*represents present for meeting

Members/Visitors: None.

I. Call the meeting to order. With a quorum present, President Robin Taylor called the meeting to order at 10:04 AM.

II. Roll Call.

III. Reading of SCRID Mission Statement. The mission statement was read by President Robin Taylor.

IV. Approval of January 22, 2011 Agenda.  Call for revisions. The year on the agenda should read 2011 and not 2010.  Call for further revisions.  None. (M/S CROW/SHANKER) Vote called.  4/0/0.  Motion Carried.

V. Approval of November 13, 2010 Minutes. Call for revisions.  Patty Drasin should be listed as the Lou Fant Memorial Banquet Co-Chair and removed from the Member/Visitor list.  Call for further revisions.  None.  (M/S CROW/SHANKER). Vote called. 4/0/0.  Motion Carried.

VI. President’s Report. See attached. In addition to the report, Taylor added per Dawn Buldoc, for the bi-annual conference RID allocates a set amount funds to each chapter for the chapter president to attend the national conference.  Historically, a check was cut to the chapter to refund monies paid for the president to attend, however, from this point forward, in lieu of a check, the presidents conference registration will be automatically handled at the national office.  Given the 2011 conference will commence after a new SCRID President has been voted in should the new president had already sent in their conference registration RID will issue a refund.  SCRID will continue to provide the President a stipend to offset conference registration costs.

VII. Vice President’s Report. See attached.  Discussion ensued of holding future SCRID meetings at San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC).  Query made if SBVC would be a central location to pull interpreters from across all SCRID regions.  Crow will report back if SBVC would be willing to host either the May or June 2011 face-to-face meetings.

VIII. Treasurer’s Report.  See attached. Given Bernard is not here questions are deferred to email.

IX. Member-at-Large. See attached. One correction: The Lou Fant Memorial Banquet is 11:30a – 4:00pm not 11a – 4pm.

X. Standing Committee Reports

a. Lou Fant Memorial Fund.  See attached.  Drasin reported Barbara Bernstein may not be able to attend due to schedule conflicts.  D’addario and Drasin to meet next Sunday to address the “save the date” cards.  Additionally, electronic “save-the-dates” will be sent out using SmartLevels.com which was recommended by Daryl Crouse, SCRID Webmaster. Nominations and scholarship letters are due no later than the end of February.

b. Membership.  See attached. Report stands as submitted.  Everyone is encouraged to recruit for a Membership Chair.  The position requires one to two hours a month of a time commitment.

c. PDC.  See attached.  Discussion ensued regarding inquiries from within the interpreting community about the qualifications of Seshi as the PDC Chair that stemmed from an outside email.  Seshi’s qualifications were reviewed and the answers will be provided to those whom asked.  Klyn queried as to when members would be able to expect their first workshop from the revamped PDC Committee.  A tentative workshop has been slated for April 2011.  The main issue is presenters not getting their workshop information back for review, approval and CEUs granted.

XI. Ad Hoc Committee

a. 2011 Officers Election. See attached.  At this time, Crow will be stepping aside as Vice President and has recruited a replacement.  Richard Bernard will run for another term as Treasurer.  Marlene Shanker has filled two terms as Member At Large and is not able to run for another term.  Committee members are being sought to assist to do “snail mail” ballots starting the week of April 23 – 30.  Call for nominations have been sent via SCRIDTalk and posted on the website.

XII. Regional Representative Reports

a. None

XIII. Old Business: None.

XIV. New Business:

a. SCRID Address Change.  All committee chairs and officers need to compile a list of business associates to update the address (ie Franchise Tax Board, RID PDC, CMP, etc).  Taylor will email the full board with a note to send Klyn their list.  That list will be kept in the corporate books for reference. The new mailing address for SCRID is as follows: 2648 E. Workman Ave, #3001-290, West Covina, CA  91791.  All forms need to be changed.  Members need to be made aware as well.  The new address has been posted on the website and SCRIDTalk.

b. SCRID Electronic Communication.  Discussion ensued discontinuing SCRIDTalk and using the email distribution list of the website given emails can be sent directly from the website.  Concensus is that SCRIDTalk be phased out by the end of May 2011.  Notification will be posted on the website and on SCRIDTalk.  In essence, information will still be disseminated but in a different format that is more streamlined from the administrative aspect.

c. Reorder SCRID Pens.  The initial cost of the first order was $500 for 500 pens.  Crow to call Monday, January 24 to research current costs of pens and the possibility of changing the highlighter color from pink to yellow.  Crow will then email Taylor and Bernard to place the reorder on the SCRID credit card.

XV. Announcements

a. Deaf Senior Citizens Foundation of Palm Springs Gala, January 29, 2011 at the Riviera in Palm Springs.  For further information check www.dsf-ps.org.  

XVI. Adjourn. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned by President Taylor at 11:56 AM.

Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 862-1000                          Participant Access Code: 287489#

SCRID

Board of Directors Meeting

July 31, 2010

President’s Report

Robin Taylor

Updates

  • CMP committee multi-workshop event pay schedule is completed and posted
  • Executive board meeting (closed meeting) was postponed to August 21st. The previously planned Board meeting for that date is officially canceled
  • The SCRID Wiki now has several documents posted

 

Current Endeavors

  • Completed SCRID annual report  and will be submitting after being proof read
  • Working on the 2010-11 budget which will be voted on in August
  • Look into mailbox alternatives and solutions

Update: Discussed issue with President’s Council. Most of recommendations SCRID has discussed previously. No ‘new’ or ‘novel’ ideas were uncovered.  I recommend keeping the current address for tax and business purposes AND creating a ‘new’ policy that any committee, workshop or other event utilize the chair or board member’s personal (or PO Box office) address for the sake of time and safety of payment. For example: Lou Fant Banquet chair will use their home address (or personal PO Box) for all business for the event including registrations, donations, and correspondence. Establishing this policy will resolve the concerns regarding items going missing as well as concerns with doing address changes with Government and business interests. Membership applications will still be addressed with the current PO Box. If any officer or chair would prefer to NOT utilize their own personal address, they can opt to use the SCRID PO address, but should do so knowing that this will impact the timeline of their event since items are only intermittently shipped from the PO Box. Additionally if officers or chairs do not want to receive payments to their personal address they should either encourage payment via the website or ask the President or the Treasurer for alternative addresses to send payment to.

  • Recruitment of individuals for various committees (on going)
  • Updating the policies and procedures manual

Update: Several portions of the PPM have been added to the SCRID Wiki. More will be added over the next month. The Wiki PPM will be a living document that can be added to and edited over time therefore no ‘end date’ will be established.

  • Begin planning for Bylaws review during the summer

Update: No review has been planed as of yet. This should be discussed.

 

Announcements

  • RID will be discussing (possibly deciding if) after this year there will be no more Regional conferences. Update: RID has decided to continue with Regional Conferences WITH National support by way of representatives that will be involved with planning
  • Dates have been posted for up-coming Board meetings. Please visit the website to find these dates. The August 21st meeting will now be a closed Executive Board meeting.

Southern California Registry Interpreters for the Deaf

Inland Empire Region

General Members Meeting

May 21, 2011

Submitted by: Michael J. Klyn

 

The following will capsulate the monthly IE Region Reports for FY10/11:

Successes during FY10/11:

Riverside Deaf Awareness Day, September 2011.

As with the last three years, SCRID has had a presence at the annual Riverside Deaf Awareness Picnic hosted by Model Deaf Committee and Center on Deafeness - Inland Empire (CODIE).  Officers, members and students were on hand throughout the day to recruit new members and provide information on the organization.

Workshop: May 25, 2010 was the "Discourse Workshop" presented by Diana MacDougall. The workshop had approximately 25 participants and received rave reviews which can be found on the evaluations held by the CMP Committee.

 

Challenges during FY10/11:

Inland Empire Region Representative - VACANCY

Since the IE Region Representative has took over the office of Secretary during the last year SCRID has actively searched for an individual to take over the position.  Unfortunately, no replacement has been found which has caused distress to the success of the region which can be seen when comparing the last three years of annual reports.  While some members have expressed an interest in taking over the position nothing went farther than expressed interest.

By next month, June 2011, SCRID will no longer have an Inland Empire Region Representative.  This position is vital to the success of the Inland Empire Region.  Without an Inland Empire Region Representative, members within the IE Region will again be forced to go outside of their home region to find workshops.  Any IE Region member interested in the position should check the website for the position description and contact the SCRID President with their interest.

A.    Position – Inland Empire Region Representative.  After two years, it is time for me to step aside to allow someone else the opportunity.  I’m not resigning as of yet but I am looking for a replacement.  Once a replacement has been named, I formally announce my resignation.  Should someone approach you during your day-to-day activities seeking to become involved with SCRID and resides within the IE please have them contact me.  I plan to remain as a support to the individual who takes over the position; just more of the “behind-the-scenes.”  

B.    Workshop - Riverside.  The PDC and I are working with Diana MacDougall to present on her research recently published within the JOI.  MacDougall has rec’d all the necessary forms to approve CEUs, etc.  We’re in the process of discussing dates and anticipate a date by February’s report.

OLD BUSINESS

A.    Palm Desert Workshop.  See previous report for details.  1/3/10: No update.

B.    Fundraiser – IE Region.  See previous report(s) for details.  1/3/010: No update.

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