Reports - Secretary

Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Board of Directors Meeting

Teleconference  

 February 19, 2011

                         1:00 PM

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

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 1:05 PM.

    II.    Roll Call.

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

  IV.    Approval of February 19, 2011 Agenda. (M/S Bernard/Shanker) Call for revisions to the agenda.  Vote called. 4/0/0.  Motion carried.  

    V.    Approval of January 26, 2011 Minutes. (M/S Shanker/Bernard) Call for revisions. The Lou Fant Memorial Banquet will begin at 11:00AM and end at 4:00PM.  Call for further corrections.  None.  Vote called.  4/0/0.  Motion carried.

  VI.    President’s Report. See attached.  The report stands as submitted.  Call for questions.  Clarification requested as to the status of SCRID if a president is not voted in during the May elections. Discussion ensued.  Dawn Buldoc, Region V Representative, has stated if a chapter does not have a president and a treasurer the chapter must close.  Per the bylaws, if a president is not voted in at the May meeting, the SCRID executive board has the option to appoint someone as president.  Taylor has agreed she would be willing to be ‘acting president’ from June 2011 to September 2011 while the board is diligently seeking a full term president. 

 VII.    Treasurer’s Report.  See attached. Additional to the report submitted, the checks for the Wells Fargo account have been received.  This week a Cashiers Check from Union Bank will be deposited in to Wells Fargo savings account.  To note, most all SCRID funds will be held in the savings account and transferred to the checking account as needed.  The thought for keeping funds in the savings is so the funds are able to earn interest.  The current Union Bank balance is $43, 229.12.  The Wells Fargo checking account has a balance of $500 and the Wells Fargo savings account holds a balance of $500 for a grand total of $44, 229.12.  The new UPS Store has been diligent on notifying Bernard on new mail received and forwarding the mail to Bernard.  In regards to the storage, Taylor has already moved the contents from the old storage to the new storage location. 

1. VIII.    Member-at-Large. See attached. Update: The 17th Winter Deaflympics in Slovakia from February 18 – 26, 2011 has been cancelled. 

  IX.    Standing Committee Reports

1. a.    CMP. See attached.  Report stands as submitted. As always, any queries made for CEU processing should be referred first to the website and then to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  All forms that must be submitted for CEU approval are located on the CMP page of the at www.SCRID.org.   
2. b.    Lou Fant Memorial Fund. See attached. Last month an error was made in regards to the time of the event.  The banquet is from 11a – 4p.  The Sign Language Company has donated $100 and  Darlene Dyer has donated $500.  All checks received (tickets and/or donations) will be sent to Bernard for deposit. Barbara Bernstein will be attending this year through the stipend provided by SCRID.  The deadline for nominations is February 20, 2011.  At this time, three nominations have been submitted for interpreter and none have been received for Deaf.  Discussion ensued regarding there not being a deaf person nominated from within the community.  Bill Rennie was nominated from the floor.  It was emphasized the SCRID Board is not responsible for ensuring individuals are nominated for the award.  The intent of nominations is for individuals to be recognized from within the interpreting and Deaf communities. 
3. c.    Membership. See attached.  Reports stands as submitted. 
4. d.    PDC. See attached.  Given Seshi is not present any questions are deferred to email.

    X.    Adhoc Elections Committee. See attached. A reminder for election nominations will be sent out by next week, February 26, 2011.  Call for questions.  None. 

  XI.    Old Business

1. a.    SCRID Address Change.  Various entities continue to be issued a change of address.  Suggestion made the website have a large announcement of the new mailing address. Taylor to look at viable options.  Anyone who has sent out notifications to members and/or entities need to send a list to Klyn to keep in the books should the issue arise in the future.  This item to remain under Old Business for next month.

Bernard was excused from the meeting at 2:20pm.

1. b.    SCRID Electronic Communication.  Nothing will be officially changed until late Spring 2011. 
2. c.    Reorder SCRID Pens.  Given Crow is not in attendance questions are deferred to email.

 XII.    New Business

1. a.     

1. XIII.    Announcements
2. a.    May 6 & 7, 2011 Deaf Nation Expo at California School for the Deaf.  The event has been added to the calendar.
3. b.    My 7 & 8, 2011 “My World Stage” with Bernard Bragg at Riverside City College, Riverside Campus.  The event has been added to the calendar.
4. c.    March 26-29, 2011 “Navigating ASL & Life” Interpreter Retreat in Ojai.  This event has been added to the calendar.
5. d.    Kate Bess, SCRID Fundraiser Chair, had a baby boylast Saturday.  Congratulations to Kate!
6. e.    The March 2011 Board meeting is not mandatory.  The meeting will primarily focused on the Lou Fant banquet.

1. XIV.    Adjourn.  With no further information, President Taylor adjourned the meeting at 2:34 PM.

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