2016 IRID Member Meeting Minutes October 15, :00 PM 3:00 PM Columbia College Chicago, Illinois

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1 2016 IRID Member Meeting Minutes October 15, :00 PM 3:00 PM Columbia College Chicago, Illinois 1. Call to Order at 12:11 PM 2. Introduction of Board and Committee Members Present a. Angela Malcomson, Past President b. Will Lee, President c. Joshua Ayoub, Vice President d. Pat Dragisic, Treasurer e. Jen Maulding, Secretary f. June Prusak, MAL g. Susan Sotnick, MAL h. Cathy Silvern, MAL i. Karen Janssen, CMP j. Lindsay Wydra, Communications Chair k. David Rice, Membership Chair l. Corey Axelrod, IAD President m. Ben Hall, Parliamentarian 3. Quorum 40 Dual Members Present (needed 27). Membership Chair reports that quorum has been met for voting purposes. 4. Adoption of Standing Rules 5. Adoption of the Agenda - Moved to adopt, Member Diana Thorpe. Seconded by Member David Rice. Motion passes. 6. Approval of Membership Meeting Minutes from Nov 14, 2015 Moved to adopt, Member Angie Malcomson. Seconded by Member Anne Orozco. Motion passes. 7. Reports a. Board i. President 1. $2,300+ in regards to sponsorship/donation/scholarship EIPA and Dan Levin 2. Updated IRID website backend system 3. Provided 11 CEU earning opportunities to 250+ attendees (not including today).

2 4. Planning for 2017 IAD joint conference. June 22-25, 2017 in downtown Naperville at the new hotel Hotel Indigo. 5. Leadership planning ii. Vice President 1. Term ending at the conclusion of this meeting. Josh has spent 6 years MAL, 2 terms as Vice President and learned under 4 Presidents. 2. Liaison to IAD. 3. Planned 3 different but successful conferences. 4. Thanks for all involved with a special thank you to Carrie Speakman. 5. Helped to implement RID ASL Communication policy iii. Treasurer 1. FY 2015 = 2016 loss of $5, because of a Conference loss and the 2017 IAD/IRID conference fundraiser. 2. LMM events are strong fiscally 3. Assets $47, Liabilities $0 5. First quarter (see submitted report) 6. Thanks to Pat took care of the scholarship very well. This will help others lead the way. iv. Secretary 1. Membership meeting minutes posted on the website. v. Member at Large 1. Cathy Silvern focused on the following: a. Worked in conjunction with Membership in regards to the Affiliate Chapter Membership survey for recruitment/retention. b. Assisted with Entry to Practice committee work. c. Assisted with the mentorship registry development. d. Involved with the current event support. e. Liaison for the 2017 IAD/IRID conference planning. f. (After Dark) Last night a good number of people came want to help and in kind of help would be appreciated. 2. Susan Sotnick focused on the following: a. Entry to Practice as they want to increase student involvement. crease student involvement b. Survey i. Mentorship ii. Safe space for networking c. Thanks to committee members for hard work 3. June Prusak focused on the following:

3 a. Leadership summit planning b. LMM finding deaf presenters c. Scholarship promotion d. Awards and recognition vi. IAD 1. IAD Business meeting update working towards a partnership with IRID and looking for the relationship to grow. 2. IDHHC Licensure problems feedback gathered were results from questioning numerous interpreters). a. Calls/ s not responded in timely manner, renewal licenses not received in a timely manner and complaints filed not resolved in a timely manner. b. Lack of action regarding review of Accepted Certificates in the Administrative Code. 3. No collaboration with JCAR (Joint Committee on Administrative Rules) to review regulations in implementation of interpreters. 4. Lack of outreach and awareness specifically regarding accessibility. 5. Lack of workshops and trainings for interpreters to satisfy licensure requirements. The last state run conference was in $300,000 in the interpreter fund and approximately $30,000 in IDHHC fund. IAD would like to know what the IDHHC is doing with the $300,000. Why are they not hiring an Interpreter Coordinator? The position has been vacant since August Information from Governor will be on the IAD FB and website 8. IDHHC has a new posting for secretary in the office of administrative. 9. IAD feels the organization needs to hold IDHHC accountable since the Interpreter Act is to protect/benefit the public. 10. IAD feels the IDHHC is good but needs more from them organization. a. $200,000 for FY 2016 and FY 2017 was approved. Budget passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor for the Interpreter Coordinator position. 11. New Business check info for DFI grant a. Clarification from Karen Janssen DFI is under Title 20. b. IAD would like IRID to start a pro bono program, if possible. b. Committee Reports i. Bylaws Committee

4 1. Co-Chairs are Karen Janssen and Donna Stanton. Committee members consisted of Gail Bedessem, Sara Lucas, David Rice and Sam Freeman. 2. Met several times over the past year to compare IRID bylaws to other Affiliate State Chapters as well as reviewed RID bylaws. Reviewed dual membership and voting 3. Bylaws already ed and posted on the website. ii. CEU / CMP Administrator 1. Late CEU requests will not be granted. Requests must be made more than 30 days advance notice. 2. Patience requested (3-4 business days) when awaiting a response to CEU process improvements and automation is coming. iii. Communications Committee 1. Information sharing is a priority. 2. We are trying to maintain internet (social media)presence a. b. Photographs c. Facebook i. Main page ii. Conference page d. Website iv. Deaf Interpreters Committee 1. Planned and conducted two very successful professional workshops v. Entry to Practice Committee vi. LMM Administrator vii. Membership Committee 1. Announced new Membership Chair David Rice student members as of this moment. viii. Professional Development Committee 8. Outstanding Business None (11/14/2015 Membership Meeting) 9. New Business a. Bylaws Revision i. Amazing collaboration has happened and we hope members like revisions. ii. Committee members Donna Stanton, former IRID President, Sam Freeman and David Rice who are future leaders, Sara Lucas and Gail Bedessem, both long standing IRID members. iii. Modifications made the Bylaws were made directly on the electronic proposed copy. b. IDHHC Letter of support

5 i. Susan Salerno moves that IRID set up a committee to investigate developing a position statement in regards to state licensure. Seconded by Shelley Engstrom-Kestel. 1. Question is called by Karen Janssen. 2. Members Vote motion carries. ii. Corey Axelrod wants to reconsider the motion to call the question. Seconded by Lisabeth Gardner. 1. Corey would like IAD and IRID collaborate on the effort to establish a committee. iii. Discussion closed. iv. Vote for the motion carries v. Corey Axelrod moves IAD and IRID establish a joint committee to work collaboratively in developing a position statement in regards to state licensure to be submitted to IDHHC I so move. vi. Opposition to Corey s motion: Karen Janssen IRID needs to decide ourselves first then invite IAD to talk about this issue. vii. Support of Corey s motion: Kitty Aubry. viii. Susan Sotnick is against the amendment. ix. Motion carries. c. Received Motions ii. Membership Chair, David Rice moves to reduce current student membership to $15 per year. Seconded by Karen Janssen. iii. Discussion 1. David collected all Affiliate Chapter research and found IRID is the 3rd most expensive for student membership dues. iv. Question is called by Shelley Engstrom-Kestel. v. Discussion is closed vi. Vote in support of the motion 1. Motion passes d. Scholarships Announcement i. Money was available thus all applicants will be awarded 1. Dan Levin Scholarship Recipients a. Sam Freeman b. Lindsay Wydra 2. EIPA Scholarship Recipients a. Shelley Engstrom-Kestel b. David Rice e. Motion to extend the membership meeting until the voting is complete by Shelley Engstrom-Kestel. Seconded by Donna Reiter Brandwein. vii. Vote by the members. viii. Motion carries.

6 f. Board Elections i. Point of clarification student member election is needed on the board as well. g. Vice President (2-year term) i. Nomination for Mandy Grazian previously submitted. Mandy accepts the nomination and her bio was posted. ii. No other prior nominations received. Floor opened for nominations. iii. Nomination by acclimation h. Treasurer i. Suzanne Salerno nominated previously submitted. Suzanne accepted the nomination and her bio was posted. ii. No other prior nominations received. Floor opened for nominations. iii. Nomination by acclimation i. Member at Large i. Shelley Engstrom-Kestel nominated previously submitted. Shelley accepted the nomination and her bio was posted. ii. No other prior nominations received. Floor opened for nominations. 1. Shelley Engstrom-Kestel nominated June Prusak. June Prusak declined the nomination. 2. Shelia Antosch nominated Mary Kocsis. Mary Kocsis accepted the nomination and presented a brief bio to the members. iii. Shelley and Mary leave the room. iv. Vote. Mary Kocsis elected by majority of dual members present. j. Student position on the Board i. Floor opened for nominations. 1. David Rice nominates Mark McWilliams. Mark accepted the nomination and presented a brief bio to the members. 2. Carrie Speakman nominates Billy Burke. Billy accepted the nomination and gave a brief bio to the members. ii. Billy and Mark leave the room. iii. Vote. Billy Burke elected by majority of dual members present. k. Additional business i. Donna Reiter Brandwein moves to extend the meeting by 2 minutes. Seconded by Carrie Speakman. 1. No discussion 2. Motion passes. ii. Donna Reiter Brandwein moves that IRID establish a committee to investigate using the interpreter licensure fee to pay for interpreting that is not covered by the ADA. Seconded by Mary Kocsis. 1. Rationale DRI money is not available

7 2. Karen Janssen opposes -Supports the idea however the IDHHC is the state s budget we do not have an idea how the IDHHC spends their money. 3. David Rice opposes We already voted to establish a committee to investigate. 4. Discussion in closed passes. 5. Vote for the motion motion fails iii. Time has expired iv. June Prusak moves to add 10 minutes to the membership meeting. Seconded by Kitty Aubry. 1. Vote to extend the meeting. 2. Motion carries. l. I, Corey Axelrod, move that IRID and IAD set up a joint committee to investigate the potential of seeking out grant money for interpreting for non ADA interpreting. Seconded by Kitty Aubry. i. Rationale Deaf people need services. ii. Discussion 1. Support Josh Ayoub Deaf people need services too! 2. Oppose none iii. Discussion closed iv. Vote passed 10. Adjournment Kacie Hall moves we close the meeting. Shelley Engstrom-Kestel seconds. Meeting adjourned at 2:51 PM Followed by Appreciation and Awards Angela Trull explained that since last year, IRID had presenting the formal awards. Those will be postponed and presented at the next membership meeting. Instead, she wanted us to informally thank those who have made an impact and present each awardee with a flower of gratitude. Angela starting off by awarding Ben Hall with a flower and a thank you. The rest of the audience is invited to participate as you move to your next workshop.