RID Town Hall Meeting: Tuesday November 9, 2021

The RID Board of Directors will be hosting a Town Hall meeting for RID members on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7-9pm EDT. This Town Hall will focus on the idea of “What Do Members Want?”

Official announcement and video can be found here.

Great opportunity to meet new board members.

-Teddi/UTRID President

Planning and hosting a workshop

  1. Find a Presenter/Facilitator for the workshop
  2. Ask the Presenter/Facilitator to complete the  Workshop Proposal Form.
  3. Prepare and Send Contract to Presenter/Facilitator for signature
  4. Complete the Workshop Form (45 days in advance is the standard)
  5. Announce and Publicize the Workshop
  6. Add the name of the workshop to the Check in form & the Evaluation form
  7. Add the Certificate of Completion to the Page on UTRID
    1. Don’t forget to add the activity number to the certificate
  8. Check registration in WooCommerce on UTRID.com
  9. Send Links for Zoom or personalized qr tickets 
  10. Host the workshop
    1. Take roll (use the UTRID online forms) Check-in
    2. Monitor the names as they are entered in the Master Registration Check In tab
    3. Collect evaluations (use the UTRID online forms) Eval
  11. Complete the Activity Report Form

Check in QR https://bit.ly/UTRIDzoom
Eval QR http://bit.ly/UTRIDeval

 

UTRID Board Planning Retreat Minutes | November 11, 2019

Date: 11/9/2019

Conducting: Kimm Crosby-McConnachie
Call to Order:  10:00 am

In Attendance:

Kimm Crosby-McConnachie – President

Sarah Hemmert – Vice President

Greg See – Secretary

Ben Daniel – Treasurer

Deborah McHenry- Conference Chair

Erinn Pack- Professional Development Chair

Sheri Rameriz – Silent weekend/Camp Chair 

Adam Janisieski – Deaf Liaison

 

New Business – Kimm Crosby-McConnachie

Scholarship Committee

  • Sheri Rameriz is now the chair
  • Ben Daniel and Adam Janisieski will remain as the committee members
  • When an application is received Sheri will contact the committee members for a discussion and vote. Ben will check UTRID membership and Adam will check RID membership. 
  • Action Item: Sheri will make a flyer to advertise scholarships to the membership
  • Proposal: Kimm proposes that the scholarship amount for the coming year stay the same at $2250 per fiscal year
    • 2nd: Sarah
    • Discussion: This amount still falls within budget and matches the scholarship requests from previous years
    • Vote: All in favor

Procedures for Board Positions

  • To help ensure that new board members are aware of their responsibilities and the board procedures, each position will have a basic procedure document
  • Action Item: All board members will outline their position’s procedures in the shared Google Doc

PD Workshops – Theme: “Building a Vision of My team”

  • Saturdays 9-12am at  $30/members $65/non-member
    • Jan 11th- “Teaming Starts with Me Workshop”- (Teddi)
    • March 14th- “There’s No I In Team” – (Mike, Kaite M., Amber, Angela Spergeon)
    • May 16th- “CDI and Me: Stronger Together”- (Samond, Joseph Featherstone)
    • Sept 12th- “Hello, My name is…: Setting a Collaborative Tone” Soft skills (stay in room with client…work with all clients )  (Pamela, Trenton)  
  • Presenter compensation options:($50/hour, 2 year membership, or 2 free workshops) 
  • Budget for snacks/water: $25 per workshop
  • Action Item: Greg will reserve the space for workshops at the Deaf center. Preferably the B/C classroom or lecture hall, ~40 people in attendance

Terp Talks

  • 11:30-1:30pm   Free for members  $35/non-member
  • Feb 8th- Brick Oven- “Me: Confidence is…”-Heather (Confirmed) 
  • June 20th- Pizza Pie Cafe (orem/provo)- buffet – “You: Communication is…” (Jed- Confirmed)
  • Oct 17th- Leatherbys- “Us: Collaboration is…” (Kimm)
  • Presenter compensation options: ($25/hour, 1 year membership, or free workshop) -pay for facilitator’s lunch

Student Involvement Workshops

  • Thursdays 6-8pm   $5/student members $25/members $60/non-member 
    • Feb 20th- “Speed Mentoring” -Kimm
    • June 18th- “Clarification Techniques: How to Ask For What You Need”- Adam
    • Oct 15th- “Numbers” -Stephanie Belshe (Confirmed)
  • Presenter compensations options: ($50/hour, 2 year membership, or 2 free workshops) 
  • Budget for snacks/water: $25 per workshop
  • Action Item: Greg will reserve the space for workshops at the Deaf center. Preferably the B/C classroom or lecture hall, ~40 people in attendance

Board Meetings

  • Feb 22nd: 9am (Deaf Center)
  • May 9th: 9am (TBA)
  • June 13th: 9am (Deaf Center) 
  • July 11th: 9am (Deaf Center) 
  • Nov (retreat): 13th-15th (TBA)
  • Action Item: Greg will reserve the space for board meetings at the Deaf center.

Finances – Ben

  • Membership dues will stay the same
  • Workshops – Presenter fee
    •         $25/food for each workshop
  • Sponsorship – $2,225 + Revenue from silent auction $1,500
  • Conference – $10,000/ revenue for 8/2019  $5,500/profit

Silent Weekend – Sheri 

  • Better Together #InterpreterUnity
  • April 23rd-26th 
  • 35 attendee slots available (Certified Members Only)
  • Heber Rental – VRBO : #711406
    • 6 Queens (12 spots)
    • 11 Top Bunk 
    • 11 Bottom Bunk
    • 1 off the site if Ben’s Wife comes
  • CEUs: 0.12 
  • $150/person early bird (Jan1st-31st) 
  • $175 (Feb1st-March 31st)
  • $200 (April 1st-day of)  
  • T-shirts -UTRID cover cost

Interpreter Appreciation Day

  • May 6th
  • CERTIFIED MEMBERS
    • (1) $25 Visa Gift Card
    • (2) UTRID Workshop Coupons (up to $45 value)
    • (2) UTRID Membership Extension (1 yr)
  • ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
    • (1) $25 Visa Gift Card
    • (2) UTRID Workshop Coupons (up to $45 value)
    • (2) UTRID Membership Extension (1 yr)
  • Student MEMBERS
    • (1) $25 Visa Gift Card
    • (2) UTRID Workshop Coupons (up to $45 value)
    • (2) UTRID Membership Extension (1 yr)

 Conference

  • Theme: “Vision 2020”
    • Aug 6th-8th
    • 14 CEH
  • Things to add this conference
    • Morning “Huddle” 
    • Evening Wrap-up
  • Streaming Committee (lean on committee from PD)
  • KeyNote – Discuss possibilities
  • Sponsorships include organizational membership (for certain sponsorship levels)
  • Tabeling/booth (sell space, daily rate or full conference)
  • Sell advert space 
    • $25 full page (8.5×5.5)  
    • $15 half page (5.5×4.25) 
    • Discount for deaf businesses
  • BUDGET: $5,500-$6,500
  • Attendee Cost 
    • Member $175/person|NonMember $215 1 Month early bird, Registration opens May 1-May31st)
    • Member $200/person|Nonmember $240  (June1st- July 31st)
    • Member $250|Nonmember $290 (Aug 1-Aug 6th)
  • Planning Meetings
    • Feb 1st, 9-10:30am at Deaf center
    • Feb 29th, 9-10:30am at Deaf center
    • May 9th, 9-10:30am at Deaf center
    • June 20th and July 11th held with the board meeting
    • Action Item: Greg will reserve meeting space at Deaf center

 Sub For Santa – Sarah

  • Possibly hand off planning to the MAL-UAD Liaison
  • Dec 4th 2020 (Reserve Kitchen & Gym) 6-8pm  
  • Set up at 4:00

Streaming committee

  • A committee will be established to plan and run streaming services during workshops
  • This position will be aligned with MAL- Outreach & Technology

Finances Continued – Ben

  • Workshops – Presenter fee
    •         $25/food for each workshop
  • Sponsorship – $2,225 + Revenue from silent auction $1,500
  • Conference – $10,000/ revenue for 8/2019  $5,500/profit

Meeting Adjourned 4:45pm