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
Hello, my name is Shane Montemayor and I grew up in Provo, Utah.
Teresa Langford Edwards BA, CI/CT has been interpreting since 1995. She loves learning and loves teaching. She currently works at the VRSII at Sorenson where she has the privilege to work with aspiring interpreters. She has two beautiful children and enjoys her time with her family, as well as the time she spends working with interpreters. UTRID is a great organization and she’s grateful to be involved in it.
Patricia M. Lowry was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts from Gallaudet University. Patricia worked at several deaf schools as a residential educator for about 25 years. She served on the AWDAS board (Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services) for 5 years and Utah Associate of the Deaf for 2nd years. Patricia currently works at Sanderson Community Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing as the American Sign Language Coordinator. Patricia has 4 Deaf Impaired sisters, 2 Deaf Impaired brothers and 1 Deaf sister. She loves outdoor camping, riding her bike, reading books and sewing quilts. Patricia has two girls, Bella and Daisy (Deaf) and one boy, Rambo (Deaf) who have four legs (they are dogs).