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- Discussion:
o Jay Taska – “I would like to amend the resolution to say that ‘if there is an AZAER member who is presenting, they do not have to pay. We pay for out-of-state presenters, so we should give locals a break.”
Resolution
1.
Whereas active
officers of the AZ AER board that have served for 1 year or longer, be it
resolved that these officers have the conference registration fees waived during
their term. (2005-1)
2.
Whereas active AZ AER
members in good standing that present at an AZAER conference, be it therefore
resolved that presenters have the conference registration fees waived for the AZ
AER conference at which they are presenting. (2005-2)
Motion
Amy Murillo
I move that AZAER
re-establish the legislative committee which will develop a mechanism for
disseminating, and advocating for legislative issues related to blindness and
visual impairment.
· Discussion:
· Interested members: Amy Murillo, Elaine Baldridge, and Pamela Ripley
· Amy may be the Chairperson of the committee initially, or she can act as the committee’s adjunct to the board
· Information can most effectively be disseminated via the listserv
· Amy will write a piece for the newsletter
· Penny can put instructions on the listserv on how to use the listserv more effectively
- Elections could not take place as there were not enough members present to make up a quorum of the membership (most likely due to the VRATE exhibits)
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However, Mark Brady and
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Elections will take place
via numbered ballots sent to each member in the mail ASAP
Thank You's – Elaine Baldridge
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Thank you to Dorinda Rife and
- Thank you also to Jacky Daniels for doing the initial planning for this conference
President’s Report – Dorinda Rife
- None at this time
Vice
President’s Report –
- The Talking Book Division wants to remind all TVIs to enroll their students in their free library service
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If you know any parents who are interested in joining NAPVI, have
them contact
- Board recognition
Community Member Award
–
- Nominations will be taken at the spring conference
Spring Workshop &
Meeting –
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- Possibly on the ASDB campus
- Discussion? None
Fall Annual
Conference –
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Possible location: Hon-dah Resort and Casino, in the
- Rooms would be $69; 30 rooms can be blocked the night prior to the conference; 60 the night of the conference and the following night; 6 rooms are accessible, 2 can be reserved (more if needed)
- Discussion?
o If the purpose of paring the AER conference with VRATE was to save vendors from needing to come to AZ two months in a row, we could have the fall conference on a Wednesday and Thursday, and still have VRATE on Friday (Penny Rosenblume)
o Holding the 2 day conference outside of a metro area allows for more networking and socializing among attendees (Jay Taska)
o
If the conference is held in a casino, meeting rooms need to be
nonsmoking (
o
What if the 2-day conference was held in spring and the 1-day
workshop/meeting was held in fall in conjunction with VRATE? (
§ Would need to schedule around spring breaks and testing schedules
§ A show of hands determined that the majority of meeting attendees felt that a reversal of 1-&-2-day conferences was a good idea (NOT A BINDING VOTE OF RESOLUTION- NO MOTION AND NO QUORUM TO CARRY THE VOTE)
§ Vendors would be more available (Elaine Baldridge)
§ This will have to be a Board decision
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Within the year, due to funding, JVIB will only be
available for free online; you will have to pay extra to receive a print copy.
Also, ReView and AER Report will be combined, and may have
a new title. (
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If you need a copy of Troy LaPlante’s tutorial, from the Digital
Portfolio session,
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There are 2 more slots available in the TVI program being offered
in
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There are a couple of full-time, on-campus spaces available for
the TVI program. (
- Advanced Low Vision course with Irene Topor is starting soon. You can contact her at ilt@u.arizona.edu .
Respectfully submitted,
Christine Powers, Secretary