9th of April, 2024 8:00pm 

ATTENDEES

Erika Bravo, Phyllis Thomas , Rashidah Shariff, Grace Kirkwood

AGENDA

Last Meeting Follow-up (last meeting action items- where are we?)

President of the RID affiliate chapters attend a meeting every Third Tuesday of the month or send a representative.  Phyl to be more available after May. 

Meghan and Rashidah met yesterday for transfer of equipment and some paperwork.  Will meet again to review some procedures/paperwork. 

Erika sent out meeting minutes for the February meeting and shared them with the membership through the website.

Grace continues to review the bylaws.

May was chosen to review how to use the features of google suites with the board.  

Update received re: MAD.  Date: May 19th.  Costs discussed.  Location set.  Presenter set.  Door prizes and swag discussed.  

Grace to check with some local companies.

Rashidah will check into some swag for swag bags.  

New Business

• Agenda was set using ppt slides from previous meetings.  Set Agenda for the MAD- GaRID Business Meeting  (Go here to update your slide: Copy of MAD 2024GaRID General Member Business MeetingMAD.pptx

• Description of workshops and bio received for MAD workshop. 

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  Does GaRID have their own zoom login? Someone to check with Meghan on this. 

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  Seed money requested by the RID Region II- $200, to be sent by our treasurer. 

• Please let Phyllis know if you plan to attend the Region II conference- here is the website: https://northcarolinarid.org/region-ii

• Create goodie bags with something with our logo- and something that flat to add to the Region II goodie bags.

• Check into door prizes-

1. Grace will check into some door prizes.

• Outreach committee- 

• 1. Get volunteers for setting up the registration and helping with set up and clean up from the colleges (?) 

• Phyl to get with Kelly Spell about how many members do we have?

• Rashidah- to check on ordering https://www.discountmugs.com/product/plit140-light-up-your-logo-cable-set/?quantity=1&print_method=laser_engraved&color=Blue&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BADL%5D+%5BPLA%5D+%5BShopping%5D+-+Low+Value&utm_term=PLIT140-Custom-1&utm_content=sgiUtnYq4 

• Erika to set up a What’s app group for GaRID Board

NEXT Board Meeting’s AGENDA and Date:

April 23rd- @ 7 pm

Purpose- check in on MAD workshop needs- last minute and updates.

Meeting adjourned at 9:33 pm. 

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GaRID has been part of the Deaf Community since 1971 as GRID at first, then later changed to GaRID.  All of these years, we the interpreters of Georgia as a collective organization have worked to continue to improve the professionalism and quality of interpreters in this state.  In the beginning, GRID was involved in giving quality assurance tests to make sure that those who worked with Deaf folk were capable of doing so.  We've worked and continue to work with RID.  We also created a memorandum of understanding with GAD in July of 2015.  GaRID is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to supporting the advancement of the ASL/spoken language interpreting profession.  We have a board of directors, we support our GaRID members as they move forward by providing workshops, trainings, mentorship, social opportunities and partaking in endeavors that will strive to improve the profession for interpreters to make a difference for the Deaf Community in Georgia.  Today, we continue to spread the importance of maintaining professionalism, while also expanding our own understanding of this word as it applies in settings that can be oppressive to those of other cultures/skin colors/racial differences/gender differences/sexual orientations/neuro divergences/and other differences of minority groups.  We work to impove ourselves also by collaborating with GCDHH and  the Governor's selected representative for the Commission for the Deaf/HH.