MINUTES
September
7,
2011 1:00
PM – 3:00 PM
Members Present: Liz Graves, Chairperson; Anna Liebenow,
Membership/Nominating
Committee, NAC Co-Chair; Barbara Rozul, Treasurer; Heidi
Showstead, 1st
Vice Chair; Mary Wambach, NAC Co-Chair.
Staff Present:
Camille Pansa,
Administrator; Lisel Rockwood, Assistant to the
Administrator.
Interpreter:
Kristen Marotto
1.
Minutes
of August
3. 2011: previously sent. A
motion was made by Anna
Liebenow and seconded by Barbara Rozul to accept the minutes
as written. Vote passed
unanimously.
2.
Review October 2011 calendar:
The October
scheduled meetings are as follows: Executive Committee –
Wednesday, October 5th,
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Needs Assessment Committee – Wednesday,
October 12th
, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Finance Committee – Wednesday,
October 19th
, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PARI’s Annual Dinner will be held on
October 13th.
Liz Graves and Anna Liebenow stated they would attend.
Attendance will be
limited to four or five Council members due to the cost and
limited funds.
3.
Annual meeting: The annual meeting agenda
and logistics were
reviewed. Liz Graves stated that she still did not
have confirmation
that Laura, Meeting Street School Transitional Specialist,
would be available
to give the educational presentation. Mary Wambach suggested a
teleconference
with Kelly Buckland (NCIL) as an alternative. She will contact
him. It was
decided that all Council Directors’ upon completing their full
terms will
receive award plaques for their years of service. The Council
may also award
other discretionary plaques as the Council sees fit, such as a
Distinguished
Service award or the Help and Hope Award.
New Council members and re-nominations were discussed
as was the Slate
of Officers.
4.
Vote to purchase conference material CD Rom: Camille
Pansa
asked the committee to consider purchasing a Financial and
Accounting CD-ROM
stating that it would be a valuable resource, especially for
the Council’s
Finance Committee members.
A
motion was made by Heidi Showstead and seconded by Barbara
Rozul to purchase the
Finance and Accounting CD-ROM for Non-Financial Managers and
Supervisors. Vote
passed unanimously.
5.
Needs Assessment for SILC’s teleconference: Camille
Pansa
stated that she received an email that the class was full and
the
registration fee previously paid would be refunded.
6.
SILC Congress 2012: Camille Pansa
stated that she
was contacted about RISILC’s attendance at the SILC Congress.
RISILC does not
have access to sufficient non-federal funds so will be unable
to send a
representative.
7.
Chairperson’s report: Liz Graves
stated that her
reign as Chairperson went by very fast and that she has
enjoyed her time with
the exception of the budget cuts. She noted that the Council,
in whole, was a
survivor and remains a good organization despite working with
limited funds. She
will be attending the SRC and Governor’s Commission on the
Services
for the Blind meetings this month. She thanked members for
giving their time
and energy to the Council.
8.
Finance Committee Report:
previously sent.
Barbara Rozul reported that the new automatic door opener has
been installed.
The 4th quarter resource funds have been received.
There is a
projected surplus which will be used for the third year of the
level funded
three-year budget.
9.
Needs Assessment Committee report:
previously
sent. Mary Wambach reported that the Needs Assessment
committee is working on
finalizing the survey translations. The NAC will be meeting
with Sue Babin
(DDC) again this month to review the graphic/simple language
translation.
10.Membership/Nominating
Committee
report: An advertisement will be
placed in Sunday’s Providence
Journal in September to recruit new members.
11.
State
Plan Committee report: Liz Graves restated the
first 704 Report meeting
will be in the fall and now would be a good time for Council
members who have attended
non-RISILC forums, meetings, or conferences, to email staff so
the information
can be included in the annual 704 Report.
12.Old
Business/new
business: Mary Wambach commented that
she was still
unable to participate in the monthly House Disability calls
due to limited
access lines. Heidi
Showstead suggested
inviting speakers to give presentations as a way to train
Council members.
Rick
Costa
Secretary