[WADNet Post] August 16, 2006: WAD President's NAD Report
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WAD President's NAD Report
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WAD President's NAD Report
July 29, 2006
Board of Directors and Wisconsin Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community,
I am typing a report of my attendance as your delegate to the National
Association of the Deaf Conference in a beautiful and really hot Palm
Desert, California (near Palm Springs) from June 27 through July 4,
2006. We’ve experienced the temperatures in 110’s degrees – it’s really
dry though. I haven’t really had a chance to get into the swimming pool
during my stay at NAD Conference. Katie Voss, Denise Johnson and Jeff
Cucinotta served as alternate delegates to the NAD Conference.
I attended the last NAD’s Board of Directors meeting of President Andy
Lange’s Administration. They had that meeting to discuss and wrap up
their plans for the conference. While sitting at the meeting, I was
asked to serve on the Forum Steering Committee for NAD Conference and I
accepted. I’ve served on the committee along with Judith Gilliam,
President of Alabama Association of the Deaf, Chris Wagner, President of
Florida Association of the Deaf, Charlie Reisinger, Ernest Northrup, NAD
Region Representatives and Nancy Rarus, NAD Secretary. The objective of
the committee is to screen the forum motions to ensure that there are no
duplications or contradictions with other forum motions.
What does we have to do with forums? The forums are an opportunity for
all NAD Members and Delegates to discuss critical issues involving the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities. There were six different forum
structures and they are: Advocacy, Leadership, Structure, Membership,
Revenue and Outreach. All members and delegates have an opportunity to
make motions with hopes that these motions were voted as favorable (and
not favorable). All favorable and not favorable motions are presented
for members/delegates voting. The top 30 forum motions will be referred
to the Council of Representatives (where all delegates from their
respective states meet and vote). Council of Representatives will decide
the top 20 motions out of 30 for the new NAD Board of Directors to work
on. To look at the top 20 motions approved by Council of
Representatives, please go to www.nad.org/2006confpriorities.
During the opening ceremonies, it was fascinating to watch ten NAD
Presidents that walked through the stage and got together for photo
opportunity. One of the past presidents, Robert Sanderson – he was the
Past President from 40 years ago! I was thinking while watching them
taking all the flashes from our cameras, I realized that Andy Lange was
about to become the 11th Past President of NAD.
We all attended "Tribute to ASL and Deaf Culture” Show. This tribute was
meant to honor American Sign Language as OUR language and Deaf Culture
as OUR culture. Many shows were performed by Bernard Bragg, Terrylene,
CJ Jones, Mark Morales, Jennifer Cook and Wisconsin’s own Todd Behanna!
The Council of Representatives did not meet until July 2-3, 2006. We
have spent most of our time discussing and debating what we thought is
in the best interests for NAD and its’ respective State Associations.
Unfortunately, we didn’t accomplish many things because several
delegates outside of our regions has constantly asked for votes of
reconsideration (even some motions votes weren’t even close). We were
unable to pass many bylaws proposals – out of 33 bylaws proposals, we
completed only 4 proposals. Because we ran out of time, we never had a
chance to ratify bylaws. All 33 bylaws proposals are not carried and NAD
will be operating with its’ current bylaws for the next two years. We
have passed the resolutions from the Council of Representatives meeting.
To find more information on these resolutions, please visit
http://www.nad.org/2006confresolutions.
We had candidates for the NAD Board of Directors. Bobbie Beth Scoggins,
Kentucky, was the only candidate for President. Chris Wagner, Florida,
was the only candidate for Vice-President and so was Tom Dillon, New
Mexico for Treasurer. All were elected. Four people ran for Secretary.
Nancy Lynn Ward, California, was elected as the new Secretary. Linsay
Darnall Jr., Nebraska, was elected as our Region II Representative to
replace Bobbie Beth Scoggins. Jack Cooper was the only candidate for the
Region II Representative and was elected to serve as our Representative
for the next 4 years.
Lastly, I attended post-NAD Conference Board Meeting on July 4, 2006.
Our letter to invite the NAD Board of Directors to have their Board
Meeting be held in Milwaukee sometimes in 2007. We want to see a
visibility from NAD in Wisconsin. The Board of Directors seem to be
receptive about this. I talked with Mike Berger, President of Illinois
Association of the Deaf about the possibility of partnering with us as
the hosts for NAD’s visit. Mike Berger will bring this up in the next
Board of Directors meeting. Should NAD be interested in coming to
Wisconsin, they will contact us.
There were many nights at the conference where I had few hours of sleep
and my trip back home was really tough. After several schedule changes,
I finally arrived home around 5 in the morning and really slept for at
least 14 to 15 hours! Should you have any further questions, please feel
free to email me at jriggio@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sincerely,
Joseph N. Riggio
President
(Contributed by: Joe Riggio, WAD President)
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Leslie Riggs
WADNet Post Editor & Listserv Administrator
Wisconsin Association of the Deaf
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