SDAD Conference

Thursday-Sunday, June 21-24, 2007

CampLakodia (Madison, South Dakota)

Tom Kober, President

Kevin Barber, Vice President

Dave Dahle, Secretary

Jane Souhrada, Treasurer

Larry Puthoff, Board

Bettie Carlson, Board

Mark Koterwski, Board

Wayne Hespe, Board

Patty Geer, Board

The business meeting was called to order at 9:20 AM on June 23rd.

  1. Roll Call- Kevin Barber, Bettie Carlson, Wayne Hespe, and Patty Geer were absent.

38 SDAD members were present – refer to attachment

  1. Approval of the Minutes of the 2005 SDAD Conference:

Bob Zimmer (Connie Ulmer) moved to approve the minutes as read. Motion carried.

  1. Officers’ Reports-
  1. President (Tom Kober)

Larry Puthoff will be parliamentarian for the business meeting

Summarized things accomplished over the last 2 years: (see attachment)

  1. Vice President (Kevin Barber)

Summary given during SDAD Forum on Friday; see Technology Committee

  1. Secretary (Dave Dahle)

No report.

  1. Treasurer Jane Souhrada

Report for SDAD’s financial condition for 2005-2007 was passed out.

Ed Reitz (Clarke Christianson) moved to accept the report as presented. Carried.

  1. Committee Reports:
  1. Bylaws (David Soukup)

Three proposals and request from SFAD were shared: (refer to attachment)

A. Term Limits / staggered terms

Law Committee Recommendation: Do not enact term limits.

More study needed on staggered terms for at-large members

Jennifer Dans-Willey (John Timmer) moved that the entire board be elected on staggered 4-year terms. Motion failed.

David Soukup (Ed Reitz) moved that the at-large positions be elected on staggered 4-year terms. Carried.

B. WestRiver Delegate

Law Committee recommendation: Do not enact this requirement.

No motion was made – proposal dies.

C. SFAD request – add Athletics committee to standing committees

(Proposal is to facilitate merger of SFAD into SDAD)

Norman Larson Jr. (Jennifer Dans-Willey) moved to accept Law Committee

recommendation. Motion failed.

David Soukup (Patty Kuglitsch) moved to add ‘Recreation’ as one of the

standing committees. Motion carried.

Tom Kober called for a 10-minute recess at 10:15, meeting resumed at 10:30.

  1. SDAD Conference (Jennifer Dans-Willey)

So glad the conference is finally underway; gave thanks to various people including CSD and SDAD for helping bring all the plans together!

  1. Legislative: (Tom Kober)

Two bills that SDAD monitored or participated in: One was transitioning the interpreter certification system from an evaluation panel to registering their existing national credentials with the state. The other bill had to do with taking money from the state TRS fund and using it to fund cochlear implants. Due to specific administrative rules, there have been no applications for this money and it is due to expire next year – we will have to make sure it does not get renewed!

  1. Finance (David Soukup)

Thanked committee members for their time over the last two years; two main items they have accomplished over the last two years were revising the SDAD Recreation Center Policies and recommending a cap on charitable donations by the SDAD Board.

  1. Auditors (Leo Willey)

The committee has inspected Jane’s treasurer reports over the past two years and they have all been satisfactory.

  1. Education: (Tom Kober for Ken Breslow)

The committee has basically been idle since Ken’s relocation back to Texas; we continue to monitor ongoing happenings with SDSD; search is underway for new superintendent (7 applicants).

  1. Hall of Fame: (Tom Kober for Willard Schumack)

Not much activity lately; next event will be in 2008.

  1. Technology: (Tom Kober for Kevin Barber)

Briefly mentioned the LCD projector / multimedia center erected at the SDAD Center in Darlene VanderGiesen’s memory (formal dedication soon), transfer of SDAD.org webmaster duties to the CSD Technologies Department, calendar is now on-line to reduce the number of copies that need to be printed.

  1. NAD Delegates: (Larry Puthoff)

The delegates’ report was already included in the most recent issue of the SDAD News.

  1. Necrology

A moment of silence was observed for departed SDAD members:

Larry PibalEileen (Rich) Kukuk

Tom HayMargaret (Gilbertson) Stewart

Ken MerrillDarlene VanderGiesen

Jerry BerkeAlice (Helberg) Massey

  1. Unfinished Business:

A number of motions passed at the 2005 Conference have not had any action.

The new Board needs to follow up on these items.

President Kober called for a 10-minute recess at 10:50AM, meeting resumed at 11AM.

  1. New Business- Tom Kober
  1. Norman Larson Jr. (MaeDora Larson) moved that the photo albums in the SDAD museum be returned to the main center area for viewing. [also motioned in 2005]

Dennis Souhrada (Connie Ulmer) amended that the photos be in a wall frame.

David Soukup (Bob Zimmer) amended that the Museum Committee chairperson be in charge of selection / enforcement of photos.

Patty Kuglitsch (Arlin Devish) moved that a photo kiosk be set up instead.

Amendments and main motion carried.

  1. Jimmy Mitchell (Bob Zimmer) moved that SDAD donate $250 to the SD Deaf Anglers for their upcoming 25th annual Walleye Classic to be held in 2008.

After discussion regarding donation limits, motion carried.

  1. Connie Ulmer (David Dahle) moved there be a plaque in deaf center with names of deceased SDAD members.

This is already done – motion is moot.

  1. Mark Gunderson (Bill Christiansen) moved that SDAD recognize SDSDAA as an affiliate.

Arlin Devish (Dave Dahle) amended that this be held until SDSDAA becomes more formally organized.

Amendment and main motion carried.

  1. Mark Gunderson moved to add Alumni to the list of Standing Committees.

Motion was referred directly to the Law Committee.

  1. Mark Gunderson (Connie Ulmer) moved to set up a volunteer reimbursement fund in the amount of $1000. Motion failed.
  1. Connie Ulmer (Arlin Devish) moved that SDAD send BHAD a letter mentioning that there is no WestRiver representative due to a lack of attendance from WestRiver members.

Mark Johnson (Jane Souhrada) amended that the letter include an explanation of what is expected of affiliated organization.

Amendment and main motion carried.

Tom Kober called for a recess for lunch at 11:55 AM until 1:00 PM.

Meeting resumed at 1:30 PM.

  1. Jane Souhrada (Mark Johnson) moved to donate $150 to the Augustana Deaf Education Program to support their upcoming Deaf Education Conference in late July. Motion carried.
  1. Heidi Branch (Arlin Devish) moved that SDAD purchase a new stove for the SDADCenter.

Mark Johnson (Bernice Heater) amended that the stove be a commercial one if possible.

Referred to Finance Committee.

  1. Mark Johnson (Jimmy Mitchell) moved that the SFingo game begin right after the DSSD meeting is done instead of 9PM.

Bob Zimmer (Jennifer Dans-Willey) amended that the game start at 8PM or following the DSSD meeting, whichever comes first.

Amendment and main motion carried.

  1. David Soukup (John Timmer) moved that the ‘charity’ donations be limited to $2000 per term.

Dave Dahle (Connie Ulmer) amended that ‘term’ be defined as the end of one conference to the end of the next.

Mark Johnson moved the cap on charity donations be $3000 per term or $1500 per year.

Amendments and main motion carried.

  1. Jennifer Dans-Willey moved to close New Business. Passed.
  1. Election - Ben Soukup, Nominations Chair
  1. President:Jennifer Dans-WilleyElected

Larry Puthoff

Mark Johnson(asked to be waived)

  1. Vice-President:Mark GundersonElected by acclamation
  1. Secretary:David Dahle(asked to be waived)

Arlin DevishElected by acclamation

  1. Treasurer:Jane SouhradaRe-elected by acclamation
  1. Board members:Larry Puthoff(asked to be waived)

Bruce KuckerElected

Ed Reitz

Jeff Sidford

Sandra Sidford

Bill Christiansen*

Paula SouhradaElected

Heidi BranchElected

Clarke Christianson

Mark Johnson

Frank TurkElected

Tom KoberElected

(Most of the new board took the oath during the banquet; remainder will at first meeting)

  1. NAD Delegate:Tom KoberSelected by acclamation

Mark GundersonSelected by acclamation

  1. 2009 SDAD site:CampLakodia

Chamberlain

Sturgis

SpearfishSelected

Rapid City

Pierre

Announcements:

Connie Ulmer thanked the staff at CampLakodia for the wonderful job they have been doing.

Tom Kober thanked everyone for their support over the last couple years.

Jennifer Dans-Willey moved to adjourn the meeting at 2:55 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Dave Dahle

SDAD Secretary2005-2007