Articles from prior issues of The Advocate

May/June, 1996

Mid-Year Board Highlights
by Anne Graham, NADE Secretary

DURING THE MID-YEAR BOARD MEETING on March 14 and 16, 1996, in Baltimore, Maryland, the following actions of interest occurred.

1. Ellen Cook moved that Larry DeVantier write a letter to Chuck Jones to suspend the implementation of the Early Decision List, Sequential Interviewing, and CR/DE Teaming until the Accelerated DCM workgroup’s report comes out. Al Kamnick seconded and the motion passed.

2. Anne Graham moved to eliminate proration for membership dues for new members. Leslie Hendren seconded the motion. The motion passed with 8 in favor and 4 opposed in a show of hands.

3. Leslie Hendren moved that Donna Hilton and Larry DeVantier revise the membership flier and the material in the Advocate concerning membership to eliminate proration and to update the contents. Sue Neitzert seconded the motion and the motion passed. 4. Leslie Hendren moved that we accept, as written, Mike Foster’s position paper concerning NADE’s current position in favor of the State/Federal relationship, which was published in the January/February, 1996, Advocate, for presentation to the Delegate Assembly in Chicago. Ellen Cook seconded. The motion passed.

5. Karen Gunter made a motion that Mike Foster make the appropriate changes in the bylaws concerning the Program Committee in section 2D to reflect that the president-elect is chairman of the committee and works with the group planning the program for that year’s national training conference. Lyle Larson seconded it. The motion passed.

6. Sue Neitzert moved that Mike Foster make the appropriate changes concerning the deletion of the Chapter Services Committee since the tasks assigned to that committee are now performed by the chairperson of the Council of Chapter presidents. Leslie Hendren seconded the motion and it passed.

7. Al Kamnick moved that the board take the topic of a ten dollar dues increase back to the regions for discussion prior to the Delegate Assembly. Lyle Larson seconded and the motion passed. Lyle will write an article for the Advocate with the reason why a dues increase is needed.

8. Karen Gunter moved that the board provisionally approve the new chapter in Derby City, Kentucky, dependent on the election of permanent officers and the revision of the KADE chapter’s constitution and by-laws. Mike Foster seconded and the motion passed.

9. Anne Graham moved that Larry DeVantier write a letter in support of the staff of the New York City DDS locations proposed for relocation as requested by Marty Blum, stressing the disruption of service to the disabled citizens of New York due to the move and the potential loss of highly trained staff. Lyle Larson seconded the motion and it passed.