Minutes of the
Meeting of the Board of Directors
of South Dakota RehabACTion
May 12, 2008 by Teleconference
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Board President Elect, Eric Weiss
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
PRESENT:
President-Elect, Eric Weiss; Past President, Cindy Ryan; Treasurer, Bernie Grimme; VR Member at Large, Dawn Backer; and Provider Member at Large, Cindy Kirschman.
REVIEW OF THE
MINUTES/ ADDITIONS TO AGENDA:
Minutes of the meeting held 4/21/08 were reviewed. Bernie made a motion to approve and accept the minutes, Cindy R. seconded the motion. All were in favor.
REPORTS:
Membership Report: The membership report was given by Bernie. There are currently
91 SD RehabACTion members.
Treasurer’s Report: Bernie presented the Treasurer report. The current checking account balance is $24,033.81. The profit from the Mid-Winter conference was approximately $3000.00. The latest CD which expired was rolled over. SBVI has $128.65 that will be credited back to them which was left over from the Peer Support conference. Aberdeen ERN has $2575.06 in the account. A donation of $3500.00 was sent to ARAN as approved during the April 21, 2008 meeting. Cindy K. made the motion to approve the treasures report and Dawn B. seconded the motion. All were in favor.
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SD Rehab Action
Treasurer Report |
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1/1/2008 to 04/23/2008 |
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Category |
Payment |
Deposit |
Difference |
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Aberdeen ERN * |
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$0.00 |
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Accounting & Fees |
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$0.00 |
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Awards |
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$0.00 |
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Bank Charges |
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$0.00 |
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CDs |
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$0.00 |
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Counselor Appreciation D |
$434.10 |
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-$434.10 |
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Donation - ARAN |
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$0.00 |
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Donation - Other |
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$0.00 |
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Fall Conference 07 |
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$154.00 |
$154.00 |
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Marketing |
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$0.00 |
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Membership |
$1,548.00 |
$1,503.00 |
-$45.00 |
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MidWinter 2008 |
$7,215.35 |
$8,775.00 |
$1,559.65 |
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Office Supplies |
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$0.00 |
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Peer Support * |
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$0.00 |
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Shirts |
$552.74 |
$70.00 |
-$482.74 |
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Training |
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$0.00 |
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ARAN Conference |
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$0.00 |
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$9,750.19 |
$10,502.00 |
$751.81 |
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Checking Account on
hand at beginning of Year |
$24,033.81 |
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Profit/Loss during
Year |
$751.81 |
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Checking Account
Balance |
$24,785.62 |
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Current Assets |
$39,013.38 |
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* $128.65 (1/1/2007) Peer Support dollars need to be credited
back to SBVI |
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* $2,575.06 credit to
Aberdeen ERN on 1/1/2008 |
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CDs |
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Dates & Rate |
Expires |
Amount |
Earned 12/31/2008 |
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6/8/2007 (9 Months)
5.25% |
03/08/2008 |
ended |
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8/8/2007 (10 Months)
5.22% |
06/09/2008 |
$5,000.00 |
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3/10/2008 (4 Months)
3.45% |
07/08/2008 |
$10,391.47 |
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Total |
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$15,391.47 |
$0.00 |
ADDITIONS TO
AGENDA:
Regional Conference
in Denver, Colorado:
There were no requests from providers for assistance from SDRA to attend the Region VIII TBI and Employment Conference held June 10-12, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Bernie reported they could still come forward and Eric and Bernie would like to encourage them to attend. They would like to help with the rental of a van and provide transportation.
Provider Awards:
Bernie stated he will be sending out the announcement for the provider awards for Fall Conference in July.
Assist Coalition:
Shelly Pfaff, SD Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities, Executive Director joined the executive board meeting via teleconference and discussed different ways Rehab ACTion could assist them with different projects. A brief discussion was held on the possibility of having RehabACTion assist the SD Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities with their newsletter by providing success stories. A second suggestion for assistance was for financial assistance for a Disability Summit. This would be a one day meeting in the central part of the state in late June or early July to bring a group of people together to discuss the most important issues to them and come together on common interests. The benefit would help when legislative issues are being developed so issues brought forth wouldn’t benefit one group and hurt another. Suggested groups would be the Boards of VR, SBVI, SILC. Shelly asked if SDRA would help with the funding of a location and a meal. She estimated she would need $800.00 for those two costs. Other sponsors are being sought as well. Shelly left the meeting and the executive board discussed the proposal. Eric agreed to contact Shelly and request a written proposal to bring forward. The topic was tabled until a proposal is received.
OLD BUSINESS:
SD RehabACTion
memberships for SDSU students:
Bernie stated he received a thank you to Rehab Action from Alan Davis for offering free SDRA memberships for SDSU students in Rehabilitation Counseling. So far he has received three applications.
Webmaster found:
Lucus Stoesser will be keeping the SD Rehab Action web page updated. He will charge a $50.00 set up fee and then $7.50 per hour. Dawn made the motion to hire Lucus Stoesser as the web page manager for SD Rehab Action, Cindy Ryan seconded the motion and all were in favor.
NEW BUSINESS:
Lunch at Self
Employment Conference- Chamberlain
Cindy R. stated Rehab ACTion will help with breaks at the meeting.
Rehab ACTion Lobbyist:
Cindy R. asked if SDRA would consider hiring someone to lobby during legislative session. Bernie stated he would want to be very cautious so it wouldn’t interfere with the state agency policies or have a direct impact. He would want to discuss with the agency directors before any further action was taken. He also stated that the Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities provide lobbying efforts during legislative session.
Next Board Meeting: Next RehabACTion board meeting will be held Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 10 a.m. central time via teleconference.
Adjournment:
Bernie G. made a motion to adjourn the meeting and this was seconded by Cindy R. All were in favor.