Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors

of South Dakota RehabACTion

August 6, 2007, via DDN

CALL TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order by Board President, Cindy Ryan.

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT:

President, Cindy Ryan; Past President, Margie Helgeson; President-Elect, Steve Resick; Treasurer, Bernie Grimme; Secretary, Mary Lesselyoung; VR Member at Large, Keith Rouse; and Provider Member at Large, Cindy Kirschman.

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES/ ADDITIONS TO AGENDA:

Minutes of the annual meeting held 5/24/07 were reviewed. Keith made a motion to accept the minutes, and Margie seconded the motion. All were in favor.

REPORTS:

Membership Report: The membership report was given by Bernie. There are currently

92 SD RehabACTion members. This number is likely to fluctuate with the upcoming Fall Conference.

Treasurer’s Report: Bernie provided the group with a report of the Treasury. The current Treasury account balance is $25,288.66. After taking into consideration the ERN and SBVI shares, the actual balance is closer to $24,000. Payments are also starting to go out for the Presenters for Fall Conference. Discussion was held on our current investment of $10,000 in a 9 month term CD, and the possibility of investing more. Keith made a motion to put another $5,000 into a CD. Steve and Margie seconded this motion and all were in favor.

2007 Fall Conference: Arrangements continue to be made for the Fall Conference to be held at the Ramkota Inn in Aberdeen Oct. 17-19, 2007. Bernie presented the agenda and this was reviewed by the group. Bernie and others will be touring the Ramkota Inn in the near future and assigning rooms for sessions and further finalizing the conference plans. Riding the Rails to the Hub City will be the theme and decorating ideas are being pondered. Plans for the social were reviewed. The group decided a Terry Redlin print for around $100 would make a nice grand door prize. Mary will look into this. There will also be several $20 door prizes provided by the various agencies and employers setting up booths.

A retirement gift to honor Dr. Easton and her dedicated years of service to Rehabilitation will be presented at the social.

Bernie reviewed the donations being received from the DD Counsel, Freedom to Work, and CTAT for the fall conference.

Black Hills Special Services will be setting up a Hospitality Room.

Bernie pointed out that we will likely start seeing more VR and SBVI Board members attending conferences.

SD RehabACTion Provider Recognition Awards will again be presented at fall conference. The 2 award categories include: 1). Outstanding Provider in Providing Employment Opportunities and 2). Outstanding Provider in Leadership and Program Development. Bernie will be sending out the instructions and applications for nominations. Nominations for a provider must be submitted by a RehabACTion member, and provider nominees must also be RehabACTion members.

ARAN Consortium Report: Margie reported on ARAN events. Activities have quieted down for the summer months. WIA Reauthorization will likely not happen this year. The next ARAN Board meeting will be held 8/20/07. Margie will present at that time on our recommendation to have the SD RehabACTion President-Elect serve a two year term on the ARAN Board. This will allow for continuity between the state and federal boards. It was also reported that the Oregon RehabACTion chapter may be dismantling due to lack of support from their Administration.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: None

OLD BUSINESS: Cindy R. informed us that the response email was sent to Jean Wall following our last meeting. Jean thanked her for the email.

NEW BUSINESS: None

Next Board Meeting: Next meeting is scheduled for September, 19, 2007 @ 10am Central time. This will be a conference call.

Adjournment:

Cindy K. made a motion to adjourn the meeting and this was seconded by Keith. All were in favor.