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Conference of Interpreter Trainers
Online Board Meeting
December 17, 2007

Persons present:  Carolyn Ball, Brian Morrison, Cindy Farnham, Cindy Volk, Laura Covell, Annette Miner, Leslie Greer, Doug Bowen-Bailey

Absent:  Kellie Stewart

President Carolyn Ball called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. MST.

  1. Convention items:
    1. The call for papers will be listed on the website and sent out to individuals/organizations by January 15.  The call for papers and posters deadline will be midnight, April 10.  The screening and selection process will occur between April 14 – 25 and notice of acceptance will be sent by May 16.  Speakers need to confirm by May 30. Laura will discuss these dates with the program committee and the proceedings committee. Once confirmed, these dates will be announced in the CIT News.
    2. Discussion regarding changing the track titles: A suggestion was made to change the titles to Teaching and Learning, Research, and Standards and Assessment.  Discussion about including mentoring in the tracks. Possible track titles could then be Educating, Mentoring and Learning; Research; Standards and Assessment.  This idea will be conveyed to the program chairs.
    3. Discussion regarding the keynote speaker.  Consensus regarding something cultural/entertainment from Puerto Rico in place of a keynote. Myrelis has ideas about this.
    4. Anna and Leilani (conference co-chairs) will process any pre-conference session requests.
    5. Discussion that there are no current agreements with any organizations for a designated slot on the agenda.
    6. Discussion regarding the best time for the business meeting. Anna and Leilani will put together a schedule and let us know. We prefer a morning time for the business meeting.
    7. The conference language is ASL.
    8. We need to be sure to thank previous program and proceedings chairs at this conference.
    9. Cindy F will send the spreadsheet regarding previous conference expenses to Myrelis.  Laura, Annette and Cindy F will meet about this at another time.
    10. Registration and sponsors will be discussed in January, 2008.
    11. Discussion regarding international or associate membership for committee members from Puerto Rico.  Annette (Doug) moved that we offer committee members from Puerto Rico a reduced associate rate of $40. Motion carried. (B07: 13)
    12.  For the face-to-face meeting in Puerto Rico, we will have a tour at the conference hotel on Friday, Feb 8 at 4:00 and then have dinner there.
  1. Western Region of the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers meeting in Las Vegas in February, 2008
    1. Cindy F will go to this meeting to represent CIT.
  1. Archived materials from CIT
    1. The DOIT center put all of these materials on  2 CDs. They will be sent to Doug and he will copy them for each member of the executive board.
  1. Director of Research and Publications Report
    1.  Annette reported that the CIT journal committee is working on a journal for teachers of interpreting.  The committee has met twice and discussed goals, content of the journal, on-line vs. print delivery, process of article selection, costs, scope and frequency of publication.  The two committee chairs are Suzanne Ehrlich-Martin and Len Roberson.
    2. Annette reported that her recent work on the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Center’s AA to BA Work Team was to develop a section of a monograph and to foster a strong relationship between CCIE, NCIEC/Centers and the AA to BA work team to articulate ways to promote CIT standards and program accreditation participation.  The NCIEC has developed a list of current interpreter education programs and a map identifying their locations.  Once it is uploaded to their website, a link will be available to it from the CIT website.
  1. Director of Communication and Technology Report
    1. Doug reported that he has a new way to send along video files for the newsletter.  Contact him for additional information.
    2. Doug has been providing assistance to individuals who are renewing their membership online. 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm MST.