Connecticut Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

News

CRID will have a membership meeting on Friday, June 6th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, 67 Prospect Avenue, 3rd Floor, West Hartford, CT.  Learn more about CRID and cast your vote for the Board of Directors.  <more>

CRID wishes to express special appreciation to the following individuals for their generous financial contributions:

Keith Vinci, Zoe Ann Kaminski, Karen Tuozzolo, Cat Lanser, Roberta Goldberg, Anna Marie Cartagena.

 Thank you!!!

The Connecticut Mentorship Program

The Connecticut Mentorship Program focuses on the needs of both pre-certified and certified interpreters.  Any interpreter working on their professional development has options as to which programs and workshops he/she would like to participate in.                                                

The next cycle of The One-on-One Mentoring and Group Mentoring Programs will commence with a mandatory meeting for all applicants accepted into the program on Monday, July 9, 2007 at CDHI.  During this meeting the program will be fully explained and applicants will be given time to decide on their involvement.  It is at this meeting that you will decide on program enrollment, fill out the registration form and provide payment.   Once enrollment is established, you will be invited to join us on September 14, 2007 for the �Kick-off� which will consist of a panel discussion and social.  This event will be held at ASD in the Gallaudet Building, GAA room from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  The Kick-off is open only to those accepted into this program for this mentorship cycle.  The purpose of the evening will be to give everyone the opportunity to meet and talk with the mentors to ask questions.  The application form (first come first serve); video by June 23, 2007 should be sent to: 
 

Kellyann Parry             email:  ctcmpp@gmail.com
48B Funston Avenue
Torrington, CT 06790 

For payment plan arrangements, call Kellyann Parry at 860-618-2427.  All checks should be made payable to CRID.
   

Participants must meet all entrance requirements and applications are accepted on a first come/first served basis, video is due by June 23, 2007.  This year�s workshops will include educational interpreting, sign choices, and ethics. We would formally like to thank the following agencies and organizations for their contributions and support of this program: 
 

Commission of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired                Connecticut Association of the Deaf   
Family Services Woodfield                                   Northwestern Connecticut Community College      Sorenson Communications                                     American School for the Deaf   

 

WASLI UPDATE - September 2007

Greetings Friends and Colleagues

This update brings you the latest news on:

• WASLI General Membership Meeting 2007
• WASLI Conference 2007
• WASLI at the WFD

WASLI CONFERENCE

Nearly 300 delegates from over 40 countries came to the WASLI 2007 Conference in Segovia 13-15 July 2007.�  The following report is a summary of the event.

The final official statistics will be published once FILSE, the host organisation has completed this work.

‘Scenes from Segovia’ is the daily newsletter of the conference and you can read these by visiting www.wasli.org

It is planned to use the WASLI 2007 webpage to show:

• The Scenes from Segovia newsletters
• Photo Gallery
• Messages of Greetings to the Conference
• A report from the WASLI Sponsorship Programme 2007
• Reports from those who were sponsored
• Acknowledgements (WASLI Board, FILSE, Conference Organisers, Sponsors, Sponsorship Programme, Scientific Committee, Presenters, Interpreters, Media Team, Volunteers and delegates)

This work is going to take some time and it is planned to have this complete by the end of October 2007.

WASLI GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 2007

The minutes of the General Membership meeting are being finalised.

The following decisions were agreed:

• To change the wording which described the WASLI Sponsoring Membership

• That the 4 officers will be elected every 4 years at the WASLI Conference

• To establish the ‘Balkans’ Region

In view of the changes agreed at the General Membership meeting, the Governing Document and Appendices are being updated and will be uploaded to the website shortly.

WASLI EXECUTIVE BOARD 2007-2011

Officers

President – Liz Scott Gibson (Scotland)

Vice President – To be appointed

Secretary – Zane Hema�  (England)

Treasurer – Daniel Burch (US)

Regional Representatives

Philemon Akach – Africa*

Emiko Ichikawa – Asia

Georgeina Major – Australasia & Oceania

Selman Hoti – Balkans*

Marco Nardi - Europe

Jose Luis Brieva – Latino America*

Deb Russell – North America

Anna Komarova – Transcaucasia & Central Asia

* It was not possible to elect these people in accordance with Chapter 7 Article 5 of the Governing Document.�  The WASLI Executive Board appointed them as individuals to undertake the task of developing the work of WASLI in their respective regions with the authority given in Chapter 8 Article 1.

Biographies of the Executive Board are being prepared and will updated to the website shortly.

WASLI CONFERENCE 2007

The WASLI Media Team produced a daily conference newsletter “Scenes from Segovia” and these cover the conference in great detail.�  Please visit the website www.wasli.org (in English and Spanish)

COUNTRY REPORTS

WASLI is now producing a final report of all the COUNTRY REPORTS presented at conference.�  Deb Russell and Robin Demko have kindly agreed to put this final report together.

Please make sure that your FINAL report has been sent in to Robin Demko at northamerica@wasli.org by 23 September 2007.� � � � � 

WASLI 2007 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Work has begun to publish the WASLI 2007 Conference Proceedings.�  Dr Cynthia Roy (US) has kindly agreed to be the Guest Editor.�  It is planned that the publication will be ready in May 2008.

WASLI AT THE WFD

WASLI/WFD JOINT AGREEMENT

The WASLI President and Secretary were invited to attend part of the WFD General Assembly on 15 July 2007 in order for the WFD President and WASLI President to sign the WASLI/WFD Joint Agreement.

This was an historical occasion.� �  The WASLI President addressed the General Assembly and talked about what led to the Joint Agreement and how important it is that both organisations work closely together.

MEETING WASLI AND WFD

The WASLI President and Secretary met with the WFD President Mr Markku Jokinnen.� �  The purpose of this meeting was discuss ideas on how both organisations can work together as a follow up to the signing of the Joint Agreement.

Many ideas were exchanged and the meeting finish with a commitment to having further discussions with the view of turning some of the ideas into a reality.

WASLI PRESENTATION AT WFD

On Saturday 21 July 2007, the WASLI President and Secretary jointly presented a paper at the Special Interest Group (SIG) session on Sign Language Interpreting.

The paper was entitled “Working Together” and traced the history of WASLI, looked at the nature of working collaboratively and in co-opoeration; then focussed on WASLI working together with WFD.�  Examples of how the 2 organisations have collaborated were given.�  The signed WASLI / WFD Joint Agreement was shown.

 WASLI MEETING WITH INTERPRETERS FROM LATINO AMERICA

One important meeting that took place brought together interpreters from the Latino America region.�  (Columbia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Cuba, Costa Rica together with colleagues from Spain)�  We were able to talk about how WASLI can support interpreters in this region and one commitment that was made was to work to provide communications in Spanish.�  Work has begun to do this.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please send details of any upcoming events to secretary@wasli.org

This weekend, our colleagues in Australia are holding their annual conference and so we should send them our best wishes.   The new WASLI Regional Representative for Australasia & Oceania, Georgina Major will be attending on behalf of WASLI.

ASLIA 2007 - Sydney Australia

"Transitions"

7-9 Sept 2007

For information: http://aslia.com.au

'efsli' 2007 - Zurich, Switzerland

"Setting Quality Interpreting Standards"

14-16 Sept 2007

For information: www.efsli.org and www.bgd.ch

National Reunion of Mexican Sign Language Interpreters - San Luis Potosi, Mexico

29-30 Sept 2007

For information: danielmayao@prodigy.net.mx

SASLI - Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters - Edinburgh, Scotland

"Interpreting - 25 Years of Evolution"

5-6 Oct 2007

For information: http://sasli25.com

ASLI 2008 - England, Wales and Northern Ireland

"Looking Back - Going Forward" 21 Years - Coming of Age

London, UK

5-6 April 2008

For information - www.asli.org.uk

AVLIC 2008 - St Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

"Connecting Minds and Communities"

29 July 2008 - 3 Aug 2008

For information - www.avlic2008.ca

Best wishes and the next WASLI Newsletter will be sent out in early October 2007.

Zane HEMA

WASLI Secretary

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New Region I Representative

Region I has a new Representative! Jeremy Brunson, M.S., M.A., C.A.S., CI and CT, recently accepted the appointment as RID Region I Representative. The decision was made after many interviews and discussions among the Region I Presidents Council, the RID Board of Directors, and the National Office. Rachel Coppelli, our former Region I Representative, has joined the national RID Board of Directors as Secretary.  We thank Rachel for her past support of our region and our chapter and wish her well in her new position. Jeremy officially began his term after the national conference in San Francisco.

Jeremy is originally from Arizona (Region V), where he was the President of Arizona�s Affiliate Chapter.  Jeremy has been RID Certified since 1996 and works in a variety of settings.  Jeremy moved to Syracuse, NY four years ago to complete his doctoral studies and is currently a Candidate for his Ph.D. in Sociology at Syracuse University. He holds graduate degrees in Justice Studies and Sociology as well as a Certificate of Advance Study in Disability Studies. 

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CRID Position on EIPA

On January 28, 2006, the CRID Board of Directors held a forum to discuss the possible Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) and RID partnership with the intent to solicit feedback from our members in order to create a position paper.  Below is the final statement submitted to RID by CRID President Tammy Boutin.    

"CRID supports the concept of the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA).     Albeit a much needed and comprehensive assessment tool, working interpreters in the state of Connecticut must operate within the parameters of the state law, Connecticut General Statues:  Section 46a - 33a, which states that a person providing interpreting services in the state of Connecticut must be registered with the Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired and hold (1) a Comprehensive Skills Certificate from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, (2) a Certificate of Interpretation or a Certificate of Transliteration from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, (3) a Level Four Certification from the National Association of the Deaf, (4) a Reverse Skills Certificate or is a Certified Deaf Interpreter under the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf."