From the President

Virginia RID’s (VRID) board of directors met recently after empanelling our
new district representatives: District I (Northern Virginia) Lauren McCann,
District II (Richmond Metro) Nicole Thorn, District III (Hampton Roads) Holly
Mayo, District IV (Staunton/Charlottesville) Carrie Humphrey and District V
(Roanoke/Blacksburg) Diane Dorrell. The planning stages for the biennial
conference is well underway. This years conference will be held at the
Doubletree Hotel in Charlottesville, VA, June 28-20, 2010. For information, or
to volunteer, please contact Tara Handy Palmer, conference chair at
tabasco12@yahoo.com. Also, VRID is revamping its Web site (which is long
overdue!). Look for a more user-friendly interface, as well as a new look!
Thanks to District I Representative, Lauren McCann for all the legwork on our
new site.

The Executive Board of Virginia RID comes up for election this year. Please
start considering whether you’d like to volunteer as a member of the board.
The available positions will be president, vice president, treasurer, secretary
and membership director. For more information, please contact Jay Penuel at
president@vrid.org.

October VRID E-NEWS

Hello VRID Members!

Don’t forget VRID will be having its general membership meeting on Saturday, October 24, 2009 (That’s RIGHT!  2 weeks from today!) at the Richmond Marriott  (500 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA  23219) at 11:00am.  At this meeting, we’ll discuss the state of the association, our upcoming conference (which is June 18-20, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel in Charlottesville, VA) and voting for our District Representatives.  If you’re interested in being a District Rep, please email me at president@vrid.org!  Lunch will be provided.  Please RSVP to president@vrid.org so that we can get an accurate headcount for lunch.  If anyone has any special dietary needs, please indicate that in your RSVP email.

RID has posted a draft of the new K-12 Educational Interpreting Standard Practice Paper to its website.  Please have a look and share any comments with our national organization!  The direct link is http://www.rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/Standard_Practice_Papers/EDK-12_SPP.pdf

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, October 24th!

Jay Penuel
President
Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
president@vrid.org