Braille Authority of North America Fall 2020 Meeting Minutes

Tamara Rorie, BANA chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Eastern time. Judy Dixon called the roll.

Attending:

• Tamara Rorie, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress (NLS), Chair
• Mary Nelle McLennan, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), Vice Chair
• Judy Dixon, American Council of the Blind (ACB), Secretary
• Jessica (Jessi) Rivera, Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ASB), Treasurer
• Jennifer Dunnam, National Federation of the Blind (NFB), Immediate Past Chair
• Frances Mary (FM) D'Andrea, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
• Cathy Senft-Graves, American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
• Tracy Gaines, California Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CTEBVI)
• Guy Toles, CIDI (Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation)
• Jen Goulden, CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind)
• Tina Seger, Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Danette Johnson, Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Cynthia (Cindy) Skandera, Horizons for the Blind
• Diane Spence, National Braille Association (NBA)
• Jackie Witterschein, National Braille Press (NBP)
• Kim Charlson, Perkins School for the Blind
• Holly Bullock, associate member Crawford Technologies
• Susan (Sue) Reilly, administrative assistant.

 

Observers:

• Bonnie Read
• Melinda Cook
• William Freeman
• Don Winiecki
• Maureen Pitlick
• Amber Pearcy

 

Seating of BANA members. Jen Goulden is now representing CNIB. Holly Bullock is now representing Crawford Technologies. Jackie Witterschein is stepping down as the representative from National Braille Press. She will be replaced by Amber Pearcy. Diane Spence will continue to represent National Braille Association and Judy Dixon will continue to represent the American Council of the Blind. We are expecting the new representative for ATPC to begin in January.

Zoom Protocols. FM D’Andrea advised the Board that BANA members have been made co-hosts in the Zoom meeting and can unmute themselves whenever they wish. Observers will need to raise their hand to be recognized by the chair. Once recognized, the host will invite them to unmute.

Board's Liability Statement: Judy Dixon, Secretary, read the Board's liability statement: "BANA indemnifies its Officers and Board of Directors and holds them harmless from all claims of every kind, including court expenses, attorneys' fees, and the claimed amount arising from the performance of their duties as Officers and Directors except for their own acts of dishonesty and gross negligence."

(Adopted March 30, 1987).

MSC: Agenda Approval. Tamara Rorie moved that the agenda be approved as distributed. She did not call for a second. The motion passed unanimously.

Chair's Comments. Tamara Rorie thanked everyone for their flexibility during this unusual year.

Braille Formats Technical Committee: Cindi Laurent

Guy Toles presented the report which is on file. He reviewed the ongoing charges. They expect to have charge 344 on preparing an errata completed by the end of November 2020. No approvals or budget were requested.

MSC: Jen Goulden moved and Jessi Rivera seconded that Tina Herzberg be re-appointed to the Formats Technical Committee for a term ending 2022. The motion passed unanimously.

Jen Goulden will work with Guy Toles to recruit a new member for the committee who will replace Norma MacDonald, the Canadian member who is going off the committee.

Task Force on Significant Occasions. Mary Nelle McLennan

Mary Nelle McLennan presented the committee's report which is on file. The report includes recommendations for recognizing the significant occasions of committee chairs and members and BANA Board chairs and members. The recommendations were discussed, and minor changes agreed upon. The committee will incorporate the changes and bring the document back to the Board later in this meeting.

Tactile Graphics Technical Committee: Aquinas Pather

Diane Spence presented the report which is on file.

GC: The Committee received an inquiry about symbols used in schematics. It was agreed that FM will review her correspondence and report what she learned through prior inquiries on the subject.

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The Board reconvened at 1:15 P.M. Eastern time. No additional observers were present.

Tactile Graphics (continued)

GC: The Committee received an inquiry about a strategy for page orientation of a graphic. The Board suggested that the Tactile Graphics committee review the proposed guidelines to see if they currently contain guidance on this matter and, if they do not, add some guidance on the inclusion of orientation cues for stand-alone tactile graphics where the orientation may be unclear. After considerable discussion, the Board agreed that since the revised guidelines were so close to completion, this topic can be deferred to a later time. Diane indicated that even so, she would see if such a proposal was possible and could be done with minimal disruption.

The Tactile Graphics Committee plans to have the updated guidelines document ready for review by December 1, 2020.

MSC: It was moved by Diane Spence and seconded by FM D'Andrea that the disposition of charge 354 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 354 5/2/19

Work with the Publications Committee and the General Committee for Review Process to determine the process for the review of the upcoming tactile graphics revision and bring a recommendation to the Fall 2019 meeting.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: It was moved by Diane Spence and seconded by FM D'Andrea that the disposition of charge 378 be changed from TBA to Done. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 378 3/20/20

Review the “Spatial Diagrams of Molecular Structures” section and provide comment back to the Ad Hoc Committee on Chemistry within a one-month time frame.

Disposition: Done

Diane explained that, because of production complexities, the supplement containing the tactile graphic examples will not be ready at the same time as the Guidelines document. They expect the Supplement to be ready by February 2021.

MSC: It was moved by Jen Goulden and seconded by Guy Toles that the Tactile Graphics Committee be charged to work with the Publications Committee and the General Committee for Review Process to determine the process for review of the supplement to the Tactile Graphics guidelines and bring a recommendation to the Board by spring of 2021. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: It was moved by Diane Spence and seconded by Tina Seger that Susan Osterhaus and Betty Marshall be re-appointed to the Tactile Graphics Committee for a term ending in 2022. The Motion passed unanimously.

GC: It was agreed by the Board that APH can remove reference to the old Tactile Graphics supplement from its website and say that a new one is in process.

Publications Committee: Mary Nelle McLennan

Mary Nelle McLennan presented the report which is on file.

MSC: Mary Nelle McLennan moved and Tracy Gaines seconded that the disposition of charge 355 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 355 5/2/19

Work with the Tactile Graphics Committee and the General Committee for Review Process to determine the process for the review of the upcoming tactile graphics revision and bring a recommendation to the Fall 2019 meeting.

Disposition: Ongoing

The Board then participated in a discussion about best practices for document production. Tamara proposed appointing a task force to make recommendations for the best process for producing accessible pdf's.

MSC: Judy Dixon moved and Jennifer Dunnam seconded a motion that a task force be appointed to investigate and bring back recommendations as to how to manage the publications process to create accessible Word and PDF files for posting on the BANA website to be completed by February 2021. The motion passed unanimously.

 

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Attending:

• Tamara Rorie, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress (NLS), Chair
• Mary Nelle McLennan, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), Vice Chair
• Judy Dixon, American Council of the Blind (ACB), Secretary
• Jessica (Jessi) Rivera, Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ASB), Treasurer
• Jennifer Dunnam, National Federation of the Blind (NFB), Immediate Past Chair
• Frances Mary (FM) D'Andrea, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
• Cathy Senft-Graves, American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
• Tracy Gaines, California Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CTEBVI)
• Guy Toles, CIDI (Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation)
• Jen Goulden, CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind)
• Tina Seger, Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Danette Johnson, Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Cynthia (Cindy) Skandera, Horizons for the Blind
• Diane Spence, National Braille Association (NBA)
• Jackie Witterschein, National Braille Press (NBP)
• Kim Charlson, Perkins School for the Blind
• Holly Bullock, associate member Crawford Technologies
• Susan (Sue) Reilly, administrative assistant.

 

Observers:

• Bonnie Read
• Lucia Hasty
• Melinda Cook
• William Freeman
• Don Winiecki
• Maureen Pitlick
• Amber Pearcy
• Cary Supalo

 

Tactile Graphics (continued)

GC: Cathy Senft-Graves asked if APH should obsolete the current edition of the Tactile Graphics Guidelines so that no more copies would be produced when stock got low. They have 22 print copies in stock and sold 17 last year. It was agreed that the Board would revisit this issue in spring of 2021.

Publications (continued)

Mary Nelle McLennan requested that the following point of information be included in these minutes:

As reflected in the official minutes of BANA's 2019 spring face-to-face meeting, entry #36, agenda item #21 records the following general consensus based on the Board Secretary's search minutes stored in BANAFILES:

36. (Agenda item #21) Publications Committee: Mary Nelle McLennan

Review of the minutes posted to banafiles revealed that BANA did not have a previous motion specifically defining the document types BANA would provide its documents in.

GC BANA will produce and provide its publications in accessible PDF and BRF unless otherwise determined by the BANA board.

Ad Hoc Committee on Early Literacy Materials Production: Bonnie Read

Cathy Senft-Graves presented the report which is on file.

The Early Literacy Guidelines document is nearly complete pending a few corrections.

Nemeth Technical Committee. Dorothy Worthington

Jennifer Dunnam presented the report which is on file.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that the disposition of charge 377 be changed from TBA to Done. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 377 3/30/30

Work with the Ad Hoc Committee on Chemistry to achieve agreement regarding the statement before Example 23 within a one-month time frame.

Disposition: Done

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that Dorothy Worthington be re-appointed as Chair of the Nemeth Code Technical Committee for a term ending in 2022. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Jen Goulden seconded that Cindi Laurent be re-appointed as a member of the Nemeth Code Technical Committee for a term ending in 2022. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Jessi Rivera seconded that Dawn Gross be appointed as a member of the Nemeth Code Technical Committee for a term ending in 2022. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Tracy Gaines seconded that Lindy Walton, Caryn Navy, and Jacquie Walker be appointed as consultants to the Nemeth Code Technical Committee for the next year. The motion passed unanimously.

Foreign Language Task Force: Jennifer Dunnam

Jennifer Dunnam presented the report which is on file.

There was a brief discussion about how to provide resources for foreign language inquiries that cannot be handled by World Braille Usage. At the request of ICEB, Perkins has recently created an e-mail address, worldbrailleusage@perkins.org, to help focus the inquiries received by Perkins. Kim stated that Perkins would be willing to add an Additional Resources section to the World Braille Usage page on their website.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Guy Toles seconded that the disposition of charge 369 be changed from TBA to Done. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 369 11/7/19

Work with the Braille Formats Technical Committee to discuss questions about formats for foreign language, and, if agreed upon as a result of the discussions, to prepare a few revisions to Braille Formats regarding foreign language.

Disposition: Done

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Cindy Skandera seconded that the disposition of charge 367 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 367 11/7/19

Work with Perkins to update the World Braille Usage webpage once the Foreign TBA

Language Guidelines are approved.

Disposition: Ongoing

Braille Formats (continued)

MSC: Guy Toles moved and Jen Goulden seconded that the disposition of charge 368 be changed from TBA to Done. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 368 11/7/19

Work with the Foreign Language Task Force to discuss questions about formats for foreign language, and, if agreed upon as a result of the discussions, to prepare a few revisions to Braille Formats regarding foreign language.

Disposition: Done

Ad Hoc Committee on Chemistry: Cary Supalo

FM presented the report which is on file.

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Mary Nelle McLennan seconded that the disposition of charge 376 be changed from TBA to Done. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 376 3/30/20

Work with the Nemeth Code Technical Committee to achieve agreement regarding the statement before Example 23 within a one-month time frame.

Disposition: Done

Mary Nelle advised that the Publications Committee has questions for the Chemistry Committee that will have implications for how the committee should prepare its revised document before it goes to the Publications Committee.

APH is no longer selling the braille edition of the 1997 Provisional Chemistry Code because of errors. Arrangements have been made to create a corrected electronic version of the braille edition which will be available online.

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Cathy Senft-Graves seconded that Suzanne Lewis be appointed to the Ad Hoc Chemistry Committee as a consultant for the next year. The motion passed unanimously.

GC: It was agreed that when we get a corrected version of the BRF file of the 1997 code that we also add the inaccessible PDF version to the website.

International Council on English Braille: Frances Mary D'Andrea

FM D'Andrea, Secretary of ICEB, presented the report which is on file. 

ICEB has undergone many changes. A new President, Judy Dixon, and several other new officers were elected. ICEB held a very successful recent General Assembly. FM pointed out that all of the papers and audio files from ICEB's recent General Assembly are now online. The 2022 mid-term meeting of the ICEB Executive Committee will be held in Montreal, Canada.

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The Board reconvened at 1:00 P.M. Eastern time. Mandy Kay and Amy Young joined as observers.

Report of General Committee on Unified English Braille: Frances Mary D'Andrea

FM presented the report which is on file.

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Tina Seger seconded that the disposition of charge 320 be changed from Ongoing to Done. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 320 11/2/17

Create a document regarding the status of the Computer Braille Code.

Disposition: Done

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Jessi Rivera seconded that the disposition of charge 371 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 371 11/7/19

Develop consistent terminology for referring to braille in technical materials to be completed no later than the Spring 2020 meeting.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Jessi Rivera seconded that the disposition of charge 372 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 372 11/7/19

Work with the Publications Committee to post on “An Overview of BANA Rules, Guidelines, and Guidance Documents” on the BANA website.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Tracy Gaines seconded that GCUEB be charged to review the UKAFF revision to their math guidance document once it is available and make a recommendation to the Board on any action needed to be taken by BANA. The motion passed unanimously.

GC: The GCUEB has received an inquiry about how to do graphing calculator displays in UEB. It was agreed that they would look at samples and determine if they have the expertise to make a recommendation. They will also inquire if other ICEB countries have done anything with this. They will report back to the Board in February.

Committee on Electronic Braille: Jen Goulden

Jen presented the report which is on file.

Jen invites anyone who has thoughts about this committee's current charge and its implication to the work of the BANA Board to share them with her. They are keeping abreast of the various parts of electronic braille technology but there is more that needs to be done.

Task Force on Web Migration: Jennifer Dunnam

Jennifer Dunnam presented the report which is on file.

Jennifer Dunnam reported that the kickoff meeting with the web migration contractor was held and it went very well.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Tracy Gaines seconded that the disposition of charge 384 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 384 3/24/20

Deal with BANA’s website and webpage migration.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that the disposition of charge 385 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 385 10/5/20

Manage the migration of all of BANA’s listservs to the groups.io platform

Disposition: Ongoing

Strategic Planning Report: Jen Goulden

Jen Goulden presented the report which is on file.

The committee presented its work on one of BANA's strategic imperatives: BANA will improve the timeliness of providing code information and resources to our community. A Project Status Report Form was developed to gather more specific information about each committee's activities. The plan is that these forms would begin to be used in January 2021. The committee will provide more instructions in January giving name of person to whom forms should be submitted and due date.

Ad Hoc Committee on Braille Signage and Labeling: Kim Charlson

Kim Charlson presented the report which is on file.

The Board is requested to provide feedback to Kim on the draft signage and labeling document by the January Board meeting.

MSC: Kim Charlson moved and Jen Goulden seconded that the disposition of charge 346 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 346 11/1/18

Review the ICC A117.1 Standard, American National Standard, to determine if this architectural code needs to be changed to comply with Unified English Braille.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: Kim Charlson moved and Cathy Senft-Graves seconded that the disposition of charge 347 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 347 11/1/18

With content approval from the BANA Board, contact the International Code Council to provide guidance on changing their braille signage requirements to conform with Unified English Braille.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: Kim Charlson moved and Jessi Rivera seconded that the disposition of charge 379 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 379 5/4/20

Update the current signage position paper and clarify its use.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: Kim Charlson moved and Jessi Rivera seconded that Jen Goulden be appointed as a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Braille Signage and Labeling. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Kim moved and Cathy seconded that Eugene Lozano be appointed as a consultant to the Ad Hoc Committee on Braille Signage and Labeling. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Kim moved and Jen seconded that the Ad Hoc Committee on Braille Signage and Labeling be charged to update the Sizing and Spacing of Braille brochure that is posted on the BANA website. The revisions needed are in the updated numbering of the cited building code standards. The motion passed unanimously.

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Tamara Rorie, BANA chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Eastern time.

Observers:

• Bonnie Read
• Don Winiecki
• William Freeman
• Maureen Pitlick
• Betty Marshall
• Dorothy Worthington
• Tinukwa Boulder
• Amy Young
• Lindy Walton

 

This entire session was a training conducted by Valerie Morrison on Creation of Accessible PDFs.

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The Board reconvened at 1:00 P.M. Eastern time. No new observers were present.

General Committee for Review Process: Jennifer Dunnam

Jennifer Dunnam presented the committee's report.

The committee met with the Tactile Graphics Committee to determine their review process for the revised guidelines.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Tina Seger seconded that the disposition of charge 353 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 353 5/2/19

Work with the Publications and Tactile Graphics Committees to determine the process for review of the upcoming tactile graphics revision and bring a recommendation to the fall 2019 meeting.

Disposition: Ongoing

Bylaws Committee: Jennifer Dunnam

Jennifer Dunnam presented the committee's report which was distributed to the Board on November 10 via bana-l.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that the bylaw requiring that amendments be approved at an in person meeting be suspended until at such time as in-person meetings resume. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that the disposition of charge 358 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion pass unanimously.

Charge 358 5/2/19

Complete an internal review of the BANA Policies to ensure that all the necessary

changes are being made.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Jen Goulden seconded that the disposition of charge 375 be changed from TBA to Ongoing.

Charge 375 1/24/20

Change and update the names for National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled and Hadley in the bylaws.

Disposition: Ongoing

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that the Bylaws Committee be charged to propose amendments to the bylaws and policies that address the following:

• Dealing with situations when a face-to-face meeting is cancelled, such as in the case of a pandemic;

• Ensuring optimal format and timing of notifications to board members in general;

• Clarifying policies around board member attendance of meetings;

• Adding policies delineating the duties of the administrative assistant;

• Optimizing the responsibilities designated to specific officers;

• Optimizing financial policies; and

• Optimizing policies on hosting a BANA meeting.

The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Mary Nelle McLennan seconded that the Bylaws Committee be charged to propose policy amendments addressing the revised schedule of reporting the status of projects, pending the final approval of the new protocols proposed by the strategic planning committee. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded that the Bylaws Committee be charged to propose a complete revision of appendices D, E, and F to reflect current practices. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Jen Goulden seconded that the Bylaws Committee be charged with incorporating the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Significant Occasions into the BANA policies. The motion passed unanimously.

Nominations Committee: Jennifer Dunnam

Jennifer Dunnam presented the report which is on file.

The following slate of officers is proposed for 2021:

Chair: Tamara Rorie (year 2)

Vice-Chair: Mary Nelle McLennan (year 2)

Treasurer: Danette Johnson (year 1)

Secretary: Jen Goulden (year 1)

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Kim Charlson seconded that the slate of nominees be elected. The motion passed unanimously.

BANA Appointments Committee: Tracy Gaines

Tracy Gaines presented the report which is on file.

MSC: Tracy Gaines moved and Guy Toles seconded that Patricia D'Ascenzo be appointed to the Publications Committee. The motion passed unanimously.

The Appointments Committee is requesting a new member. Tamara will discuss this with potential candidates.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and Jen Goulden seconded that the Appointments Committee be charged to update the request for BANA appointment form to include questions that cover the needs of committees that are not technical committees. The motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report: Danette Johnson/Jessi Rivera

Jessi Rivera, BANA treasurer, led the Board in a review of the Financial Statements. The approved 2021 budget will be emailed to BANA-l after finalization by Jessi.

MSC: Jennifer Dunnam moved and FM D'Andrea seconded the approval of the 2021 budget. The motion passed unanimously.

BANA's Archives: Frances Mary D'Andrea

FM D'Andrea presented the report which is on file.

FM would like an additional member for the Archives Committee.

Task Force on Significant Occasions (continued)

MSC: Jen Goulden moved and Tina Seger seconded that the recommendations made in the adjusted report of the Task Force on Significant Occasions be accepted. The motion passed unanimously.

MSC: Kim Charlson moved and Mary Nelle McLennan seconded that the disposition of charge 383 be changed from Ongoing to Done and that the task force be disbanded. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 383 6/29/20

Create policies regarding how BANA will treat significant occasions for BANA board and Committee members.

Disposition: Ongoing

Ad Hoc Committee on Standardized Tests: Diane Spence

This committee has been inactive for a while. Tamara will have discussions with several people toward reinvigorating the committee.

Music Braille Technical Committee: Karen Gearreald

Tamara Rorie presented the report which is on file.

MSC: FM D'Andrea moved and Jen Goulden seconded that Stephanie Pieck be re-appointed to the Music Braille Committee for a term ending in 2022. The motion passed unanimously.

Directory Update. Please send Sue any updated directory information.

BANA's Listservs. Sue has transitioned six listservs to groups.io. They are: bana-l, bana-tech, bylaws, electronic braille, Nemeth, and web migration. Sue is continuing to transition the remaining lists to groups.io. The web migration team will make a recommendation as to whether BANA should purchase an enterprise version of groups.io.

Task Force on Outreach Needs: Kim Charlson

Kim Charlson reported that the history of BANA podcast has been released. Tamara will be the next person to be interviewed. Tamara would like a notice to be issued to bana-announce each time a podcast is released.

MSC: Cathy Senft-Graves moved and Jen Goulden seconded that the disposition of charge 382 be changed from TBA to Ongoing. The motion passed unanimously.

Charge 382 6/15/20

Be responsible for posting relevant information and activities on social media and keep the Board apprised of all such postings during board meetings.

Disposition: Ongoing

Upcoming Meetings. The spring meeting will be May 6-8. It will be held virtually.

Board Teleconferences. In January, Tamara will begin scheduling monthly calls.

Adjournment. Tamara Rorie adjourned the meeting at 3:20 P.M.