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An Organization for Persons with Disabilities
who Communicate in Different Ways

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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF SPEAKING DIFF

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF SPEAKING DIFFERENTLY CORPERATION

Date: February 16, 2006
Place: Metro Hall
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm


Members Present: Anne Abbott, Tony Diamanti, Urszula May, Sarah Green

 

 

This month's Board meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather and a lack of quorum. Although no business could be conducted, informal discussion took place on the following topics:

 

Broken Speech:

TD reported that the film version of Broken Speech is in the editing process and also that the play has been accepted at this year's Fringe Festival!

 

Upcoming Projects:

AA reported that she plans to participate in two upcoming projects with Barbara Collier, one regarding accessibility in the legal system and the other is a film project.

 

As a matter for future discussion: explore the possibility of linking our film projects.

The dates of the upcoming 2005/2006 meetings are as follows:

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Thursday, June 15, 2006

 

Place: Metro Hall
Room: Meeting Room 313A (room subject to change)
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
 
Please contact us:
Members and other interested parties are invited to contact any member of
the executive council. Email addresses are below. Questions, comments, and your
experiences with AAC are all welcome. We would also be most pleased if you
were to submit letters or articles to Loud 'N Clear
(speakingdifferently@gmail.com)


Board of Directors and Officers of Speaking Differently:

President and Chairman of the Board: Anne Abbott

aabbottÆ@rogers.com

Vice-President and Member of the Board: Tony Diamanti

dan7@sprint.ca

Treasurer and Member of the Board: Bern O'Keefe

bernard.okeefe@sympatico.ca

Acting Secretary and Member of the Board: Sarah Green

sarah.green@utoronto.ca

Publicity Chair and Member of the Board: Mabel Lam

mabel.lam@utoronto.ca

Members of the Board:

 

·         Verna Abbott

 

·         Urszula May

u.may@utoronto.ca

·         Perry Redlick

 

·         Carmen Robitaille-Brown

carmen.brown@westpark.org

·         Aaron Shelbourne

 

Editor of the Association: Garth Foote

speakingdifferently@gmail.com

Assistant Editor: Nina Wright     

baneena72@yahoo.com

Web master: Paul Marshall

paulmarshall@cogeco.ca

 

 

SD Web Site:

www.speakingdifferently.org