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Board of directors (2001)

Alliance Board 2001

Left to right: Lynn McQuarrie, Suzanna Sidlar, Deena Martin, Jonathon Chapman - President, Dr. Michael Rodda, Cindy Gordon, Pat Hughes, Stuart Morris, Linda Cundy.

Minutes of 11 June, 2001

Founding Meeting


Heritage Room, City Hall
1, Sir Winston Churchill Square

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Founding Meeting of CUADHHP

A G E N D A

1. Welcome and Introductions

Charmaine Letourneau, acting President, opens the Launch. -Everyone present at Launch introduces themselves.

2. Membership sign-up

Don McCarthy, acting Treasurer, explains the membership fees: $10 individual member fee, $25 for organizations (e.g., nonprofit), and $50 for corporations or business agencies.

3. Featured speaker : Oleksandr Savchenko

Dr. Petryshyn introduces Oleksandr Savchenko and his role in the Alliance as a Project Coordinator in Ukraine connected with Aurora and then explains about Mr. Savchenko's tour throughout Canada to learn about resources and education systems for deaf and hard-of-hearing people

- Dr. Rodda gives credit to Roman Brytan, Suzanna Sidlar, and Gloria Mercier for their major support in behind-scenes activities.

4. Premiere of film "We Are United"

Mr. Savchenko introduces film, "We Are United".

5. Canada Ukraine progress report

Dr. Rodda makes major presentation about the purpose of the CUADHH and his experience in Ukraine and explains the agenda for this year's Summer Institute. -Canadian representative this year will be Lynn McQuarrie, a reknowned Ph.D student in Deaf Education at the University of Alberta.
-Future agendas include bringing a Ukrainian teacher of deaf children this fall to the Master's Program in Deaf Education at University of Alberta as well as replacing the term "defectology" in the Ukrainian department listing.

Charmaine Letourneau thanked Dr. Rodda for an inspiring film and speech.

6. Election of Officers

-Dr. Petryshyn states that the CUADHH is a registered non-profit society in Alberta and that it needs an Executive Committee: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer along with Board Members to carry out projects of Alliance.

Dr. Roman Petryshyn briefly outlined the roles of each of the executive positions on a board.

C. Letourneau opened the floor to nominations.

Motion: That Jonathan Chapman become the president of CUADHHP.
Seconded by L. Cundy. Carried.

Motion: That Linda Cundy become the vice-president of CUADHHP.
Seconded by D. Martin. Carried.

Motion: That Cindy Gordon become the secretary of CUADHHP.
Seconded by Alan. Carried.

Motion: That Stuart Morris become the treasurer of CUADHHP.
Seconded by P. Hughes. Carried.

Motion: That the other directors on the board consist of Lynn McQuarrie,
Michael Rodda, Suzanna Sidlar, Pat Hughes and Deena Martin.
Seconded by D. McCarthy. Carried.

7. Approval of 2002 Tour Program

Motion: That CUADHHP organize a tour group to visit Ukraine in April, May or June 2002. R. Petryshyn/P. Hughes. Carried.

Motion: Moved that CUADHHP apply for permission to host a casino fundraiser. R. Petryshyn/P. Hughes. Carried.

Prior to introducing the third motion, R. Petryshyn recognized and thanked Mr. and Mrs. John and Lillian Gregory, members of the local Ukrainian Canadian community, for their generous donation of $500 to the work of CUADHHP.

Motion: That the membership fee to join CUADHHP be $10 for individuals, $25 for non-profit organizations, and $50 for corporations.

In return, members should have the right to one vote each at annual meetings and receive information from the executive of CUADHHP. R. Petryshyn/C. Gordon. Carried.

8. Other

9. Next meeting

The next meeting was scheduled for June 11, 1:00 pm at Thibodeau's Centre for Hearing Health and Communication.