Denver,
CO: February 15, 2003
1.
Call to Order / Introductions
Richard
Mankin led the introductions and distributed copies of the agenda, Treasurer's
Report and Grants Committee Report. Present were: Virginia Stern
(vstern@aaas.org), Board Member; Laureen Summers (lsummers@aaas.org); Edward
Misquez (emisquez@nmsu.edu), Ted Conway (tconway@mail.ucf.edu), Alfred
DeGraff (mailbox@saratoga-publications.com), Betty Ingram (4bolhasas@bellsouth.net)
and Richard Mankin, President. Ed Keller, Woody Anderson, and Erica
Penn were unable to attend and sent their regrets. During the introductions,
the attendees gave brief descriptions of their current professional activities.
Several opportunities for enhanced networking and collaborative efforts
among Foundation members were discussed, including the upcoming Second
Annual RASEM Squared Partner Retreat, a conference to network with National
Science Foundation Officers and exchange information about bringing more
students with disabilities into high-tech professions (see http://rasem.nmsu.edu).
Alfred DeGraff discussed his recently published book, "Care Givers and
Personal Assistants: How to Find, Hire, and Manage the People Who Help
You (Or Your Loved One)" (ISBN 0962110612, available at www.amazon.com)
that may be of interest to FSD members. The book addresses, in particular,
the important and growing need of respite help for family caregivers.
Ted Conway discussed his symposium on new technology to assist persons
with disabilities in the workplace.
2.
Minutes - February 16, 2002 Meeting (Boston, MA)
The
minutes of the 2002 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA were approved as written
in the 2002 newsletter.
3.
Treasurer's Report
Ed
Keller, Treasurer, was unable to attend the meeting, but he sent this report
for the year beginning January 1, 2002 and ending December 31, 2002:
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2002
|
2001
|
|
|
Cash
on Hand
|
4,601.14
|
4,504.14
|
|
|
Money
Market Account
|
6,668.63
|
6,668.63
|
|
|
Total
Assets
|
11,442.38
|
11,172.77
|
|
|
|
2002
|
2001
|
|
|
Dues
|
1,125.00
|
1,019.00
|
|
|
Contributions
|
150.00
|
3,875.00*
|
|
|
Interest
|
27.26
|
145.18
|
|
|
Total
Income
|
1,302.26
|
5,039.18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newsletters
|
0.**
|
316.00
|
|
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Student
Award
|
2,000.00
|
2,000.00
|
|
|
Total
Expenses
|
2,000.00
|
2,316.00
|
|
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Net
Income
|
-697.74
|
2,723.18
|
|
*3750
of this amount is from a judgement under ADA. See article in 2002
Newsletter.
**Invoice
delayed.
4.
Science Student Grant Committee Report
The
committee submitted the following report:
DATE:
February 15, 2003
SUBJECT:
Report on Grants Committee Activities, February 2002 - 2003
TO:
Foundation for Science and Disability Members
FROM:
Richard Mankin, Grants Committee Chair
Erica
Penn
Betty
Weaver
We
had about 400 requests for information in 2002, about 50% by email. Apparently,
student-grant information providers have done an excellent job of disseminating
information about our program. We received 6 completed applications
of high quality. Mark Woods, a Computer Sciences student at Webster
University, St Louis, MO, was selected as the 2003 awardee. Mark
is doing a thesis on “Development of Object-Oriented Architecture of the
Speech/Language Model”, with potential applications for speech recognition
engines.
Submitted
February 12, 2003
Richard
Mankin, Chair
The
recommendations of the student awards committee were approved unanimously.
Submitted
by
Richard
Mankin
February
17, 2003