Upcoming May 2011 Quarterly Meeting
Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.fccdhh.org
Our Mission: To provide a forum for public input and outreach resulting in technical assistance, advocacy, education, and improved communication access among public and private entities to meet the needs of deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened and deaf-blind persons.
Crowne Plaza Pensacola--The Grand Hotel
Pensacola, Florida
TENTATIVE AGENDA
Thursday, May 12, 2011
This meeting is accessible by conference call:
Phone: 1-888-808-6959; Conference code: 5221678031 #
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The web link to CART will be: http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=FCCDHH
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NOTE: Times for this meeting are Central Daylight Savings Time. If calling in from the Eastern Daylight Savings Time zone, times will be one hour later. For instance, start time of 9:00 a.m. in Central Time zone is 10:00 a.m. in the Eastern Time zone.
9:00—9:20 Call to Order and Roll Call – Sherilyn M. Adler, Chair
(a) Brief Announcements/Housekeeping/Time is Central Daylight Savings Time
(b) Welcome and Introductions of Council, New Members and Staff
(c) Adoption of Agenda
(d) Introduction of Service Providers and Guests
9:20—10:00 Staff Reports: Valerie Stafford-Mallis, Mary Grace Tavel and Lois Taylor
10:00—10:30 Committee Discussions and Reports:
Education/Medical/Outreach Committee (EMO) Vicki Johnson, Chair; Technology Committee, Cindy Simon, Chair;
Website Status Report, Mary Grace Tavel, staff
10:30—10:45 BREAK
10:45—11:15 Budget Report and Discussion: Eloise Williams, Chair
Of Budget Committee
11:15—11:30 Report from DCF Advisory Committee: John Jackson, DCF Advisory Committee
11:30- 12:00 Discuss Council goals for 2011-2012
12:00—1:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
FCCDHH Quarterly Meeting Agenda, Cont’d.
May 12 & 13, 2011
1:30—3:30 Baking It In, Rather Than Layering It On! (Emergency Preparedness in the Bay Area—Hurricane Season is Approaching!) Chip Wilson, Statewide Disability Coordinator, Division of Emergency Management
3:30—4:00 BREAK – prepare for Public Comment Session -- Audience members have time
to fill out the required comment card, submit the white copy and keep the yellow
copy. All audience members are urged to sign in so that we know who attended.
4:00—6:00 Public Comment Session –
(time-limited presentations by stakeholders who have signed up for public comment prior to the close of the general meeting (time and session length to be determined based on the number of participants))
6:00 p.m. Recess until Friday, May 13, 2011 at 8:30 a.m., CDT
AGENDA
Friday, May 13, 2011
8:30—8:45 Call to Order and Roll Call – Sherilyn M. Adler, Chair
8:45—9:45 Old Business:
(a) Approve prior meeting minutes
(b) Discuss Action items from February 2011 meeting
(c) Discuss Public Comments from previous day
(d) Discussion of open Council seats
9:45—10:00 BREAK
10:00—11:00 New Business / Voting
(a) New business from Council members
(b) Council Members’ Announcements, if any
(c) August 2011 meeting location
11:00 a.m. Adjournment