Minutes from the Indiana lynching
Posted by: Everybody Counts
Date Mailed: Saturday, October 14th 2006 07:06 AM
Date Mailed: Saturday, October 14th 2006 07:06 AM
The following 'minutes' written by the lynch mob who ganged upon Jodi James and Ramona Harvey, two recently elected officrers of the Indiana SILC who had the audacity to become ADAPT members and challenge the council to stop its illegal activities and work FOR people with disabilities instead of themselves ( see http://www.dimenet.com/hotnews/archive.php?mode=A&id=5818;&sort=D and http://seriouslyil.blogspot.com or watch the 32 minute video clip at http://www.everybodycounts.org/icoil/oct2006icoil.htm. As you can see by the actions they so nicely documented for us in the foolowing document, as well as the chain of e-mails provided at http://www.dimenet.com/hotnews/archive.php?mode=A&id=5819;&sort=D, the state agency continues the control of Indiana's 'independent' living council first reported by Kathleen Kleinman at http://www.dimenet.com/hotnews/archive.php?mode=A&id=2710 and supported by the federal report posted at http://www.dimenet.com/hotnews/archive.php?mode=A&id=3351 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE INDIANA COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING HELD ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMER 13, 2006 A regularly scheduled meeting of the Indiana Council on Independent Living (ICOIL) was held on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. in Conference Room C at Government Center South in Indianapolis Indiana. The following voting members were present: Richard Simers David Nelson Al Tolbert Dee Ann Hart Pat Stewart Keith Coros Melissa Madill Emas Bennett Teresa Mager Danny Grissom Carolyn Roe The following ex-officio members were present: John Trent Carol Baker The following members of the public were present: Darlena Gentry Stephanie Schmidt Joanna Witulski Cassandra Bennett Darlene Webster Joanne Cissel Emas Bennett, Vice Chair of ICOIL acted as Chair of the meeting and requested that Darlena Gentry assist him in his duties. Teresa Mager acted as Secretary. The first order of business was the presentation of the agenda. Melissa Madill made a motion that the agenda be approved as presented. Danny Grissom seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. The minutes of the meeting held on July 13, 2006 and August 9, 2006 were presented for approval. David Nelson stated that the council has consistently asked that minutes be maintained to reflect motions and specific actions only in accordance with parliamentary procedure. Melissa Madill made a motion to table the minutes until such time as changes are made to comply with the instruction of the council. Teresa Mager seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. Additional discussion was held concerning the elected interim Secretary's refusal to follow the direction of the council in the recording of minutes. Dee Ann Hart moved that the council go forward with Melissa Madill's motion that the minutes not be approved. Thereupon, Melissa Madill restated her motion to table the July and August minutes until they are rewritten. Teresa Mager seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. The Chairman then asked for committee reports. Teresa Mager reported that she had no report to present on behalf of the Bylaws/Policies & Procedures Committee. Keith Coros then reported on the Executive Committee meeting held on September 1, 2006 at which meeting it was decided to cancel the regularly scheduled ICOIL meeting and reschedule it for September 22, 2006. Melissa Madill made a motion that the ICOIL meeting scheduled by the Executive Committee for September 22, 2006 be cancelled. Teresa Mager seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. Dee Ann Hart then gave a report of the Training Committee. She stated that the committee is continuing to research a two day training program and that the proposed dates are November 7th and 8th which would include the November ICOIL meeting. The October, November and December meetings will have some training components built into the agenda. Keith Coros then presented a Finance Committee Report. Total year-to-date expenditures are $18,812.00. Additional allocated funds total $21,276.85. Keith invited Richard Simers and Melissa Madill to provide an update on rental space being considered primarily for the purpose of storage of ICOIL property, beginning October 1. Melissa and Keith then presented a draft budget FFY 2006-2007. The finance committee then presented a recommendation for payment of a stipend for council members and a policy for travel reimbursement for employed council members. Dee Ann Hart made a motion to table discussion on reimbursement until all members have reviewed said policy. Emas Bennett seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. Emas Bennett directed the Finance Committee to come back to the council with a recommendation after additional research is performed. Dee Ann Hart asked that the following statement be entered into the official record of the meeting. "The council is only about nine months from the submission deadline date of the state plan." Al Tolbert then gave a report on behalf of Beth Crain the Chairman of the Ad Hoc committee researching meeting alternatives including ground rules for meetings. He distributed the committee's recommendations to the council. Dee Ann Hart made a motion to table discussion until the next meeting to allow all council members to review the recommendations. Carolyn Roe seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. Carol Baker then reported that given the fact that the fiscal year end is near it is not possible to process payment for the amplification system prior to September 30. She further reported that, as a result of the confusion surrounding the cancellation of this regularly scheduled council meeting by the executive committee, she had to submit the budget for next year without council discussion in order to ensure that the state Center's contracts will be in place by October 1 and that the SILC budget has been submitted at $50,000. Carol suggested that the finance committee prepare a budget based on actual needs and present it at the next meeting. She further reported that she has begun the process of carrying over unspent funds. Carolyn Roe made a motion to set aside Article VI of the bylaws adopted June 14, 2006 for the remainder of this meeting. Pat Stewart seconded said motion. Said motion carried by unanimous vote. Richard Simers made a motion that Jodi James and Ramona Harvey be removed from office for breach of ethics, misconduct and dereliction of duty of office. Al Tolbert seconded said motion. Said motion carried by majority vote, as follows: Yeas: Richard Simers Al Tolbert Pat Stewart Melissa Madill Danny Grissom Carolyn Roe Teresa Mager Emas Bennett Dee Ann Hart Nays: David Nelson Keith Coros Richard Simers then stated that, due to the fact that there was no annual meeting or election of officers in 2005 and that two of the interim officers elected to serve until such time as an annual election can be held in 2006 have been removed for breach of ethics, misconduct and dereliction of duty of office, I make a motion that nominations be taken from the floor and we proceed with the election of officers. Pat Stewart seconded said motion. Said motion carried by a unanimous vote. The Chair then entertained nominations from the floor. Danny Grissom nominated the following slate of officers: Chair - Dee Ann Hart Vice Chair - Richard Simers Secretary - Al Tolbert Treasurer - Carolyn Roe Member-at-Large - Emas Bennett David Nelson nominated Keith Coros as Treasurer Melissa Madill made a motion to vote on the entire slate of officers with the exception of the position of Treasurer. Pat Stewart seconded said motion. Said motion carried by a unanimous vote. For the offices of: Chair - Dee Ann Hart Vice Chair - Richard Simers Secretary - Al Tolbert Member-at-Large - Emas Bennett Yeas: Richard Simers Al Tolbert Pat Stewart Melissa Madill Danny Grissom Carolyn Roe Teresa Mager Emas Bennett Dee Ann Hart David Nelson Keith Coros For the office of: Treasurer - Keith Coros Yeas: David Nelson Keith Coros Nays: Richard Simers Al Tolbert Pat Stewart Melissa Madill Danny Grissom Carolyn Roe Teresa Mager Emas Bennett Dee Ann Hart For the office of: Treasurer - Carolyn Roe Yeas: Richard Simers Al Tolbert Pat Stewart Melissa Madill Danny Grissom Carolyn Roe Teresa Mager Emas Bennett Dee Ann Hart Nays: David Nelson Keith Coros Duly elected officers: Chair - Dee Ann Hart Vice Chair - Richard Simers Secretary - Al Tolbert Treasurer - Carolyn Roe Member-at-Large - Emas Bennett The Chairman then asked if there were any announcements to be made, the highlights of which were: Melissa Madill commended Pat Stewart on the fact that ATTIC, Inc. had recently underwent a federal review and received a recommendation to perform transition training for other CIL's. Pat Stewart brought to the council's attention that ATTIC, Inc. and The WILL Center had partnered on a rural development project which encompassed twelve rural counties and provided for accessibility assessments of 2,783 businesses. David Nelson reported that The League for the Blind and Disabled had received a grant to do outreach and training in the areas of ADA, benefits planning, social security and vocational rehabilitation to working age people who are deaf or have significant hearing loss. Services will be open to consumers statewide with a limited number of slots. The League will also be providing training to sign language interpreters to help them get their national certification, including certification for legal interpreters. There will be five $2,000 scholarships available for legal interpreters, with certain requirements to be met. Al Tolbert reported that his center is seeking additional grants to provide youth transition services. Carol Baker announced that the room originally scheduled for today's regularly scheduled ICOIL meeting had been cancelled by Jodi James, as had the interpreters without approval of the council. She stated that in future all meeting rooms at Government Center must be reserved or canceled either by herself or Nancy Young and that the building management will only accept scheduling, or changes thereto, via e-mail instructions from either Nancy Young or Carol Baker. She further stated that the council should be fully aware that charges are regularly incurred by the council when interpreters are requested for committee and/or council meetings and their services are not utilized or cancelled without appropriate notice. There being no further business to come before the meeting it was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. _____ _______________________________ Teresa A. Mager, Acting Secretary
