TAD Conference 2007 A Huge Success!

Posted in: 2007 TAD Conference: Arlington by TAD Administration on June 27, 2007 | 0 Comments

THE TAD CONFERENCE 2007 A HUGE SUCCESS!!

The Texas Association of the Deaf Conference, held at the Arlington Hilton, and spearheaded by Kathy Walters, chairperson, assistant Byron Bridges, and her hardworking committee, plus many volunteers, was a huge success with 190 people in attendance.

All of the presentations were greatly enjoyed by all. And thanks to the following, Helene Cohen Gilbert, Faye Kuo, Heather Bise, John Cage, Gertie Galloway, Glenn Anderson, Bobbie Beth Scoggins, Tim Rarus, and Libby Pollard for their fantastic presentations!

Friday night’s President’s Reception, which was sponsored by SPRINT and TX RELAY, was enjoyed by everyone along with an auction of some of Chuck Baird’s prints, some bottles of wine, and a Sante Fe blanket made by Gertie Galloway. Nearly $400 was raised for the TAD History video/book project.

During Saturday’s general meeting, with Libby Pollard as our parliamentarian, the following were members elected the following to serve on the 2007 – 2009 TAD Board: Steven Baldwin, President; Cathy Edler Ashley, Vice-President; Marianne Sasseen, Secretary; John Mills, Treasurer; and Christopher Kearney, Board Member. And both Gertie Galloway and Larry Evans will remain as the board directors.

During Saturday night’s banquet, Texan style , everyone watched a song given by the new Miss Deaf Texas Katie Murch of Corpus Christi, and a performance about global warming by Mr. and Miss Deaf Teen, Bejo Goodridge and Toj Mora of TSD. Giving the keynote address was Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, president of the National Associaiton of the Deaf.

TAD award winners were as follows: Rakia Musa and Laura Kowalik, Education Award; Fred Newberry, Volunteer Services Award; Outstanding Member Award, David Pierce; Grant Laird, Jr., Golden Hand Award; and Distinguished Service Award, Kathy Walters.

In addition to SPRINT and Relay Texas, other primary sponsors were Texas School for the Deaf, Texas Woman’s University, Lamar University, Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of DARS, CSD of Texas, CSDVRS, LLC, Goodrich Center for the Deaf, Dallas Association of the Deaf, and IP Relay of Verizon.

To see the slide show of the 44th Biennial TAD Conference, courtesy of Crazy Tech via Grant Laird, Jr., go to http://deaftexas.org/wp/conference/

TAD Conference 2007 Vlog

Posted in: 2007 TAD Conference: Arlington by TAD Administration on May 30, 2007 | 0 Comments

ASL Video – Approx 3:20 Minutes Long

TAD Member Grant Laird Jr talked about upcoming Texas Assocation of the Deaf Conference 2007.

Date: June 21-23, 2007

Location: Arlington, Texas at Hilton Hotel near Ballpark Stadium

For more information, go to www.deaftexas.org and click conference

Any questions, please email Kathy Walters at Laddykat127@aol.com

Call for Nominations for TAD Awards!

Posted in: 2007 TAD Conference: Arlington by TAD Administration on February 6, 2007 | Comments Off

For the 2007 Texas Association of the Deaf Conference Nominations for Awards and Recognition, TAD announces three categories:

1) The Distinguished Service Award: To be given to a person whose voluntary services have made a significant cultural, artistic and social impact on the lives of deaf and hard of hearing Texans from 2005 to 2007.

2) The Golden Hand Award: To be given to a person or organization which has been actively involved in activities resulting in the overall betterment of deaf and hard of hearing people in general from 2005 to 2007. This is a joint NAD and TAD award.

3) The Education Award: To be given to a person who actively engaged in the education of the deaf, whether in an administrative, supervisory, instructional, or guidance professional capacity, whose work has contributed significantly to the field in the last two years.

Nominations may be emailed directly to Steve Baldwin at dfsmithtx@aol.com. At least three letters or messages of support for the candidate is required for all nominations. Deadline for the award nomination is April 30, 2007. The winners will be announced at the 44th Biennial TAD Conference banquet on June 24 at Arlington Hilton. Contact Steve Baldwin at the given email address if any questions.

Please go to the TAD website: www.deaftexas.org for information about the TAD exciting conference.

Contact persons: Steve Baldwin at dfsmithtx@aol.com for nominations and Kathy Walters at laddykat127@aol.com for conference information.

TAD Conference Announcement

Posted in: 2007 TAD Conference: Arlington by TAD Administration on December 23, 2006 | Comments Off