Region II Report Eliezer Sierra, Region II Representative FROM THE BOARD Eliezer Sierra, MS, NIC, BEI Advanced Trilingual Region II Representative
Hello everyone! Hello everyone. My name is Eliezer Sierra and I am the Region II Representative. I would like to start my final report with appreciations. First, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the current Board of Directors for their leadership, integrity, and commitment to excellence. Thank you for the guidance, for the words of encouragement and for the advice provided over the past year. Thank you for being passionate and compassionate leaders. I want to thank in particular my fellow Region Representatives. Thank you for willingness to answer questions, offer support, or just to lend an ear/eye when needed. I am truly honored to have served on this board. I would also like to thank the Affiliate Chapter Leaders in Region II. Thank you for your constant support and for all the hard work that you do for your members. Thank you for showing up to our meetings to provide updates, ask questions, offer suggestions or support, exchange ideas, and sometimes just to spend some time with people who are going through similar experiences. Thank you for the moments of levity and for the great conversations that we had.
And thank you to RID’s Affiliate Chapter Liaison, Dr. Carolyn Ball, for always showing up happy to offer her perspective and provide us with leadership tools and resources. It has been a pleasure to work with all of you over the past year. Alabama - ALRID ALRID hosted an introductory legal workshop July 24, 2021. We have begun planning our biennial conference to be held in Mobile in 2022. -Wendy Darling, ALRID President Florida - FRID Our Board recently met for a two-day retreat to plan for our upcoming fiscal year. We have begun the planning stages for a statewide conference in October, preparing a poll for our membership related to workshop topics. Our Advocacy, Education and Outreach Committee is in the process of working with Florida Association of the Deaf and other stakeholders to continue work on legislation for licensure/ regulation in the state of Florida. We have recently had a number of members volunteer to staff our committees, and we are very appreciative of their service to the Organization. -Kenneth Houghtaling, FRID President
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