Strategic Recommendations for RID’s Affiliate Chapter Relations

DR. CAROLYN BALL, NIC, CI AND CT STAR GRIESER, CDI, ICE-CCP

This is a Strategic Plan with ideas and strategies to strengthe n our AC network in alignment with RID’s Strategic Priorities towards Organizational Effectiveness and Organizational Relevance, as well as consider the role of ACs in RID’s Organizational Transformation.

The goal of this report and subsequent strategic recommendations is to:

1. Identify the issues and challenges we face.

2. Identify strategies to revitalize our relationship.

3. Engage in discussion with AC Leaders.

4. Commit to a path and put it into action.

ACs have always been vital to RID. While a national office and headquarters were overseeing the business operations of our organization, state ACs were charged with the tasks:

1. Work with NAD to establish and maintain close contact with state legislators and agencies that affect interpreting services.

2. Sponsor workshops to upgrade interpreters’ skills.

3. Become efficient conduits for channeling information upward to the national organization.