Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Foundation for Science and Disability (FSD)
February 16, 2008

 Hynes Convention Center, 2nd Level, Rm 205
Boston, MA 94102

Call to Order - 9:00 am

Attendees:

Angela Foreman (alfnts@rit.edu)
Ted Conway (taconway@vcu.edu)
Angelique Dorazo Sanders (asanders@aaas.org)
Hal Frost (halfrost@charter.net)
Vasana Maneeratana
Virginia Stern (vstern@aaas.org)
Laureen Summers (lsummers@aaas.org)
Robert Van Etten (robvanetten@comcast.net)
Richard Mankin (rmankin@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu)

Copies of the agenda were distributed. Each attendee gave brief descriptions of their current professional activities.

Minutes

The minutes from the last meeting (February 17, 2007 - San Francisco, CA) were reviewed and approved as posted at http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/person/3559/annmeetminute07.html.

Treasurer's Report

Robert Van Etten presented a report for the 2007 calendar year.

 
2007
2006
Initial Assets

Cash on hand
9748.57
10,857.42
Total Assets
9,748.57
10,857.42


Income

Dues + contributions
805.00
55.00
Contributions
--
--
Interest
--
--
Total Income
805.00
55.00


Expenses

Newsletters --
163.85
Student Awards
--
1,000
Bank Service Charge --
0
Total Expenses
 --
1,163.85


Net Income
 805.00
-1108.85
Net Balance
 10,553.57
 9,748.57

There was discussion about possible ways to earn income on part of the savings.  It was decided to place $1,500 into a Certificate of Deposit each quarter of 2008, which could then be redeemed or rolled over as needed, depending on expenses.


Science Student Grant Committee Report - Richard Mankin

Committee - Richard Mankin,  Betty Weaver.  Two of 14 applications met the grant acceptance criterion.  After some discussion, a grant was awarded to Ryan McKindles of Marquette University for the project, "Mapping the spatiotemporal properties of the somatosensory cortex in people with spinal cord injury and stroke."

Officer Nominations (None)


New Business
There was discussion about the process of renewing the FSD Articles of Incorporation as a nonprofit agency in Washington DC.  Several sets of papers have been returned this year, and it has proven difficult to contact knowledgable individuals by phone, letter, or email.  Laureen Summers has volunteered to assist  Robert Van Etten in finishing the renewal process. 

Richard Mankin volunteered to write an article in the Science Education for Students with Disabilities Newsletter about the Foundation for Science and Disability Student Grant program.  Laureen Summers volunteered to write an article about the EntryPoint Program for the Foundation for Science and Disability Newsletter. 

In discussions about the student grant program, it was decided to include a section about other financial support that the student receives, and to require that the student provide a report at the end of their award year describing the progress made and any publications or awards that resulted from their project.  
 

Submitted April 6, 2008
Richard Mankin  

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