September 2007 Meeting

East TN HLAA Chapter Meeting
September 13, 2007

I. Welcome and Announcements

II. Introduction of Special Guest Speaker/Transcriber
Debbie Staley, TCT I
Disabilities Services Specialist
Maryville College

III. Featured Speaker – Laurie Pullins
Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipient and Advocate for Tennessee Council for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

IV. Old Business
- Updated Names, Address information, & Email addresses on sign up sheet
- Agenda/Speakers/Ideas for Upcoming meetings
- Jerry McGilley?

V. New Business
- HLAA Picnic in June 2008?

VI. Upcoming Events of Interest
- Christmas Party – December 13th – MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
- Tennessee Deaf Expo in Knoxville September 27, 2008 (next year)

VII. Next Meeting

– October 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. (meetings are always 2nd Thursday of every month) – Invite others to come with you!

VIII. Websites/Information of interest:
- KCD annual golf tournament (tomorrow) Friday, September 14th at Three Ridges Golf Course, tee-off time is 10 a.m. – Cookout to follow after tournament.
- TSD’s Homecoming – Saturday, September 15th
- www.state.tn.us/humanserv - State of TN disabilities services website

- http://www.serid.org/ – Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness
- http://www.shhh.org/ – HLAA Organization

- http://www.sedga.org/ – TN Deaf Golfer’s Association
- http://easttennesseehlaa.blogspot.com/ (I will update this soon)
- http://www.fandango.com/ – find captioned movies in theatres

- The Music Within – movie about the true story of Richard Pimentel, who returns from Vietnam severely hearing impaired and finds a new purpose in his efforts on the behalf of Americans with disabilities.

IX. Wrap Up & Refreshments