2. Associate Director


Certification
A full CIT workshop was held in Fort Collins the last week of July. Another CIP workshop has been scheduled for December in Arizona to be followed by a Host Trainers workshop. We are currently preparing the workshop schedule for 2006 and will again attempt to hold at least 10 workshops for the professional categories.

The September CHI workshop was cancelled due to low numbers (only two confirmed registrations by deadline). This workshop continues to be challenging to fill, so we will be rethinking how we package and offer this to experienced interpreters in the future.

International
IWH registration materials have been posted on the website. The conference is expected to host between 150-200 people.

Tim and I will be in China delivering a training program from Sept 1-12. At the request of Kye Jong Cho, a member from South Korea, Tim has put together an international volunteer team of 11 NAI members from 5 countries to travel to South Korea from Sept 20-October 5. We will be joining them immediately following our September CIT class in Minneapolis (or on Sept 20 if our class cancels).

Contracts & Speaking Engagements
I attended and spoke at a special planning session at the VSA conference in Philadelphia that was well-received.

We are about 75% through the process for the RMRP planning project.

I have been asked to edit a document by NPS and provide technical consulting advice to Condit Exhibits on two small projects (each of these jobs is less than a day’s work).

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Brochu
866-326-4642