[nagdu] FW: Guide Dog Board Meeting - 7-20-2015

[Tina Thomas]

Subject: Guide Dog Board Meeting - 7-20-2015

 

Hello All,

 

Attached (and below) is the agenda for the California Guide Dog Board's
Meeting to be held at 1pm on July 20, 2015.  

 

Brian Skewis

Executive Officer

California State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind

Office: 916-574-7825

Email: brian.skewis at dca.ca.gov <mailto:brian.skewis at dca.ca.gov>  

www.guidedogboard.ca.gov <http://www.guidedogboard.ca.gov> 

 

Board Meeting

 

Monday, July 20, 2015 

1:00 p.m. - Completion of Business

Teleconference Phone Number: 1-866-692-3158

Participant Code: 99686782

 

Department of Consumer Affairs - Trinity Room

1625 N. Market Blvd 

Sacramento, CA 95834

 

1921 Bella Coola Drive

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

 

1947 Center Street

Berkeley, CA 94704

 


Board Members

Eric Holm, President

Carmen Delgado, Vice President

Don Brown

Catherine Carlton

Rosa Gomez

Gwen Marelli

Joan Patche

Executive Officer

Brian Skewis

 

Legal Counsel

Claire Yazigi

Ravinder Kapoor

 

AGENDA

 

1.       Call to Order/Roll Call /Establishment of a quorum

 

2.       President's Welcome 

 

3.       Swearing in of new Board Member Rosa Gomez and reappointed Board
Member Eric Holm 

 

4.       Approval of the May 11, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes 

 

5.       Executive Officer's Report

a. Budget Report

b. Examination Update

c. Regulations and Legislation Update

d. Education and Outreach Committee Update

e. Practice Task Force Update

 

6.      Discussion and possible action regarding the Board's consideration
of International Guide Dog Federation accreditation and the possibility of
it integrating into the Board's licensing and examination processes.  

                                                         

7.       Discussion and possible action regarding potential Board expansion
to regulate the entirety of the service dog training industry.  

 

8.       Consideration and possible action of any recommendation from the
Practice Task Force regarding adoption of an Arbitration Program Fact Sheet.

 

9.       Agenda Items for Next Meeting 

 

10.   2015/16 Meeting Calendar and Locations 

 

11.   Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda 

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

12.   Executive Officer Evaluation - The Board will meet in closed session
(pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(a)(1)) to conduct the Executive
Officer Evaluation.

 

OPEN SESSION

 

13.   Adjournment 

Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. Agenda items may be taken out
of order. Meetings of the Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind are open to the
public except when specifically noticed otherwise in accordance with the
Open Meeting Act. The meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A
person who needs a disability-related accommodation or modification in order
to participate in the meeting may make a request by contacting Brian Skewis
at (916) 574-7825 or by e-mail at  <mailto:Brian.Skewis at dca.ca.gov>
Brian.Skewis at dca.ca.gov or send a request to 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite
N-112, Sacramento, CA 95834. Providing your request at least five (5)
business days before the meeting will help ensure availability of the
requested accommodation.  Please be advised that while the Board makes every
effort to make meetings accessible by telephone, it is limited by technical
capabilities and technical difficulties cannot always be prevented.  The
best way to ensure participation in a meeting is to attend in person.  

 

 

 

 

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