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15 April 2004

MINUTES OF DLD ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
April 15, 2004

Call to order 6: 10 pm
President Edwin Ellis
Ellis announced a change in the typical format of the business meeting, specifically to have dialogue with the membership and time to talk informally regarding issues instead of reading officer and committee reports. Summaries of reports were provided to members; full reports will be posted on the DLD website. Given the nature of the meeting, adoption of an agenda was not necessary.

Approval of minutes from April 10, 2003
Secretary Judy Engelhard
Annual Business Meeting in Seattle, WA
Minutes approved as written (moved by John Lloyd, seconded by Kim Bright)

Special Recognitions and Awards
Ellis thanked persons leaving the DLD board: Zigmond, Fuchs, and Engelhard

Ellis announced winners of recent DLD elections:

• Vice President: Karen Rooney
• Secretary: Martha Larkin

Interactive Dialogue:
Ellis asked members to think about topics for discussion with emphasis on DLD as a professional organization and an advocacy organization.  Ellis provided a list of questions to get the dialogue going.  Topics discussed included:

• DLD's annual fall conference
• Citation of The Alerts and link to the DLD website; procedures for changing some of the recommendations based on additional research
• Paraeducators and suggestions for professional development
• Research in the LD field and relationship to IES, future funding, and the role of CAN Committee
• Highly qualified teachers and NCLB; concerns regarding having special educators as collaborators rather than teachers for students with LD
• Successes: advocacy with other LD organizations, DLD website, Professional journal LDRP
• Viability of DLD on the national level and ability to advocate for DLD's position
• Construct of LD and Dilution of field of LD
• Interface of DLD with CEC

Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by Doug Fuchs and Jean Shumaker (for Margo Mastropieri) to Yvonne Bui who earned her degree from the University of Kansas; she teaches at the University of San Francisco.

Past President Naomi Zigmond presented Ed Ellis with a plaque in recognition of his leadership as President of DLD.

Treasurer's Report (see report)
Kim Bright
Zigmond moved, Lloyd seconded, that DLD accept 2004 - 05 budget. Motion carried.

Other reports available to the membership are as follows:

Respectfully submitted,

Judy B. Engelhard, Secretary

April 15, 2004

For copies of individual reports, please contact ExecDir@TeachingLD.org.