Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.3 Appendix B to Report 23-068VOICE for children who are deaf and hard of hearing 478 Dundas St. West, P.O. Box 30045, Oakville, Ontario L6H 6Y3 Email: seac@voicefordeafkids.com, Website:www.voicefordeafkids.com Charity Registration Number- 12360 9364 RR0001 September 6, 2023 Nicole Guthrie Manager, Board Services Ottawa-Carleton District School Board 133 Greenbank Road, Ottawa ON K2H 6L3 Dear Ms. Guthrie, VOICE for children who are deaf and hard of hearing is a provincial parent organization that is eligible for SEAC membership, as defined in Ontario Regulation 464/97, s. 1 of the Education Act. VOICE is a parent support organization assisting families who have children with hearing loss through its main programs: Advocacy, Family Support and Public Information. We would like to nominate Lindsay Copland as VOICE’s Local Association representative for the Ottawa- Carleton District School Board Special Education Advisory Committee. Ms. Copland is an active supporter of VOICE in the Ottawa Chapter and we believe Ms. Copland will be an excellent representative on the OCDSB SEAC. In accordance with the requirements for a SEAC member, Ms. Copland is eligible to vote for members of the Board, is a resident in the jurisdiction of the Board, and is not an employee of the Board. Ms. Copland can be reached at the following email address: lindsaycopland@gmail.com. Yours truly, Rick Barreiro | Vice-Chair, Board of Directors VOICE For Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Appendix B to Report 23-068 VOICE for children who are deaf and hard of hearing 478 Dundas St. West, P.O. Box 30045, Oakville, Ontario L6H 6Y3 Email: seac@voicefordeafkids.com, Website:www.voicefordeafkids.com Charity Registration Number- 12360 9364 RR0001 September 6, 2023 Nicole Guthrie Manager, Board Services Ottawa-Carleton District School Board 133 Greenbank Road, Ottawa ON K2H 6L3 Dear Ms. Guthrie, VOICE for children who are deaf and hard of hearing is a provincial parent organization that is eligible for SEAC membership, as defined in Ontario Regulation 464/97, s. 1 of the Education Act. VOICE is a parent support organization assisting families who have children with hearing loss through its main programs: Advocacy, Family Support and Public Information. We would like to nominate Terry Warner as VOICE’s Local Association alternate representative for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Special Education Advisory Committee. Mr. Warner has many years of experience serving on previous SEACs and has been a long time supporter of VOICE and its activities for the Ottawa Chapter. We believe Mr. Warner will continue to be a valuable member of OCDSB SEAC in the role of alternate representative. In accordance with the requirements for a SEAC member, Mr. Warner is eligible to vote for members of the Board, is a resident in the jurisdiction of the Board, and is not an employee of the Board. His contact information is as follows: Terry Warner 1637 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa, ON K1G0G4 613 296-5899 terry.warner@sympatico.ca Yours truly, Rick Barreiro | Vice-Chair, Board of Directors VOICE For Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing info@ldaottawa.com Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa-Carleton Tel: (613) 567-5864 160 Percy Street, Ottawa, ON K1R 6E5 TO: MANAGER OF BOARD SERVICES (SEAC) FROM: MIKE MARTA DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 RE: REPRESENTATIVES AT SEAC On behalf of the Chair of the Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa -Carleton, Marianne Long, and our board, this memo is to confirm that it is the LDAO-C’s intention that I, Mike Marta, replace Dr. Maggie Mamen as the LDAO-C’s representative at SEAC and that Marianne Long, Chair of the LDAO-C be designated as the Alternate representative at SEAC. Both Marianne Long and I, Mike Marta, meet the criteria in Ontario Regulation 464/97 and Policy P.019.GOV: Special Education Advisory Committee, which states, “all members and alternates of the Committee must be eli gible to vote for the members of the Board, be resident to the jurisdiction of the Board, and not be employees of the Board”. Please find attached a short biography for Marianne Long and for myself. Thank you. Sincerely, Mike Marta Executive Director / CEO