The ATA Chronicle - May/June 2017 - 6

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WALTER BACAK, CAE
walter@atanet.org

Board Meeting Highlights

T

he American Translators Association's
Board of Directors met April 22-23,
2017, in Alexandria, Virginia. The
Board met in conjunction with the
Certification Committee and Language
Chairs meetings. (Each exam language
combination has a language chair
administering the passage selection and
graders. ATA currently offers testing in 28
language combinations.)
Here are some highlights from the
Board meeting.

Orleans, Louisiana (2018), Palm Springs,
California (2019), Boston, Massachusetts
(2020), and Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021).

Working Budget: The Board approved
the July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018 working
budget and the 2018-20 draft budgets.
The approved budget of $3.22 million is
a slight increase over the current budget
of $3.19 million. The working budget
provides an interim financial framework.
By using this interim budget, changes and
revisions can be made based on the actual
year-end figures. The final budget will be
approved at the next Board meeting.

Certification: Certification Committee
Chair David Stephenson briefed the Board
on developments in the Certification
Program. Highlights included the dramatic
increase in the number of computerized
exam sittings-and their success-and that
the Chinese>English work group is just
about ready to seek Board approval to offer
Chinese>English certification.

Presentation of Candidates: The
Nominating and Leadership Development
Committee, chaired by Past President
Dorothee Racette, presented the slate
of candidates for this year's elections
for President-elect (two-year term) Ted
Wozniak, for Secretary (one position, twoyear term) Lois Feuerle and Karen Tkaczyk,
for Treasurer (two-year term) John Milan,
and for director (three positions, three-year
terms): Jennifer Guernsey, Tony Guerra,
Geoff Koby, Elena Langdon, Madalena
Sánchez Zampaulo, and Kyle Vraa. (Please
see the sidebar for more information.)
2022 Annual Conference Host Hotel:
The Board approved the Westin
Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles,
California, as the host hotel for the 2022
ATA Annual Conference. The Conference
schedule is: Washington, DC (2017), New
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Website: Following discussions at the
winter Board meeting about the need to
revise ATA's website, the Board approved
the establishment of an Ad Hoc Website
Committee. The Board also approved the
appointments of the committee members:
Karen Tkaczyk (chair), Catherine
Christaki, Michèle Hansen, Jamie Hartz,
and Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo.

Gode Medal Award Committee: The
Board approved the appointment of the
members of the 2017 Gode Medal Award
Committee: Past President Nicholas
Hartmann (chair), Past President Caitilin
Walsh, President David Rumsey, Director
Cristina Helmerichs, and Honors and
Awards Committee Chair Lois Feuerle.
The Gode Medal is ATA's highest and
most prestigious award that recognizes
outstanding contributions to the
translating and interpreting professions.
(Nominations are still being accepted.)
The Board meeting summary and minutes
will be posted online once they are approved.
Past meeting summaries and minutes are
always posted online at www.atanet.org/
membership/minutes.php. The next Board
meeting is set for July 29-30, 2017. The
location is to be determined. As always,
the meeting is open to all members, and
members are encouraged to attend. 

Candidates Announced
ATA Elections | 2017 Annual
Conference | Washington, DC
ATA will hold its regularly scheduled
elections at the upcoming 2017 ATA Annual
Conference in Washington, DC, to elect
a president-elect, secretary, treasurer,
and three directors. Further nominations,
supported by acceptance statements in
writing by each additional nominee and a
written petition signed by no fewer than 60
voting members, must be received by the
Nominating and Leadership Development
Committee by June 1. Acceptance statements
and petitions should be submitted to
Nominating and Leadership Development
Committee Chair Dorothee Racette
(ata-hq@atanet.org). Candidate statements
and photos of the candidates will appear
in the September/October issue of The
ATA Chronicle and on ATA's website. The
candidates proposed by the Nominating and
Leadership Development Committee are:
President-elect (two-year term):
Ted Wozniak
Secretary (one position, two-year term):
Lois Feuerle
Karen Tkaczyk
Treasurer (two-year term):
John Milan
Director (three positions,
three-year terms):
Jennifer Guernsey
Tony Guerra
Geoff Koby
Elena Langdon
Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo
Kyle Vraa

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