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Individual Translators and
Interpreters Committee,
which contains its findings
and recommendations
concerning establishing
such a registry for worker
classification purposes. The
Board thanks the committee
for its speedy work and will
continue its work on this
topic based on this report.
criticism and feedback to the
Board. Remember, this is a
draft, not a final proposal, so
your input is vital in shaping
the final proposal. The Board
hopes to have sufficient
feedback from members to
decide on a final proposal in
2022. Please help the Board
meet that goal!
The other amendments
are housekeeping in nature
and concern references to
committee chairs in the
Bylaws (removal of genderspecific
language and
standardization of the term
" chair " ), standardization and
clarification of references to
" two-thirds " votes by the
Board, and removal of the
term " membership facilities "
from the Bylaws (none exist
and are unlikely to ever exist).
Details of these proposed
amendments appear in this
issue on page 19. Please use
the ataTalk listserv to discuss
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these proposals among
yourselves, and feel free
to contact me or any other
Board member directly with
your concerns or questions.
(To subscribe to ataTalk,
email ataTalk+subscribe@
groups.io.)
Government Linguist
Outreach Task Force:
The Board also approved
a short extension of both
the Government Linguist
Outreach Task Force (GLOTF)
and the temporary military
dues discount to give the
GLOTF additional time
to conduct work that was
curtailed or made impossible
by the pandemic.
National Registry of
Individual Translators and
Interpreters Committee:
Finally, the Board received
the final report from the
ad hoc National Registry of
" Basic Credential " Ad Hoc
Committee: The related
" Basic Credential " ad hoc
committee also submitted
a report on its progress
on the establishment
of a basic credential for
members who cannot
become certified under the
current program. To my
surprise, the committee was
able to come to a general
consensus that such a
credential may be possible,
as I expected disagreement
on fundamental questions of
the criteria and methods for
evidencing qualifications. So,
I give my personal heartfelt
thanks to this committee
for its outstanding work to
date. I now have hopes that
it may well be possible for us
to offer this important new
benefit in the future.
Lastly, even given the
present uncertainty arising
from the seemingly endless
pandemic, I look forward to
seeing many of you in person
at ATA62 in Minneapolis
(October 27-30), where I'll
hand over the gavel to the
more-than-competent hands
of President-Elect Madalena
Sánchez Zampaulo and
return to being an ordinary
member. If you haven't done
so already, please check out
the conference website at
https://ata62.org. It promises
to be a great event!
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