DbI Review 35 - Deafblind International

Ma nagement Ne wsM a n a g e m e n tCommittee NewsThe next meetingof the DbIM a n a g e m e n tCommittee will beon Monday 1August, 2005 andSumitra Mishrathe next DbICouncil meetingis on Tuesday 2 August, 2005.Thesemeetings will take place in Slovakiaprior to the DbI European Conference.The major DbI eventscoming up are:The 2nd DbI Asian Conference willbe held from 29 – 31 January 2006in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The FirstAnnouncement for this conference isout! It is being hosted by the NationalForum of Organizations Working withthe Disabled (NFOWD) fromBangladesh. The theme of theConference is “Deafblindness –Breaking Barriers in Asia”. For detailsplease visit www.dbiconference.org orcontact the Conference Secretariat atnfowd@bdmail.netIf you register before 31 August2005, you can take advantage of theearly bird registration fee of $200 US.The regular registration fee is $250 US.Registration closes on 30 November2005. The abstracts submissiondeadline is 31 July 2005 and the finalpaper submission deadline is 15November 2005. Please send yourpapers to Akhil Paul, Chair of theScientific Committee, atakhil@senseintindia.org or fax at+91.79.279 11054.The 14th DbI World Conferencewill be held from 25–30 September2007 in Perth, Australia. It is beingorganised by Senses Foundation. InFebruary this year William Green andRichard Hawkes (President andSecretary of DbI) visited Perth to meetcolleagues from the Senses Fo u n d a t i o nand discuss plans for the conference.A Scientific Committee has now beenagreed by the DbI ManagementCommittee and the first meeting willbe taking place this August. We willbring you more information in the nextissue of DbI Review.Membership UpdateAll DbI members are encouraged torenew your membership, if you havenot done so already. Please quote yourspecially assigned membershipnumber in all communications.There are currently 622 members,including 50 corporate members, fromover 80 different countries.We are pleased to welcome all newcorporate and individual members tothe DbI family!If you know of any organisation thatmay be interested to join DbI as acorporate member, please pass ontheir details to the Secretariat now!DbI would like to express itsappreciation for the continuedsupport of the large and smallcorporate members. We stronglyencourage individuals to join DbI inorder to contribute to and widenfurther our global community in thefield of deafblindness.If you have any queries regardingthe status of your membership, pleasedo not hesitate to contact theSecretariat at secretariat@deafblindinternational.orgThe DbI SecretariatWe hope that you received your copy ofthe previous issue of DbI Review If youhave not received your copy, pleasecontact the Secretariat. We are alsokeen to update the information wehave about you and your organisation,so kindly make sure you send yourmembership renewal forms with yourlatest contact details to the Secretariat.If you have any queries regardingyour current membership or wouldlike to complete the membership formvia email, please contact SumitraMishra at: secretariat@deafblindinternational.org or post your queryat: DbI Secretariat, Post Box No:9601, JanakpuriDbI is a vital network forall involved in the field ofdeafblindness. In order tobest serve our members,it is crucial that we raisesufficient funds throughfees to finance our basicactivities. With this inmind, there is a Corporateas well as an Individualmembership form for youto fill in. Please encourageas many people aspossible to join.N o n -Voting Membersconsist of individuals,national networks andn o n - s u b s c r i b i n gCorporates. Non-votingmembers can contributeto the decision makingprocess of DbI througheither a corporatemember or aninternational network.Non-voting members willreceive a copy of DbIReview and other relevantDbI information.Non-voting membershipcosts d30 a year or adiscounted d100 forfour years.Voting Members arethe representatives ofcorporate memberswho have paid theirsubscription fees, andthe representatives ofrecognised DbI networks.There are now two tiers ofCorporate Membership:Large Corporates:Annual Fees betweend3,000 and d5 , 000Small Corporates:Annual Fees betweend300 and d1 , 500Corporate Members canbe nominated to sit onthe Council.5 0 • DbI Review • JA N UA R Y – JU N E 2 0 0 5