2007 Annual Year End Report:

Cal-TASH Activities and/or Accomplishments of 2007:

1. 25^th Annual Cal-TASH Conference

25 Years of Building Inclusive Communities: Home, School, Work, Play, and Neighborhood

on February 2^nd and 3^rd of 2007 in Manhattan Beach, CA

2. Peter Yarrow Fundraiser

Concert, Dinner and Silent Auction

on May 6^th, 2007 Concert in Berkeley and Dinner in Oakland, CA

3. Summer Symposium

Building and Sustaining Social Relationships in our Communities, School Through Adult Life

on June 28^th and 29^th of 2007 in Santa Barbara, CA

4. Board of Directors Retreat and Board Meeting

Retreat: reaffirm the Cal-TASH Mission, Values and Vision, develop an Action Plan

on July 20^th and 21^st of 2007 in Burlingame, CA

5. Board of Directors Meetings for 2007

3 face-to-face meetings and one conference call

face to face were on February 1^st, in Manhattan Beach, July 21^st, in Burlingame, and November 2^nd, in Northridge, CA of 2007

• Conference call was in April of 2007

6. Northern Ca Conference Planning Committee Meetings

Committee met three times to plan for the 26^th Annual Cal-TASH Conference, numerous e-mails and phone calls plus each committee member had numerous responsibilities

Met on August 7^th, September 28^th, and November 9^th, of 2007

7. Raffle and Silent Auction at 25^th Annual Conference

on February 2, 2007 at Manhattan Beach Marriott Hotel

8. Presentation of Cal-TASH Awards at 25^th Annual Conference

The Bill Rosenberg Memorial Award, The Robert Gaylord-Ross Memorial Award, The Mary Falvey Outstanding Young Person Award

Presented on February 2^nd and 3^rd of 2007 in Manhattan Beach

9. Sponsored TASH 2007 in Seattle, Washington

3,500 dollars sent to TASH for Sponsorship of Conference in Seattle, many Cal-TASH board members and members supported conference by attending presenting and sending students from California Universities

on December 5^th through 8^th, 2007

10. Sponsored Supported Life Institute 21^st Annual Conference

“Create Positive Change through Shared Action” sponsored $500 plus several board members and members presented at and attended conference

on October 3^rd through 5^th, 2007 in Sacramento, CA

11. Held an election for Cal-TASH Board of Directors

Membership voted for 5 board of directors, for the term 7-1-07 to 6-30-10

12. Solicited Sponsorships for Cal-TASH 26^th Annual Conference

raised 2,800 dollars through sponsorship campaign for 26^th Annual Conference; not including in-kind services and supports by numerous persons and agencies

13. Reviewing and up-dating By-laws

consulted with non-profit attorney: reviewing and up-dating by-laws and articles of incorporation to comply with all state and federal non-profit corporation law

14. Cal-TASH Board of Directors is working to make sure board meetings are able to accommodate “ALL”

Cal-TASH bought an LCD projector so accessible power points can be presented during meetings, agenda’s use pictures as adaptations, and our web-site is being re-constructed to be “consumer friendly”, an Accommodations Committee has been established

15. Each Board Member belongs and represents Cal-TASH on numerous committees, consortiums, coalitions and organizations that they educate regarding the values of Cal-TASH

which reflects the diversity of Cal-TASH Board of Directors (including self-advocates, parents of self advocates, adult service providers, school district personnel, and university faculty)