The President would like to you to read these important informations below:

Hi Char,

I regret that I am not able to be at the conference to present this check. I will put it in the mail tomorrow morning June 9, 2007.  It should be at your office the first part of next week.  Thank you so much of inviting me to hand over the check.
 
 On Behalf of the former WSAD Interpreter Chapter, I want to thank WSAD for providing the $500 seed money to get over chapter up and going many years ago.  Now, we are thrilled to be able to return that $500 plus an additional $1,170.45 for a total of $1,670.45.  This is the amount remaining in our account when RID took over Certification maintenance for NAD Certified Interpreters.  WSAD was always very supportive of the NAD interpreters and we are extremely grateful for all that WSAD did for us.

Respectfully,
Verna Siegel, NAD III, BA, CI & CT
former WSADIC treasurer

From: FCC-Consumer News [mailto:FCC-ConsumerNews@fcc.gov]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: Consumer Advisory - Buying the Right TV

The DTV transition, the switch from analog to digital television, is
approaching. Congress set the deadline of February 17, 2009 for the DTV
transition. This means that on that date all U.S. television stations
will stop broadcasting in analog format as they do now, and will
transmit only in digital instead.  Consumers will benefit from digital
technology that will provide improved picture quality and sound quality
like that experienced at the movies. As a consumer, what should you
consider in the purchase of a TV set?
Read our new Advisory - Buying the Right TV: What Every Consumer Should Know http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/dtvlabels.html


The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is concerned that consumers may experience difficulty in receiving and/or viewing closed captioning on some digital television (DTV) programming, including high definition television (HDTV), provided by a programming distributor such as a cable company or a satellite television provider. These difficulties generally could arise from two causes: 1) the consumer's set-top box and/or DTV are not properly set to allow closed captions to be displayed; or 2)
there are technical problems with the cable or satellite provider's
system that prevent closed captions from being received and decoded by
the set-top box and/or DTV.

Read our Advisory for more information: Closed Captioning for Digital
Television http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/dtvcaptions.html

Looking for part-time summer work?

The Office of the Secretary of State, Elections Division is recruiting for several part-time, non-permanent Initiative Checkers (Office Trainees).  Expected start dates are in June/July 2007 and the approximate duration of these appointments is up to 32 hours per week, for 2-8 weeks.  This is a direct employment opportunity and the recruitment announcement may be viewed at: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/office/employment.aspx; choose Initiative Checker (07 ELIN).  Please share this announcement with anyone who may be interested.  Thank you.

Heather Friedlander
Recruitment Specialist
Office of the Secretary of State
(360) 586-7285 ph, (360) 586-2033 fax

The following web links were received by me today in relation to the VRS rates under consideration by the FCC.  Please note that DSHS/ODHH does not regulate VRS at this time and does not endorse or have an opinion on these alerts submitted the indicated parties.  It is passed along only for informational purposes.
See web links to Ed Bosson’s telecom alerts and Sorenson’s May newsletter announcement.  If you already receive this information I apologize for the redundancy.
Sorenson May newsletter in relation to VRS rates: http://sorensonvrs.com/newsletter/may_2007.php
Ed's Telecom Alert has posted a new item, 'Musing on VRS Rates': http://www.edsalert.com/2007/05/17/musing-on-vrs-rates/
Sincerely,
Steve Peck
Washington State TRS Program Manager