MACDHH Meeting

Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Zoom Meeting
September 25, 2020 at 1pm

Agenda:
1. Welcome

2. Approval of June 2020 Minutes

3. Reports
a. Chair, Lisalee Egbert
b. Vice Chair, Marny Helfrich
c. Secretary, Vikki Porter
d. Director, Kelby Brick

4. Old Business
a. Systemic Injustice – Mary Lynn Lally
b. Maryland School for the Deaf – Larry Gray
i. Request for Inspector General to investigate structural and systematic
racism.
c. Restructure of Advisory Council
d. DeafBlind Advisory Board for the State of Maryland
e. EIPA testing sites

5. New Business
a. Expanding the ODHH office staff
b. Bylaws

6. Announcements
a. Next MACDHH Meeting – December 14, 2020
b. The DC Council unanimously passed a second vote to establish the DC Office of
Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing in a 13-0 vote. The office would have six
full-time staff with a budget of $836,000.

7. Legislative Awareness Day – October 2020?