Happy New Year!

First I'd like to introduce myself to those of you I've not been able to
contact via the telephone over the last couple of months. My name is
Kelly Ernsperger and I am the current Vice President for the Autism
Society of Indiana. I am writing each of you this evening as contacts
for your local autism and special needs support advocacies. I apologize
if this information is redundant to some of you, but in an effort to
include everyone I felt it was best to send out a group a-mail inviting
all of you to attend the next board meeting for the Autism Society of
Indiana. Whether you are a member of the ASI or not, we would
appreciate a representative from your group to attend this next meeting
or one of the three other scheduled throughout the year. With our new
administration, we have reinvested in the importance of gathering
information from every autism entity across the state. We recognize the
contribution each of you have to make at a state level, and that lines
of communication have not been as strong in the past as either side of
this relationship would have liked. The agenda for the meeting is
below. Those of you interested in staying for the quarterly meeting of
the Indiana Autism Coalition are welcome to do so as well. If you have
questions or would like directions to the meeting please feel free to
contact me. Additionally, if you can not make it to this meeting and
we've not been able to chat about your concerns or requests for the
state chapter, please call or write me as I would be happy to relay this
information to the group. My contact information is at the end of this
e-mail.

Dates for 2006 meetings:
1/14
3/11
5/13
9/9

Time and place to be announced.

If you would like to be removed from this list please reply accordingly.

This Saturday

Autism Society of Indiana Agenda

Sat, January 14, 2006 10-Noon

Crossroads Rehab at 4740 Kingsway Drive, Indy



10am call to order

Welcome to new members

Update on Bowl Over Autism by Molly Warmelink and Matt

15 min

Review of Sept. Minutes and approval 5 min

Secretary's Report 15
min

Visits to other Chapters

Newsletter Update

Treasurer's Report 15
min

Vice President Report 15 min

Contact with other Chapters

Chapter Reports 15
min

Request for Fund Raising Chair

Request for Awareness Chair

President's Report 20
min

need for bi-law review and update

update on Take your legislator to lunch

update on other awareness/fundraising events (National and State)

Boy scout troop

phone tree - state house testifiers

web site update

Summarize Roundtable Plans, Educational Task Force, Position Paper on
Article 7 issues

Call for volunteers to join committees

Set Agenda for March Meeting



12 noon - lunch brought in

Presentation by Loui Lord Nelson on COVOH membership

Vote by board



Dismissal



**Indiana Autism Coalition board meeting begins at 1pm.


Kelly A. Ernsperger, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Autism Counseling and Behavior Consultation
5519 E. 82nd Street, Suite G
Indianapolis, IN 46254
tel: 317-538-0326
fax: 317-598-0802

www.asdcounseling.com