The Spanish Special Interest Group (SpanSIG) cordially invites you to its first meeting of 2012, scheduled for Saturday, March 3rd, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the AATIA office.

Molly Sheridan, an experienced translator and interpreter, will present “Sight Translation: Practicing a Strategy.” You will need paper, pencil, and a voice recorder — if you have one. (Many cell phones have recording capability.)

The AATIA office is located at 201 East 2nd Street. You can use the Convention Center Parking Garage (entrance on Brazos Street). In order to get free parking, when you exit just tell the attendant that you attended an AATIA meeting.

We hope to see you there!

SpanSIG Coordinators

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January 14th general membership meeting

If you missed the first membership meeting of the year, no need to worry. Here’s a brief recap.
After our newly elected president, Rose Tempfer, welcomed everyone and introduced the new Board of Directors for 2012, Director of Communications Casey Butterfield gave everyone a preview of AATIA's new website. The website is expected to go live soon, so stay tuned for that announcement.

We began the year with a focus on court interpreting, led by our colleague Maurine McLean. Maurine shared her tips and her own experience in preparing to take the Federal Court Interpreting Exam. We had an excellent turnout with many new faces. We hope to continue to see you all at our general membership meetings. Mark your calendars for the following Saturdays from 1-4pm:  March 10th, May 12th, July 14th, September 8th, November 10th.

December 2011 Board meeting

2011 Board members met with incoming 2012 Board members on December 10, 2011, to wrap up the year and begin planning for 2012. The Board reviewed results from the survey distributed at November’s general membership meeting, which sought members' views on  professional development opportunities. Potential workshop topics in the works include a session on medical terminology, a Wordfast (translation memory software) training workshop, a TDLR-approved court interpreting workshop, and an introduction session on getting started in translation and interpreting. The dates and topics of 2012 workshops will be announced soon.

The Board approved the creation of an AATIA Twitter account to increase our members' exposure to potential clients. The Twitter account will also serve to send out announcements of AATIA events and of other local language-related events. AATIA will also soon add a LinkedIn account to its growing social media presence. The Board also approved the purchase of a camera and agreed that the Secretary would be responsible for photographing AATIA events.