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Nordic Division Virtual Annual Meeting Sept 25

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Dear Nordic Division Members,

Please mark your calendars for the Nordic Division 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting on Wednesday September 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET (10 a.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. CET). Invitations with Zoom information has been sent out via email.

If you plan to attend, please also remember to review last year’s Annual Meeting minutes on the ND website (https://www.ata-divisions.org/ND/minutes/) so they can be approved at this year’s meeting.

If you have any questions, please contact division Administrator Kelly Burt-Candelaria at divisionND@atanet.org. We look forward to seeing you there!

Kelly Burt-Candelaria, ND Administrator
Ann-Charlotte Storer, ND Assistant Administrator

 

2023 Annual Meeting Minutes

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The Nordic Division held its 2023 Annual Meeting via Zoom on September 21, 2023, a few weeks before the ATA64 Conference (this year in Miami). The Annual Meeting Minutes are now available to view online, click here.

Via the same link, you can also access Annual Meeting Minutes from previous years.

ND Annual Meeting Agenda, Monday Oct 3

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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
NORDIC DIVISION OF THE
AMERICAN TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION
Monday, October 3, 2022
1:30–2:30 p.m. EDT
(online)

1. Call to order

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Approval of the minutes of the 2021 annual meeting

Minutes available at https://www.ata-divisions.org/ND/wordpress/minutes/

4. Nordic Division overview for 2021–2022

▪ Communication channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544699675614723
Google Groups email list: https://groups.google.com/g/ata-nordic-division (email ata-nordic-division@googlegroups.com)
LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3682273/
Website: https://www.ata-divisions.org/ND/wordpress

▪ Certification program
Overview at https://www.atanet.org/certification/aboutcert_overview.php
Nordic language combinations offered: Swedish > English, English > Finnish/Swedish (and efforts underway to revive the Danish > English exam)

▪ ATA 63 ND off-site events in Los Angeles: Wednesday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 14 (info has been emailed to current ATA/ND members)

▪ Meetups held in March and July 2022

5. Handover to newly elected Nordic Division Administrator and Assistant Administrator

▪ Welcome and handover to our new Administrator, Kelly Burt-Candelaria, and our new Assistant Administrator, Ann-Charlotte Storer

6. New business for 2022–2023

▪ Leadership Council
o Introduction of our current members and their status
o Call for new/additional volunteers

▪ Discussion of topics and speakers for ATA 64

▪ Submission of proposals for topics and speakers (form is usually online by February 1)

▪ Call for volunteers to write content for our website and other communication channels

▪ Call for suggestions for ND events for ATA 64

6. Any other business

7. Closure of the meeting

ND Events at ATA61

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Not many days to go now …!

The Virtual Conference ND Annual Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, 12:30 pm  – 1:00 pm EDT. Please note that conference registration is not required to attend the meeting.

You will find the Zoom link to this and other Annual Meetings here: https://ata61.org/division-annual-meetings/

The Virtual Conference ND Meetup is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm EDT. Please note that conference registration is required to attend. Come and join us in one of our Zoom breakout rooms! Welcome to share ideas with colleagues, to meet division leadership, and to have fun!

You will find the Zoom link to this and other Division meetups here : https://event.ata61virtual.com/page/1603687/division-meetups

And last but not least: We are excited to have yet another excellent Distinguished Speaker this year, Ms Tiina Kinnunen, who will give two presentations on Friday Oct 23:

  • 039 – From Whining to Shining (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT)
  • 049 – The Inivisible in Audiovisual Translation (2.00 PM – 3:00 EDT)

We hope to see many of you at the virtual conference!