Please join FRID for our 2025 Annual General Membership Meeting (Annual Business Meeting – ABM) and help shape the direction of FRID for the coming year.
The FRID Board of Directors invites all our members to the ABM, which will be held in a hybrid format on:
Saturday, October 25, 2025: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Onsite: St. Petersburg College, 2465 Drew Street, Clearwater, FL (Room #ES 104)
Online: Will receive the Zoom link 1 day before (via email and posted here)
Click here to register (free for everyone) for the ABM. Please register according to how you will attend.
Click here for Agenda
Click here for 2024/2025 FY Annual Business Report
During the meeting, the ABM will follow the published agenda (see link above).
For the sake of time and to allow preparation for the workshops following the ABM, the reports of the Board of Directors and Committees will not be presented individually. Instead, they are published in advance (see link above and on the homepage). The President will share a brief summary of FRID’s goals moving forward.
Highlights of the ABM include:
Official announcement of the 2025 Board of Directors election results
Recognition of the 2024/2025 Scholarship Award winners
Presentation of the President’s Award
Presentation of the 2025 Distinguished Service Award (DSA)
(Deadline for nominations for the DSA is September 30, 2025)
We look forward to seeing you there as we celebrate our progress and prepare for the year ahead!
This meeting is open for both members and non-members to attend at no charge. Register now to reserve your spot.
✨ Make a day of it! The ABM is scheduled to start just before It’s a Deaf Thing—a Deaf community expo happening onsite from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at St. Petersburg College.
In addition, there are 3 CEU-bearing workshop(s) onsite and hybrid immediately following the ABM. Register here.
Accessibility
The FRID ABM will be presented in ASL with English Interpretation provided by a mentor/mentee interpreter team.
If you require accommodations, please e-mail president@fridcentral.org no later than October 1, 2025.
For cancellations, please e-mail vpinternalaffairs@fridcentral.org.
We'll see you there!
