Board meeting minutes from 2026 Koch and Trahan Administrations are now available for your review. https://www.txad.org/board-meetings

General meeting minutes for August 1, 2026 are available in text and video. Go to www.txad.org/general-meetings

The Treasurer's Office of Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) is continuing to modernize and streamline our administrative infrastructure! As part of our centralized operations, we have updated our official mailing address. We are proud to partner with Scan Mailboxes—a Deaf-owned business based in Austin—for our new official business mailing address and legal Registered Agent service! NEW TAD Business Mailing Address (Use Now): Texas Association of the Deaf 2028 E Ben White B

As part of our commitment to transparent, secure, and modern operations, the Texas Association of the Deaf (TxAD) Board is centralizing our website and financial systems. During a recent administrative audit, we found that legacy recurring payment settings on PayPal and Wix caused some members to be automatically billed multiple times or charged on overlapping schedules. We take full responsibility and are taking immediate action to fix this: All Legacy Recurring Payments St

Official Announcement regarding our Acronym (TAD vs. TxAD) Dr. Angela Trahan, Acting President and Interim Secretary, shares an important update regarding our organization's official name usage. As agreed upon by our members and documented in our Bylaws, we will maintain the acronym TAD (and not TxAD) until Conference 2027. The previous Boards established the name of our website and several other social media accounts, which we are in process to change back to TAD. Read the B

Click this link https://forms.gle/mYoGfPV8HMSsE43d8 and vote which month and where you want TAD to host the conference in 2027. The deadline is on November 22, 2026.

Ricky Harris region1@txad.org Candice Villesca region2@txad.org Sarah McMillen region3@txad.org Click this link www.txad.org/regions then see the map and find out which regional representative you can contact for TAD news and events.

Message from Secretary/Acting President Dr. Angela Trahan In the video above, Dr. Angela shares an important message about civic engagement, early voting, and making our collective voice heard this election season! Dr. Angela has already cast her ballot and proudly received her "I Voted" sticker. She encourages all eligible Texans to participate in early voting or make a plan to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd. Why Vote Early? Dr. Angela highlights several practic

Message from Secretary/Acting President Dr. Angela Trahan Dear TxAD Community, Watch the message above from Dr. Angela Trahan regarding our new membership and outreach platform, Givebutter! As part of our effort to centralize communications and keep our community connected, we recently sent out an email titled "TxAD Reconnecting with You" to everyone on our email list. Did You Receive the Email? If you received the email, taking action is simple: Reply "YES" — Confirm you wan

Special Board Meeting on October 25th 2026 TAD ANNOUNCEMENT: Leadership Update, System Transition & Special Board Meeting The TAD Board of Directors would like to share important updates regarding our leadership, system improvements, and an upcoming Special Board Meeting. Leadership Update: Billy Koch has submitted his resignation as Vice President. The Board thanks Billy for his contributions and service to TAD, and we wish him all the best in his next chapter. Membership P

🎉 Thank you, Beyond Access! We sincerely appreciate Beyond Access for featuring the upcoming Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) General Meeting. As this is the first time Deaf Vee Journal has covered a TAD event, we are grateful for the opportunity to help keep the Deaf community informed and connected. Thank you for your support and for sharing news that matters to our community. We look forward to future collaboration! 💙 To view the article:

📢 Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) General Meeting Join us on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 1:00 PM–4:00 PM at the Austin Deaf Club (ADC) or attend online via Zoom! 📍 Location: Austin Deaf Club (ADC) 8818 Cullen Lane Austin, TX 78748 📝 The meeting is open to the public and will also be live streamed. 💻 Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88047955588 💬 Meeting Chat: https://us02web.zoom.us/launch/jc/88047955588 Meeting ID: 880 4795 5588 Passcode: 144040 Faceb

Acting President/Vice President announces the cancellation of the July 31st Bylaws meeting and the meeting for August 1st from 1-4 pm at Austin Deaf Club (ADC). Agenda for meeting will consist of Announcement New Business Q/A from members No outside drinks or food allowed. ADC will have snacks and drinks available for purchase. Also if you wish to- Join at 7 pm ADC for a game of Lucky 13 which is like Tingo! $10.00 for ADC members and $20.00 for non members.

TAD is happy to announce the appointment of 2 new board members. With the departure of Darlene as the Acting President/Vice President the board has appointed Billy Koch as the new Acting President/Vice President until the 2027 Convention. Also, in addition to the appointment of Billy Koch the board was also able to appoint Angela Trahan as the Interim Secretary which has been vacant for a long time until the 2027 Convention. Please join us in congratulating the two new bo

TAD's Vice President, Lana Coker, has a special announcement regarding the Texas Association of the Deaf's Bylaws on Due Process.

Dear TAD Members and Deaf Community, We regret to inform you that the TAD Conference 2025 has been cancelled. Please disseminate this...

To: TAD Members We are excited to share the progress made by the Bylaws Committee as we move toward the upcoming conference on August...

Hello Texan, Here are the Elevate TAD Forum Flyers in English and Spanish attached to this email. Social Media Posting: Join Our Elevate...

A video of Lana providing the follow-up: Charles Graves' GoFundMe can be found here

The recording of Zoom from Texas Association of the Deaf's third Special General Meeting on October 20, 2024.