History...
| 1904 |
May 28-30, 1st convention, Colorado Springs: CAD founded by alumni of the Colorado School for the Deaf (and the Blind) "to promote the advancement of [the] social, intellectual, and moral status of the Deaf".
George W Veditz was the first president. He simultaneously served as the 7th president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD). His wife, Bessie Veditz, was a teacher of the deaf at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB). George W Veditz served continuously as CAD president until his death on March 12, 1937. |
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| 1906 |
August 16-18, 2nd convention, Denver . |
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| 1908 |
August 13-15, 3rd convention, Denver. |
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| 1908-24 |
CAD met annually -- "activities were of a purely social nature" -- in and between Colorado Springs and Denver. |
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| 1924 |
August 8-10, 4th convention, Denver: Resolved
(excerpts; paraphrased):
(a) that the deaf be represented on the Board of Trustees of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB);
(b) that the CAD president be authorized and empowered to appoint a committee of three whose duty shall be to visit CSDB once a year, make a thorough examination of the school, and report at the next
CAD convention;
(c) that free use of the sign language is absolutely essential to the proper moral development and training of deaf students;
(d) that hearing persons who are ostensibly hired to teach their several trades and are unable to make themselves understood by deaf students must be regarded as incompetents;
(e) that ... oral [-only] instruction ... fails to secure the benefits it is ... intended to confer upon deaf students, [and] [does] not justify the expense in money to the State and in valuable time to the deaf student. |
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| 1926 |
June 3-4, 5th convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1928 |
September 1, 6th convention, Pueblo. |
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| 1930s |
CAD met sporadically due to the Great Depression. |
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| 1937 |
March 12: Death of George W Veditz, age 75, born August 13, 1861. |
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June 13, special convention called in Colorado Springs following the death of Veditz. |
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Later the same summer, 7th (regular) convention in Colorado Springs; no specific date given and no Minutes recorded. |
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| 1938 |
July 2-3, 8th convention, Colorado Springs: Voted to affiliate with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) . |
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| 1939 |
September 2-4, 9th convention, Denver: Passed motion to hold conventions biennially (with statewide picnics during non-convention years). |
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| 1941 |
August 30-September 1, lOth convention, Canon City:
Passed motion that CAD be incorporated. |
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| 1942-46 |
CAD dormant due to "lack of transportation – severe gasoline and rubber (tire) shortages" during WorldWar II. |
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| 1947 |
June 7-8, 11th convention, Colorado Springs: Voted to incorporate under the laws of the State of Colorado. |
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| 1948 |
CAD received, June 28, certificate of incorporation from the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado. |
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| 1949 |
July 16-17, 12th convention, Colorado Springs.
CAD granted US Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 501(c) (3) tax exempt status; CAD is "an organization described in 509 (a) (2) "; Employer Identification Number (EIN) 74-2315033;
status further confirmed by IRS notice dated May 3, 1990. |
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| 1952 |
June 30-July 1, 13th convention, Denver: Elected first woman president, Lucille Wolpert. |
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| 1953 |
June 5-7, 14th convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1955 |
September 3-5, 15th convention, Denver: Passed motion, to hold convention quadrennially (with statewide picnics during non-convention years) . |
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| 1959 |
March 21, CAD board meeting in Denver: Passed motion to revert to biennial conventions.
August 1, 16th convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1961 |
NAD established a quota system whereby state
association members were also NAD members through the NAD "Cooperating member association" program; on May 30, CAD was one of the first state associations to make quota payment.
June 17-18, 17th convention, Denver. |
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| 1963 |
June 22, 18th convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1965 |
May 21-23, 19th convention, Pueblo. |
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| 1967 |
June 9-11, 20th convention, Greeley. |
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| 1969 |
June 20-22, 21st convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1970 |
January 17, in Denver: CAD instrumental in establishing the Colorado Advisory Council Serving the Deaf (CACSD), comprised of 21 organizations of, for, and by the deaf in Colorado. Then CAD president Ron Faucett became also the first president of the CACSD. CACSD established the Charles B Avery Memorial Scholarship Fund -- in honor of a very good friend of the deaf community who was personnel director at Shwayder Bros., also known as "Samsonite", which hired many deaf men and women. |
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| 1971 |
June 11-13, 22nd convention, Estes Park. |
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| 1972 |
November 12-18, first-ever Deaf Awareness Week (DAW) began in Colorado; proclamation signed by Governor John W Love. |
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| 1973 |
August 10-12, 23rd convention, Fraser. |
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| 1975 |
August 1-3, 24th convention, Golden. |
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| 1977 |
April 29-May 1, 25th (24th [sic]) convention, Fort Collins. |
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| 1979 |
August 3-5, 26th (25th [sic]) convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1980 |
CACSD, under the presidency of Jerome (Jerry) R Moers, devolved into what is now the Center on Deafness (COD), Denver. |
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| 1981 |
August 7-9, 27th (26th [sic]) convention, Golden. |
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| 1983 |
August 27, 28th (27th [sic]) convention, Denver. |
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| 1985 |
September 12-15, 29th (28th [sic]) convention, Larkspur:
Adopted the CAD logo (CAD Bylaws, 1.2) designed by Eldon L Ragland. |
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| 1987 |
July 30-August 1, 30th (29th [sic]) convention, Fort Collins. |
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| 1989 |
May 25 th Governor Roy L. Romer signed the Colorado "Telephone Disabled Users Fund".
August 11-12, 31st (30th [sic]) convention, Denver. |
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| 1990 |
CAD granted, issue date 13 December, Colorado Department of Revenue "certificate of exemption for sales and use tax only", account number
98-08571. |
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| 1991 |
July 26-27, 32nd (31st [sic]) convention, Colorado Springs. |
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| 1992 |
CAD hosted the NAD convention in Denver; local chairman Jerome W Moers. |
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| 1993 |
August 7, 33rd (32nd [sic]) convention, Denver. |
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| 1995 |
August 12, 34th (33rd [sic]) convention, Longmont. |
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| 1996 |
March 18: Governor Roy L Romer signed the Colorado "Deaf Child's Bill of Rights" into law.
December 12: The Jefferson County School Board approved the CAD- sponsored Magnet School of the Deafas a charter school. |
| 1997 |
August 8-9, 35th (34th [sic]) convention, Colorado Springs.
April 4, CAD-inscribed brick installed in sidewalk at Coors ("Rockies" baseball) Field. |
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| 1999 |
May 23, Special CAD statewide membership meeting:
Revised "CAD (1999) Bylaws" adopted.
August 20-21, 36th convention, Boulder. |
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| 2000 |
August 19, all-day picnic, Castewood Canyon State Park, Franktown. |
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| 2001 |
August 10-11, 37th convention, Greeley. |
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| 2003 |
August 15-17, 38th Conference, University of Denver, Denver |
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| 2004 |
CAD Centennial – CAD 100th Anniversary event, Colorado Springs |
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| 2005 |
August 11-14, 39th Conference, Sheraton Colorado Springs Hotel, Colorado Springs |
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| 2007 |
August 12 Special Statewide Membership Meeting with Elections of Officers for next term, Denver. |
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| 2009 |
September 12, 41st Conference, 1480 Cascade Avenue, Loveland. |
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| 2010 |
September 25, 1st Oktoberfest, Golden |
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| 2010 |
September 26 to October 2, Deaf Awareness Week |
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| 2011 |
September 24, 42nd Conference, Rodeway Inn, Estes Park. |
