Chapter Rules and Regulations

Purpose

A.  To bring together those adult persons in the community having hearing  problems. The chapter is designed to provide fellowship, empathy and concern based on common problems.

B.  To provide education for hard-of-hearing persons, their families and friends on how best to cope with the problems of hard-of-hearing persons. This is accomplished by providing and exchanging information relating to the nature, complications and possible remedies of hearing loss.

C.  To provide for social enrichment of hard-of-hearing people

There are two classes of involvement in the Escondido Chapter:

1. To be a member a person must pay the prescribed National HLLA dues as well as the prescribed chapter fees.

2. To be an associate, a person need only pay the prescribed chapter fees.

Membership is open to anyone with a hearing loss or other hearing impairment and adult family members of such persons.

Member meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month, except August, from 10 am until noon at the Joslyn Senior Center in Escondido, California. The meetings are open to anyone.

There is a business meeting lasting 45 minutes or less, during which open discussion time is planned lasting up to 25 minutes. There is a coffee break social period lasting at least 15 minutes, followed by a program lasting less than one hour.  Programs at a minimum of 9 meetings per year shall be directly related to hearing loss.  The December meeting is a Christmas Party without a business meeting.

The Chapter publishes a monthly newsletter which is sent to all members and at least three times after a person first visits the Chapter.

The Chapter has its own website and brochure,