Translation Management Committee Report

.   The Translation Management Committee manages the legal documentation necessary for CoDA to maintain its intellectual property rights where translation and publication of CoDA materials are concerned. We do not translate.

Members Crystal Z – Chair – Massachusetts Michael C – Arizona Courtney F – Florida José R – Guatemala Su E – United Kingdom              Tatiana – Russia  Nass A – United Kingdom Board Liaisons Don B - California  Nancy O - Canada

The Coda Board is tasked with preserving CoDA,Inc. property. The revenues for the operation of CoDA,Inc. come primarily from the sale of  CoDA’s copyrighted materials (66%). The Coda Board is tasked with preserving CoDA,Inc. property. The Translation Management Committee assists the CoDA,Inc. board in this task

Continue to update our Policies and Procedures Manual 2x2 with the board Anonymity Updated TMC Web Page is ready for posting on CoDA.org

A Translation Agreement does not give permission to publish; TMC responded to requests for permission to translate and/or publish CoDA materials into a variety of languages. A Translation Agreement does not give permission to publish; and A Publication and Distribution Agreement does not give permission to translate.

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Translation Agreements CoDA,Inc. currently has Translation Agreements and/or Publication and Distribution Agreements with the following language families.

CoDA,Inc. currently has Translation Agreements and/or Publication and Distribution Agreements with the following language families. English Australia, Canada, United Kingdom French Canadian Canada German Germany Hebrew Israel Japanese Japan Lithuanian Lithuania Portuguese Portugal Russian Russia Spanish Columbia, Spain

We are in discussion with the following language groups / countries Chinese China Danish Denmark Farsi/Persian Iran Polish Poland Spanish Guatemala, Mexico

Is your language group and/or country in the previous lists Is your language group and/or country in the previous lists? If not, please help CoDA,Inc. and the Translation Management Committee. Contact tmc@coda.org so that we may initiate and create legal documentation for those translations.

Short term Goals: Create a list containing information for the fellowship to access internationally published and distributed literature Ensure that all Agreements are renewed as required Continue to respond to requests to translate and/or publish CoDA materials worldwide

Short term Goals (continued) Complete full implementation of both Translation and Publication & Distribution procedures including use by both TMC and the Board of the checklists that have been developed Continue to attract and train new committee members

Longer term Goals: Update TMC sections of the CoDA.org website Create:   Update TMC sections of the CoDA.org website Create: Annotated Translation Agreement Annotated Publication & Distribution Agreement Annotated Copyright Assignment Create a document with suggestions for translators.

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