[Access] notes from the Co-ordinating council meeting

[Lucinda Pitcairn]

Mary,

Thanks so much for your notes. I'm glad you were able to get there. I'll 
get in touch with Sue about the auction set-up when I get a chance. It 
won't be hard to give her ADA numbers--much harder just to get out from 
under the tasks at hand!  Cindy

Mary Otten wrote:
> Hi folks,
> i attended that meeting this morning, as did Mariah.   There is
> definite interest in our check-list, including some specific numbers
> that will ensure that power wheel-chairs can be accommodated. It was
> mentioned that having somebody who uses a wheel-chair go on site visits
> is a good idea, but there are ADA numbers as well, so I think it would
> be good to get specific on the check list and include such numbers,
> e.g. as pertains to bath-room access and meeting set up, aisles, row
> spacing etc.  Sue Craig mentioned her concern specificaly with regard
> to the upcoming service auction. she wants to make sure that they set
> things up so that folks who use power chairs will be able to move
> around. Since I doubt the check list will be finalized by the time of
> the auction, it might be a nice idea if Cindy and Sue could get
> together via e-mail or telephone or whatever to discuss that aspect of
> things specifically as they relate to this event.  There is also
> interest in having our check-list put together with Candee-s list about
> how to get child care, since lack of child care is also an
> accessibility barrier, albeit of a different sort than what we deal
> with directly.
>
> At the meeting, there was discussion about the committee clusters idea,
> and there was talk of putting us into the social justice cluster.
> further work is going to be done on this whole topic; a
> subcommittee./task force has been formed to do that work.  I can't
> recall who volunteered for it, but I know Ken and Mariah are on this
> list, and I'm sure one or both of them will be able to fill in. So if
> anyone has definite ideas about this topic, contact one of the members
> of that subcommittee and make your wishes known. I know one of the
> folks is Sarah Hendrickson.  
>
> We also talked about the issue of when its preferable to hold a meeting
> at church and when off site is ok, and I made the points that we
> discussed at our last meeting, emphasizing that we were not trying to
> dump guilt trips on people, but that we did expect that meetings where
> anybody might be expected to come should be held at church, and that
> off site locations of such meetings should be chosen with accessibility
> in mind. and there was some discussion as to just what that meant. I
> hope I got the idea across that the bottom line is that, a: we
> recognize that its not always going to be possible to hold all open
> meetings at church; b: its not always going to be possible to have off
> site locations be 100% comfortably accessible; but c: it is essential
> that we try to make that happen, and that people know that the best
> effort was made to make it so. Its a lot easier to take "no" for an
> answer if you really feel like best efforts were expended.  
>
> If Ken or Mariah want to add anythingh to my summary of acces-related
> CC topics, please feel free to speak up.
>
> mary
>
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