[Access] notes from the Co-ordinating council meeting

[Ken Ross]

Folks,

Mary's summary of the portions of the Coordinating Council meeting, 
relevant to us Accessibility folks, is very good.  If, as I write up 
the CC minutes, I notice other items of possible interest, I'll let 
you know.

Meanwhile, I'll mention that the subcommittee/task force on clusters 
consists of Sarah Hendrickson, Reverend Steve, Pat Hendricks, Ann 
Fuller and me.  So, by golly, you've got a little Accessibility 
representation on it.  <smile>

Cheers,

Ken

>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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