[Access] DRAFT Annual Report PLEASE REVIEW

[David Gilmartin]

Here's copies of updated draft of the annual report of the  
Accessibility Committee to the Board of Trustees for the past year.  
(One copy in text, below, a second copy as an attachment.) As usual,  
the text copy does not show all formatting correctly, sorrily. Try the  
attachment and see if it is all OK there. ;-)

If you want to give me any input for additions, corrections, etc., I  
will need them toward the end of this week (preferably May 29th). (The  
report is due June 1st.) So far, I've incorporated suggestions from  
Cindy and Mary.

David G.


Annual Report 2007-2008

Accessibility Committee



Members:

      Leslie  
Gilbert                                                    David  
Gilmartin, Co-chair

      d. maria      Jeanne-Marie Moore

      Mary Otten, Co- 
chair                                                        Cindy  
Pitcairn, Scribe

                     Ken Ross, Liaison, Facilities Council



Committee’s Responsibilities:

•   Being a resource concerning accessibility needs and policies for  
UUCE groups;
•     Networking and support among people with disabilities in UUCE;

•     Increasing awareness of accessibility needs within the church  
congregation through educational efforts;

•  Being a liaison with other accessibility groups locally and within  
the UUA.



On-Going Activities:

•     Improving accessibility of church facilities;

•     Improving accessibility of church meetings, events, and  
activities;

•     Providing behavioral guidance through educational efforts.



Accomplishments:

•   Creation of committee: Approved by Board in December 2007;

•   Facility improvements suggested to, and effected by, our  
Facilities Council:

1.    Lighting installed for walkway to lower level and walkway edges  
delineated with paint visible at night;

2.    Door handles placed on inside of sanctuary doors;

3.    Doors to restroom widened and grab bars and toilet paper  
dispensers repositioned;

4.    Creation of a drop-off and pick-up zone by the front sidewalk;

5.    Increased use of sound system at congregational and committee  
meetings;

•     Additional Braille hymnal recommended to, and provided by, the  
Music Committee;

•     Coordination of rides for Celebration Sunday at LCC;

•     Establishment of an open ListServ for Accessibility Committee  
communications  and accessibility topics of conversation;

•   Monthly publication of Accessibility Tips in UUCE newsletter and  
on UUpDate;

•   Detailed accessibility survey and accessibility guidelines for  
events provided;

•   On-site meeting with RideSource official to facilitate pick-up of  
church member;

•     Designed and presented “Taboo Night” (using accessibility and  
disability terminology) at all-church potluck.



Challenges:

•     Recruiting new members;

•     Changing the locations and ways UUCE activities occur so that  
accessibility is improved.



Future Plans:

•   Join EqUUal Access (a new UU national organization) as a local  
affiliate;

•   Request to Board that UUCE join the “Accessible Congregation”  
program of the National Organization on Disability;

•   Repeat “Game Night” activities (“Taboo”) at a third-Friday potluck  
next year;

•   Some kind of accessibility awareness program;

•     Encourage feedback from church members and friends on their  
accessibility needs through invitations to join conversation at our  
monthly committee meetings’

•   Meet with church committees for discussions about accessibility.



New Officers for 2008-2009:

Leslie Gilbert, Chairperson

Mary Otten, Recording Secretary

Cindy Pitcairn, Corresponding Secretary




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