<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Cindy,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I thought Jeanne-Marie's comments, though they "officially" were about after-the-meeting happenings, made sense to try to include somehow. How is the question. A post-script??</div><div>An addenda?? In the body of the minutes, perhaps identified by use of italics or something? What have you thought about doing with them?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>David</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 8, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Lucinda Pitcairn wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div align="center"> <div align="left">Below is a draft of the minutes for our Tuesday meeting. Please let me know of your changes, additions, or comments by next Wednesday, the 13th. Many thanks! Cindy<br> </div> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="4"><b><br> * * * DRAFT * * *<br> <br> <br> Minutes of the Accessibility Committee Meeting</b></font></font><font size="4"><b><br> Tuesday, February 5, 2008</b></font></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <b>Present: </b> David Gilmartin, Jeanne-Marie Moore, Cindy Pitcairn, Fred Schultz</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Candle-lighting and a reading </b>by Jeanne-Marie Moore were followed by brief check-ins. Condolences were expressed for Mary Otten upon the loss of her mother. Fred Schultz's interest in the group was warmly welcomed.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Secretary's Report:</b> The minutes of the January meeting were approved via e-mail and put on our website. Notices of our monthly meetings and accessibility awareness tips are being published in the UUCE newsletter and electronically on UUpDate.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Fun Church Events: </b> Leslie Gilbert has contacted Phyllis Peara concerning plans for playing a version of the game Taboo after the third Friday potluck in April. David Gilmartin and Fred Schultz have volunteered to help with the set-up and materials for the game.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Liaisons with Other Groups:</b> Jeanne-Marie Moore reported that she had received no response to her request to represent accessibility issues on the Shared Values Subcommittee of the Building Project Oversight Committee. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Jeanne-Marie said she would represent the </p></div></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>Accessibility Committee<br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">group</span> at the Coordinating Council meeting on Saturday.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">We discussed possible participation in the church talent show (also known as the "Music Soiree") on Saturday, March 15th. One possibility would be a reading by Jeanne-Marie of a funny piece about misunderstandings that sighted people have about the blind.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>General Discussion:</b><br> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">An unrecognized accessibility issue was mentioned by Fred Schultz regarding people who may not be able, or do not want, to use computers. Awareness of this issue might help keep those people informed about important communications from the church.</p></div></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'm thinking this was the issue re letting people know of meeting changes by phone, rather than email, if that is their preference. Is that correct? If it is, I think the minutes would be improved by saying what the issue is and our recommendation for dealing with it.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Jeanne-Marie Moore mentioned the importance of letting people know that those with accessibility issues are now able to vote in private through</p></div></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>an Oregon-sponsored<br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"> a government-sponsored</span> program that makes use of voice-recognition software.<br> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Accessibility Checklists:</b> David Gilmartin has assembled three accessibility surveys, with different approaches and amounts of information, to be made available through the accessibility pages of the UUCE website. One is a fairly simple survey, in narrative format, from the National Organization on Disability. Another is a survey of about 50 items in a yes-no-comment format, updated from a survey created by the Pacific Southwest District a few years ago. The third one, which is lengthier and with more technical detail, is an "ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities," by the Barrier-Free Environments and Adaptive Environments Center. <br> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Conclusion:</b> The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4th, at 7 pm in the Sanctuary. The meeting was adjourned at 9 pm.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Respectfully submitted,</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Cindy Pitcairn, Scribe</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br> </p> <pre wrap=""></pre> </div> _______________________________________________<br>Access mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Access@uueugene.org">Access@uueugene.org</a><br>http://www.uueugene.org<br>http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/access<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>