<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Readers: I hope what follows will make sense to your eyes, and to your electronic readers. I've copied and pasted from a Word document into my email program. To my eyes, there are a few funny layout things. I hope it will be easily readable by everyone. I've revised the document to include just what I think we've agreed upon to date. This seemed to me to make the most sense, since I started the document as a way to help Martha and anyone else know what our accessibility web pages would be like. Committee members, especially; let me know if anything you read here seems at odds with your recollections and might need clarification or change. Thanks. --David G.</div><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment-->
<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center">Accessibility at <a href="http://www.uueugene.org">www.uueugene.org</a><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:normal">(A summary of the present state of accessibility at the
UUCE website. –DG)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div>
<h3 align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">UUCE Website<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal">(Accessibility on the UUCE website is being developed in
three related sets of information:)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<h3><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u>A.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The
UUCE Accessibility Committee Web Pages<o:p></o:p></u></span></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Purposes
(as approved by the Board of Trustees)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Accomplishments
(Things the committee has done, or assisted in doing, such as the work on
making the recent Minister’s Installation, or Auction, or Soiree, as accessible
as possible; improvements in the restrooms, doorsill modifications, door
handles on inside of sanctuary doors, and trainings in managing the sound
system.)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Contact
Persons/Officers/Members/Other Interested Persons<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Latest
Minutes<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Archive
of past meetings’ minutes and notes<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Calendar
of agenda, times, and places of future meetings<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u>B.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Sets
of Guidelines for Providing Accessibility<o:p></o:p></u></span></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(To
assist in event planning, accessibility awareness, and future property and
building accessibility needs, the Accessibility Committee is making available a
number of different guidelines. Reading through them may help you understand
the many things that have implications for accessibility by people with
disabilities. The Committee hopes than you will use one or more of these
guidelines, and let our members know — in detail! — what you find helpful, and
why. We’ve made guesses and assumptions about usefulness, but it will be your
actual experiences that will help us in improving this section.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(You
may notice that accessibility has three main flavors. There’s architectural
accessibility, physical details like door widths or positioning of electrical
outlets. Program accessibility has a lot to do with the “where” and “how” of
making programs and events open to everybody; for example, moving a meeting to
a wheelchair accessible room if a wheelchair user wants to attend. Sometimes
accessibility for another person depends directly on you — your attitude and
behavior: keeping your moustache trimmed to help someone lip read what you have
to say, or purchasing and using a non-scented laundry detergent so a person
with chemical sensitivities can remain near you and share in your activity.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Presently
there are three accessibility guidelines, or checklists, available here or
through links, (and one more in development), for your use:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>UUCE
Accessibility Survey (latest rev., 04/01/2008)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>NOD’s
“Guide to Accessible Meetings”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>ADA
Checklist for Existing Facilities <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Cindy’s
checklist for event planners (in development)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u>C.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Lists
and Links to Related Resources<o:p></o:p></u></span></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(Here
are materials for your use to deepen or expand your knowledge of accessibility
through various media. Accessibility Committee members and others will annotate
the items to help you evaluate their usefulness. )<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoBodyTextIndent">1.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Books,
news, accessibility ideas from UU newsletters, meditation tapes, etc. <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><u>2.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>UUCE
and UUA Accessibility Resources and Information (Examples)<o:p></o:p></u></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>UUCE
Accessibility Policy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Description
of UUCE Accessibility Features<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Recent
Improvements to Accessibility<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>UUA’s
“Disability 101”: <a href="http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/disability101/index.shtml">www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/disability101/index.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>UUA’s
“Disability Etiquette”: <a href="http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/disability101/27055.shtml">www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/disability101/27055.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>UUA’s
“Working for Safety and to End Oppression,” <a href="http://www.uua.org/documents/congservices/araomc/safety_endoppression.pdf">www.uua.org/documents/congservices/araomc/safety_endoppression.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in"><u>3.<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>Links
to materials elsewhere on UUCE website, related to accessibility<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(Surely
you know that lively discussions and projects do not remain compartmentalized.
So, a related goal is to help you see and find the various ways and places that
topics related to accessibility are being shared and acted on throughout the
whole congregation. Many ideas about Radical Hospitality, for example, a
driving force for the Membership Committee, have implications for
accessibility. The UUA’s and this church’s work to undo the oppressions of
racism, sexism, classism, ableism, etc., and move in a Journey Toward
Wholeness, are intricately connected. The vision of a Green Sanctuary includes
how people relate in meaningful and sustainable community; it is about
accessible community in addition to being about renewing and sustaining a
healthy planet for the next thousands of generations of life. Hopefully, this
section will help you to see — across the entire congregation — how the UUCE is
engaging with the communities and issues of this time and place.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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