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class=734305504-09042008>Hi David,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=734305504-09042008>This is good work. Thanks for your
efforts...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=734305504-09042008>What's next in terms of what's needed from
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=734305504-09042008>Blessings,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=734305504-09042008>j-m.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> access-bounces@uueugene.org
[mailto:access-bounces@uueugene.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Gilmartin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 04, 2008 11:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Access
and Discussion Issues<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Access] Redo of information about
Accessibility stuff on UUCEwebsite<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<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>
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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>Accessibility at <A
href="http://www.uueugene.org">www.uueugene.org</A><O:P></O:P></H1>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(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 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">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>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<H3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><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: 0.5in">•<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: 0.5in">•<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: 0.5in"><O:P></O:P></P>
<H3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><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>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<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>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<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: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in">•<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: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in">•<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>NOD’s “Guide to Accessible Meetings”<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in">•<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities <O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in">•<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Cindy’s checklist for event planners (in development)<O:P></O:P></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<H3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><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>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<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: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><O:P></O:P></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>UUCE Accessibility Policy<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Description of UUCE Accessibility Features<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Recent Improvements to Accessibility<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><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><!--EndFragment--></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>