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\pard\plain \ltrpar\s1\cf0{\*\hyphen2\hyphlead2\hyphtrail2\hyphmax0}\rtlch\af4\afs24\lang255\ltrch\dbch\af3\langfe255\hich\f0\fs24\lang1033\loch\f0\fs24\lang1033{\rtlch \ltrch\loch\f0\fs24\lang1033\i0\b0{\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b \tab \tab \tab Minutes of the UUCE Accessibility Committee Meeting\line \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab June 11, 2008}}{\rtlch \ltrch\loch\f0\fs24\lang1033\i0\b0 \line \line Committee members present were d. maria, Leslie Gilbert, David Gilmartin, Jeanne-Marie Moore, Mary Otten, Cindy Pitcairn, Ken Ross.  Rev. Steve Landale attended, as well.\line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Budgetin
g for Accessibility Needs}\line Following check-in , Rev Steve raised the matter of a recent proposal made to the Music Committee to buy ten large-print hymnals. The music committee has funds for perhaps two. maria mentioned that its not a good idea for the Acce
ssibility Committee to be asked to provide the funds for these hymnals and other accessible items. Steve cautioned that too much fund raising for special projects can result in less giving at stewardship time. He suggested that all the accessibility needs 
could be funded by our committee if we had a sufficient budget, and that way we would decide what got funded. The alternative is that accessibility needs should be met by the committees that have money left over or that have an accessibility committee memb
er on them. We need to decide which method would work better. \line There was lively discussion pro and con both methods. Steve pointed out that if the requests come from a committee other than ours, we don\'92t have control over how things get done. maria pointed
 out that if we have liaisons to committees, that helps us get our needs met. Cindy pointed out that the request for large-print hymnals didn\'92t come from us, but probably from ushers. After a rereading of our mission statement, Steve agreed that it does no
t support the idea of the Accessibility Committee controlling the funding and prioritizing of requests but rather that we could advocate through other committees for items that will help accessibility needs. \line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Workday Sunday Service}\line Steve next raised the t
opic of having a brief introductory service on the workday Sunday, August 31. All agreed that accessibility for this brief service could best be met by holding it inside with just a few chairs and using the sound system. \line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Cluster Groups}\line Steve mentioned th
at the Sunday Morning Worship cluster is forming and includes worship associates, RE greeters, ushers, sound and kitchen/coffee people. This group will meet about twice a year, at least for leaders and perhaps members as well.\~ The meetings will have at le
ast two purposes: (1) pragmatic information-sharing and (2) an opportunity for spiritual growth, with people seeing their volunteer work on a deeper level. \line \line With that in mind, Steve suggested that the cluster could try to recreate the Sunday morning exper
ience from the point of view of diverse congregants, e.g. a single person, a person in a wheelchair with a child who isn\'92t, and vice versa.  He suggested this walk- through might occur in January before stewardship starts. Several committee members doubted
 that it would be possible to approximate a replication of the Sunday morning experience with play-acting.\~ An alternative suggestion would be to have a Sunday cluster session with a diverse group of people talking about their experiences on Sunday morning
. Steve decided to drop the role-playing idea, but does want us to provide accessibility feedback regarding the Sunday morning experience to the cluster group. \line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Awareness of Ableism}\line Cindy mentioned the idea of raising awareness of the issue of ableism wit
hin the church and asked if Steve could be a key player in this, perhaps by doing a service about it and by including ableism when listing issues such as sexism, racism, etc.\~ \line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Printed Orders of Service}\line There was discussion about whether it would be good 
to discontinue printed orders of service. Steve pointed out that the printed order of service is good for visitors. He also supported the idea of displaying the text of sermons during the service to help those who are deaf or hard of hearing. It was agreed
 that this probably can\'92t happen at our present location. Leslie suggested that we could print fewer orders of service and not have ushers hand them out, but have them available if people wanted one.\line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Membership in the National Organization on Disability}\line C
indy raised the idea of having our church join the National Organization on Disability's Accessible Congregations program. It costs nothing to join. There are\~ 2,292 congregations in the program already, 25 of which are UU. There was discussion of the word
ing on the commitment form about people being made in the image of God and whether that would be a problem. Steve said we should accept the language as is and think of what that language would mean for us. Steve suggested that if we do want the church to j
oin this group, we should go through the board. \line \line At this point, Rev. Steve left the meeting.\line \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b Game Night and Other Activities}\line Leslie reported that the game night had been a success and everybody loved it. A lot of people talked about wanting to do it agai
n and more things like it, but one problem is that\~ the 3rd Friday potlucks may not continue next year. Leslie reported that she and Jeanne-Marie are working on a worship service for June 29th involving their personal reflections. They have a third person 
with a hidden disability who will also give a reflection. \line {\ltrch\hich\b\loch\b \line Future Meetings} \line We will continue with meeting on the first Tuesday of the month starting in September. We will take the summer off. maria mentioned that now is a good time to recruit allies for t
he committee. Cindy noted she always includes an invitation to attend in the newsletter announcements, but it was agreed that personal invitations were far more effective. We could also ask people to come to a specific meeting, as experts, to advise us on 
an accessibility issue. \line \line The meeting adjourned a few minutes after 9:00 pm.\line \line Respectfully submitted,\line \line \line Mary Otten}
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