ADA AWARENESS & ACCESSIBILITY COMMITTEE Minutes of Wednesday, November 15, 2000

The ADA Awareness & Accessibility Committee met on Wednesday, November 15, 2000, at 11:15 a.m. in the Combs Building, Room 430. The following individuals attended:

Present: Ms. Teresa Belluscio Ms. Kerri Clark   Ms. Nina Coyer Dr. Lucia DeBauge-Harcum   Dr. Karen Dilka Ms. Karen Duncan   Mr. Ed Herzog Ms. Miranda Madden   Dr. Lisette Kautzmann Dr. Steve Loy   Dr. Dorothy Mercer Dr. Kim Naugle   Mr. Isaac Reisner Ms. Amy Sullivan   Ms. Virginia Underwood Ms. Millicent Wells

The meeting was brought to order by Dr. Naugle. Dr. Naugle asked everyone to introduce themselves. The first order of business was the review of the minutes. Ms. Clark sent a correction out regarding the last meetings minutes. Motion was made to approve the minutes including the correction by Dr. Loy; second by Ms. Coyer, all were in favor.

Old Business Parking Status and Projects (Dr. Naugle, Mr. Herzog and Dr. Mercer) Status -The Perkins Building parking lot is finished. -The University Drive parking spots will be taken care of when there is a break within the school year. Projects -One of the students working on the project that was in charge of the surveys quit. A new student has been assigned to the project and has restarted the surveys. -Parking spots are now being monitored. Van for committee meetings -Van pickup for meetings will be behind the Dizney/Rowlett Buildings. -If you need special accommodations for transportation please contact Mr. Herzog or the dispatcher at Public Safety by 10:30 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Please specify what accommodations are needed. Disability accommodations statement for financial aid advising (Ms. Belluscio and Dr. Mercer) -Ms. Belluscio and Dr. Mercer have met with Mr. John Fish, Director and Ms. Nadene Spivey, Assistant Director of Financial Assistance, regarding disability accommodations with financial aid. -A letter of disability accommodations has been drafted. -Ms. Bellusico asked the committee to review the draft for any revisions. -Motion was made to accept corrections on the draft of disability accommodations by Dr. Kautzmann; second by Dr. Dilka, all were in favor. -A suggestion was made to have the accommodations sent out every semester to academic advisors. -A thank you letter will be sent out to Mr. Fish and Ms. Spivey for their help and encouragement with the disability accommodations. -Motion was made for Dr. Naugle to send a thank you letter to Mr. Fish and Ms. Spivey by Dr. Mercer; second by Ms. Belluscio, all were in favor.

New Business Awareness sub-committees report (just any pending date, etc.) "Day" (Dr. Dilka and Mr. Herzog) -Ms. Belluscio mentioned that the official month for Disabilities Awareness is July. -Ms. Belluscio passed out an article from ADA Pipeline, published by Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (Southeast DBTAC), regarding the "Spirit of the ADA Month, 2000." -Information on the ADA Pipeline periodical Ms. Belluscio brought to the meeting is as follows:      ADA Pipeline      Southeast DBTAC      Center for Rehabilitation Technology at GA Tech      490 10th Street      Atlanta, GA 30318      (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)      (404) 385-0636 (V/TTY)      (404) 385-0641 (Fax)      se-dbtac@mindspring.com (e-mail)      www.sedbtac.org (website) -The committee discussed having banners up to promote awareness in July for people who are still on campus during the summer. -Discussion of a date for Awareness Day was discussed. -Motion made for Awareness Day to be Wednesday, April 18, 2001 by Dr. Dilka; second by Dr. Loy, all were in favor. "Year" (Dr. Loy and Dr. Kautzmann) Ideas -Workshops for the faculty and staff regarding the ADA and disabilities. -Ms. Underwood mentioned that the way to get this information out successfully is for individual departments to be talked to at a time. -Ms. Underwood suggested that the committee try to get an invitation to the chairs committee. -Ms. Underwood will talk with Dr. Michael Marsden regarding this issue. -Motion was made to check on an invitation to talk with the chairs committee regarding disability awareness by Ms. Clark; second by Dr. Kautzmann, all were in favor. -Discussion Forums. -Debates discussing issues that have come in front of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court decisions will become public in late February through March. -Informal sack lunch discussion held in the Teaching and Learning Center. -Dr. Loy and Dr. Kautzmann will continue researching ideas for all year awareness. Request from Teaching and Learning Center for help in making center more accessible (Dr. Naugle and Mr. Herzog) -One possibility is ramping the front of the Keen Johnson Building. -Dr. Naugle mentioned putting a blue line pathway or route in the Teaching and Learning Center. -Signage is needed in the Teaching and Learning Center. -Mr. Herzog mentioned that Walnut Hall would be getting a wheel chair lift. -Dr. Naugle and Mr. Herzog will check on temporary accessibility for the Teaching and Learning Center. Committee member's issues? -Ms. Coyer has an issue with the Wallace building being more accessible with storm alert. -Ms. Coyer had another issue regarding the Real Time Conferencing at the Colin Powell event. -Mr. Herzog said that they equipment used for the Colin Powell event was outsourced. -Dr. DeBauge-Harcum mentioned that the restrooms in the Burrier Building do not have accessible toilets. -Dr. DeBauge-Harcum mentioned having the call boxes having a variety of instructions. -Ms. Belluscio mentioned that the accessibility map would be updated for the Fall 2001 semester.

Motion was made to adjourn by Dr. Dilka; second by Ms. Belluscio, all were in favor.

Next Meeting  Date:   January 17, 2001  Time:   11:15 a.m.  Where:   Combs Room 430  Length:   One (1) Hour

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