| The ADA Awareness & Accessibility Committee met on Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 11:15 a.m. in the Combs Building, Room 415. The following individuals were in attendance: |
| Present: |
Ms. Teresa Belluscio |
Ms. Kerri Clark |
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Dr. Karen Dilka |
Dr. Laurence Hayes |
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Mr. Ward Henline |
Ms. Jenny Jones |
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Dr. Jean Kalscheur |
Dr. Steve Loy |
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Ms. Karen McClain |
Ms. Rita Meadows |
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Dr. Dorothy Mercer |
Dr. Kim Naugle |
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Ms. Virginia Underwood |
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| The meeting was brought to order by Dr. Naugle. The first order of business was the review of the minutes. Motion was made to accept the minutes, second; all were in favor. |
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Old Business
- Parking Status and Projects (Mark Jozefowicz)
- Addition of spaces on University Drive-etc. (Mark Jozefowicz)
- Spaces were added on University Drive.
- Discussion of parking around Student Services Building
- Hopefully there will be addition spaces added. As of right now there will only be six spaces provided for handicap parking.
- Mr. Jozefowicz would like to have 10 spaces for this lot.
- One space may be placed in the entrance area.
- There's going to be routing issues with the SSB and Model Laboratory School.
- Plan to handle parking operations office move
- Signage in front of the building.
- Possible curb cut for the parking lot of the Brewer Building.
- Dr. Mercer asked about the spot for the Weaver Building. Dr. Naugle mentioned that it should be painted soon. It may have to wait until a holiday time comes while there isn't much traffice on campus.
- Dr. Mercer made a motion for Dr. Naugle to send a thank you note to Mr. Jozefowicz for his efforts from the committee, second by Ms. Belluscio; all were in favor.
- Report on parking courtesy ticket (Dr. Callahan)
- Item has been tabled till next meeting.
- Status of and decision on establishing committee to gather information and draft document on building and
remodeling recommendations from the committee (Dr. Naugle)
- The committee will ask President Joanne Glasser if they can be considered in the recommendations of Building and Remodeling Projects on campus.
- Dr. Naugle and Dr. Loy will draft a plan that has clear objective for the Building and Remodeling recommendations process.
- These objectives will be posted on the committee website as well as a request form for people to submit recommendations.
- The committee is hoping to get the Buildings Committee involved in this process.
- DATA for Newsletter (Kerri Clark)
- The newsletter is geared towards the whole campus community.
- Suggestions for the first issue included:
Resources on Campus
New Changes on Campus
Example: Disabilities Office Location
Legal Issues
Example: General Statement, What are your rights?
- Content Deadline: Tuesday, September 10, 2002.
- Newsletter will be sent out to the Committee for review following the meeting on Wednesday, September 11, 2002. Following the review of the committee, the newsletter will be sent out to the university community, Monday, September 16, 2002.
- Please send information to Ms. Clark as soon as possible. |
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New Business
- Discussion of Diversity Awareness events scheduled for the coming year.
- Decision made last meeting to be an exhibitor for the Diversity Day event in April rather than a sponsor and to host a disability awareness day in the fall instead.
- It is best that the committee be a part of the day instead of bbeing a sponsor.
- Disability/ADA Awareness celebration decided on for October as this is nation ADA Awareness Month (Dr. Dilka, Dr. Loy, Mr. Herzog and Ms. Belluscio)
- Ms. Clark made a motion that Dr. Dilka, Dr. Loy, Mr. Herzog and Ms. Belluscio head the activities for Disabilities Awareness, second by Dr. Loy; all were in favor.
- The Committee will celebrate Disabilities Awareness this year in the month of October (National Awareness Month).
- Select date for Awareness Day
- Tuesday, October 01, 2002
- There will be the traditional booths for the day.
- Plan Proclamation Request from President
- Describe tasks and divide responsibilities (movie on the green or on university cable station {Sam I AM}; ADA activities and information announced at football game; Library art show; etc.)
- Mr. Henline mentioned if the movie wasn't able to be shown on the green that maybe show the movie in the Gifford Theatre during the time of the exhibit in the Giles Gallery.
- Ms. Clark mentioned that the Library would assist in promoting ADA Awareness for the month of October.
- Look for dates and time under the News & Events on the ADA Committee's main webpage upcoming in October.
- Art exhibit set for Monday, September 30th through Saturday, October 26th but need to discuss funding and contract as well as reception date and expenses
- Art Exhibit Reception (hosted by the Committee)
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 01, 2002 |
| Time: |
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
| Location: |
Giles Gallery, Campbell Building |
- Will need to pay a stipend of $300.00 for the exhibit.
- Dr. Naugle has drafted a letter to Dr. Rita Davis and Dr. Mark Wasicsko asking for financial assistance. Dr. Naugle read the draft to the committee.
- Dr. Hayes mentioned that he could possibly get us some assistance through the Center of Deafness as well as with the Interpreter Training Program.
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- Member brought issues
- Ms. Belluscio will be working with the KYVU (Kentucky Virtual University) on accessibility with online classes, etc.
- The KYVU Symposium will be hosted here at EKU on Wednesday, October 9, 2002.
- Dr. Naugle mentioned that Mr. Ron Yoder emailed him regarding making the upper level webpages more accessible with a text option feature. Mr. Yoder wants the EKU website to be in compliance. The implementation process will start Fall 2002.
- Membership list, meeting dates/location and new officers.
- Dr. Naugle passed around a sheet for confirmation of membership.
- Dr. Mercer made a motion to have the meeting dates and times remain the same, every second Wednesday of every month at 11:15 a.m., second by Ms. Clark; all were in favor.
- The location will remain in the Combs Building, Room 415, except for the September 11th meeting, which will be in the Student Services Building, Disabilities Office Room 315.
- Motion was made for Dr. Naugle and Ms. Clark to remain in their positions by Dr. Mercer, second by Dr. Dilka; all were in favor.
Dr. Dilka made a motion to adjourn, second by Ms. Belluscio; all were in favor.
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Next Meeting
| Date: |
September 11, 2002 |
| Time: |
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. |
| Where: |
Student Services Building, Disabilities Office Room 315 |
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