A student (Mr. G.W. Newsome) from Facilities Services will assist in this process. Mr. Herzog will assist Mr. Newsome with the checklist starting in the Jones Building and will provide the committee with suggestions for the checklist.

A student from Facilities Services will assist in this process. Mr. Herzog will assist the student with the checklist starting in the Jones Building and will provide the committee with suggestions for the checklist.

• Update on ADA Awareness & Accessibility Committee Bylaws
  
  Ms. Clark requested that the subcommittee meet to finish providing content for the bylaws.
  
  Ms. Clark will send a meeting request out to those subcommittee members.
  
  Areas to be address include community members, quorum, and subcommittee definitions.
  
  
• Update on on Accessibility Master List
  
  Ms. Belluscio requested that the restrooms needed to be looked at more in detail.
  
  Dr. Huff mentioned having an identification system for the bathrooms for example the first floor has three bathrooms they would be labeled as R1.A (restroom, first floor, A), R1.B and R1.C.
  
  Mr. Herzog mentioned that the restrooms are numbered but they do not have signage on them to identify such numbers.
  
  Dr. Huff asked that Mr. Herzog, Ms. Belluscio, Ms. Clark and herself get together to go over the checklist more in detail. She asked Ms. Clark to send out a meeting request.
  
  
• Update on Accessibility Training
  
  Ms. Eppley mentioned the direction of the training would focus mainly on blackboard. A demonstration of the process of making a course accessible would be done within this training session.
  
  Ms. Eppley wanted to allow people to see the process instead of just handing them the finished product.
  
  The accessibility tool that will be supported will be WAVE. WAVE is freeware product that validates the accessibility with your online courses as well as webpages. In the past, the product BOBBY was used, since then, BOBBY has become purchase only.
  
  An example website to check out is the University of Arizona. The University of Arizona is working on and has web accessibility, web monitoring and items on how to change HTML within your courses and webpages.
  
  The upcoming training will cover five priority points:
  
  
  1. Use skip navigation links to bypass the row of navigation links and jump to the start of the web page. Keep all navigation tools at the [Top] of the web page.
     
     
  2. Use ALT tags for stand-alone images, image maps and for graphics associated with the image map so that a person using a screen reader will have access to the links and information.
     
     
  3. Links should be descriptive of the site they are linked to. Stay away from phrases like “click here.”
     
     
  4. Tables, Header and Row identifiers must all be compliant under the guidelines.
     
     
  5. Usage of color, tips on what to use and what to avoid.
     
     
  Upcoming events regarding web accessibility and online courses are the Clik Conference, September 30 – October 1, 2004, and the Online Web Accessibility Symposium, October 13, 2004.
  
  Ms. Eppley mentioned WebAIM online conferences; the next online conference is scheduled for Monday, June 14, 2004, at 4:00 p.m.
  
  

• Providing committee documentation and correspondence in electronic versions only
  
  Ms. Clark requested that all documentation and correspondence be provided in electronic versions only. This will help with providing the materials in a faster and more efficient means.
  
  Motion was made by Dr. Walker to accept the request of all documentation and correspondence be provided electronically, second by Ms. Allen; all were in favor.
  
  
• Member Brought Issues
  
  Dr. Huff reminded the committee about the parking spaces and signage of the Weaver Building. She will email Mr. Mark Jozefowicz a reminder regarding this issue.
  
  Dr. Huff will be inviting Mr. Mark Welker to the next meeting. Mr. Welker is the new chief of police at EKU.