Minutes- November 21, 2008 CCSPD Meeting

Present members: Peter Berg, Scott Friedman, Mark Goedert, Ed Garay, Jerry Lockwood, Darlene Ebel, Roxana Stupp, Betsy Gates- Ehlers, Drew Browning, Janet Smith, Sean Plomann (GA), Alanna O'Connor (via phone)

Approval of Agenda:

• 1st- Janet Smith, 2nd- Jerry Lockwood
• Agenda approved
• Approval of 10/18/08 Minutes: 1st- Scott Friedman, 2nd- Jerry Lockwood
• 10/18/08 Minutes approved

New Business:

Meeting with Provost and Chancellor Follow-up

• Invite Vice-Chancellor Walden to the next CCSPD meetings in a letter.
• have steps taken to follow up on the survey.

University 504/ADA Coordinator:

• UIC needs employee who knows the ADA- public entity.
• Committee approach UIC administration to ask if this coordinator of the ADA at UIC can be the director of the Disability Resource Center.
• DRC is the ideal place for ADA coordinator.

Request for Funding:

• 'Alternative Spring Break' (ASB) asked CCSPD for funding to cover travel expenses for students to go to disability related events.
• Nothing significant right now for funding as CCSPD budget has already been set.
• Respond back, thank ASB, and tell them that the CCSPD can in the future.
• With the CCSPD funding external trip for students, it:

1) promotes awareness
2) educates more students on disability

Inviting Vice-Chancellor Walden to Next Meeting:

• CCSPD would like Vice-Chancellor Walden there for next meeting in the letter to him.
• Make the point that it's an 'open invitation' so the Vice-Chancellor can go other times.
• Issues to present to him:

- the word 'diversity' in the school's charter
- committed to adversity and making people more aware of it

Old Business and Reports:
Program Committee:

• Murderball- great turnout. It was well received.

Turnout was about 70 people or so

Accessibility of Campus Climate to Enhance Student Success Program- Survey:

• can't be made public
• restrict the number of copies
• Four instruments: faculty, administration, students with disabilities, and students without disabilities
• Five copies each
• See if Dr. Susan Vogel of National Louis University, creator of the survey, can meet with the Survey.
• After 1st assessment analyze results and add questions, if needed
• one time fee for survey
• act soon to not lose funding from Provost

DRC Report:

• Contract for 3 years with known vendors
• See if a 'cover' is needed for services rendered
• fixed prices for services
• Each department makes arrangements
• List of vendors finalized soon
• $2 million required for budget for services is to be approved soon
• assessment will be created and used
• Student GA positions are, likely, to become more permanent at the DRC