The Chancellor's Committee on the Status of

Persons with Disabilities

  Meeting Minutes

Friday, January 18, 2008 (1:00-2:30)

DHSP Building, 1640 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 448

Chaired by:  Drew Browning

Members Present:  Darlene Ebel, Drew Browning, Ed Garay, Alanna O’Connor, Bill Schubert, Marsha Cassidy, Dariusz Barwacz, Janis Hayden, Ann Barnds, Anne Hopkins (GA)

Members Excused:  Peter Berg, Joy Hammel, Carol Gill, Larry Voss, Sheila Martinotti, Jane K. Burke-Miller, Neil Cummins, Janet Smith, Teresa Sullivan

Guests: Roxana Stupp, Caryn Bills

November minutes and Meeting with the Chancellor minutes approved.

Drew Browning chaired meeting in absence of Carol Gill and Peter Berg.

Program Committee events was focus of meeting

Program Committee Discussion

• A list of possible events was distributed.
• Events should take place before 6:30 to maximize attendees
• Need to work on publicity – invitation to administration, publicity should help to raise awareness of CCSPD
• Would like to cosponsor deaf culture event with DRC, speaker on Autism with Project Biocultures, sporting event, and disability pride parade
• DRC has asked CCSPD to cosponsor deaf culture event
• Project Biocultures is open to promotion by CCSPD – need to check is event will be open to larger audience that CCSPD attracts
• These events were accepted by committee with vote
• Originally discussed having a disability pride day but not interest in sponsoring several events to promote committees work through a series of events
• Title should capture disability culture
• Co-sponsoring events will help maximize funds
• Committee should capture highlights of events using video
• Video equipment will be provided by university
• CCSPD will have to video tape – possibility of using one of the Access Consultants at DRC who is a photographer
• Highlights can be captioned, uploaded, and archived on website
• Large interested in sporting themed event
• Able to co-sponsor event with DRC
• City park district is able to help facilitate event 
• Need to find accessible sports facilities on campus to rent
• Possibility of having an interactive expo this semester, but in the future having a larger scale event in coordination with a basketball game on campus
• Have a demonstration before or during halftime of a basketball game
• Would like to contribute half of deaf culture event cost
• Interest in having speaker, Matthew Stanford, come in the fall, but due to high price will have to work on getting a cosponsor
• $4500 + travel and expenses

New Business

• Maps committee continues
• Working on adding text for a status reports of current building issues
• Having something on the front page of UIC website to report status
• Problems with buildings can be easily accessed
• DRC wants to present ACCC partnership project at next meeting
• DRC reports that there has been website accessibility committee training sessions and there is letter of support from the provost supporting standards for web content
• Web committee will set up Bluestem to create a member access area
• Dave Taggart, heading small buildings committee, has been asked to meet with ACDC and was invited to committee meeting
• Idea to lobby Mayor of Chicago to sponsor disability themed book (need name of specific program)

Reflections on Meeting with Chancellor

• Majority was a farewell to Chancellor Manning
• Asked for continuity from new Chancellor
• Provost supported need for process where CCSPD is included from the beginning on projects such on small buildings committee