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1. Welcome: (Lori McFarland)
2. Update: Committee meeting on
7/6/06 with Valerie Fletcher of Adaptive Environments (Susan Quinby)
3. Report and next steps: Nexus
accessibility review by Andrea Haenlin-Mott of Cornell University (Julio
Vazquez)
4. New program: Access Advocates
(Susan Quinby)
5. New business
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Minutes Present:
Sonny Ago, Pamela Cobrin, Jennifer Fondiller, Won Kang, Amy Hargrave-Leo,
Jean McCurry, Damian Medina, William Plackenmeyer, Jomysha Stephen,
Vivian Taylor, Mary Ellen Tucker, Julio Vazquez, Jen Wu
Co-Chairs:
Lori McFarland, Susan Quinby
1. Welcome: (Lori McFarland)
2. Update: Committee meeting on 7/6/06 with
Valerie Fletcher of Adaptive Environments (Susan Quinby):
- Recommended that the Committee meet three
times per academic year (fall, spring and summer)
- Summarized last meeting on 7/6/06 with
Valerie Fletcher from Adaptive Environments: presentation on
Universal Design and discussion re: Nexus accessibility
- SQ outlined steps taken since last meeting:
accessibility information on Nexus website; signage development;
outreach to access consultant, Andrea Haenlin-Mott, Cornell
University ADA Coordinator of Facilities, to review Nexus plans for
accessibility; SQ and Julio Vazquez meet on weekly basis to discuss
access concerns
- Reviewed contents of packet
3. Report and next steps: Nexus accessibility
review by Andrea Haenlin-Mott of Cornell University (Julio Vazquez)
- JV reported that Nexus is ADA compliant
- Overall accessibility rated better than
average with some areas of concern
- counter heights
- furniture location (keeping open
pathways)
- assistive listening in event spaces
- high contrast signage
- life safety considerations
4. New program: Access Advocates (Susan Quinby)
- SQ discussed Access Advocates where each
Committee member will be responsible for access review in their
building location, using Accessibility Checklist developed by
Harvard
- Jean McCurry suggested that Committee
survey campus access while using disposable cameras
- Committee will conduct initial review of
Elliot Hall prior to campus-wide review
5. New Business:
- Jean McCurry suggested inviting someone
from Purchasing onto the Committee
- Julio Vazquez announced that the Link will
now have an automatic opener on the east/west doors to the link on
the Claremont Avenue side
ODS
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