Commission on Disability Access (CODA)
Meeting Minutes for the 21st of January, 2004 / CODA
office / 2 3:00pm
Persons Present Scott T, Elisabeth K, Chris H, Eric R, West L, Sam M, Ali S, Jim M,
James T
Our email addresses:
coda@as.ucsb.edu goes to
all members
codainfo@as.ucsb.edu goes
to Chris
codaexecs@as.ucsb.edu goes
to all executives
Overview of discussion (not necessarily in order of occurrence)
1) Approval of the previous meeting minutes
2) Edward the disability survey has been postponed for a month.
3) Scott what about having speakers come into the meeting from outside, from the community. Or, we could do more of an evening event with 1 or 2 speakers.
o Chris and others this may be hard to do during our regular meeting times given our difficulty getting through our regular afenda items. This would probably be best as a scheduled evening event with food, promoted, outreach, etc.
4) Sedgwick invite. Students with disabilities (CODA) has been invited for a tour at the Sedgwick Reserve. This site is particularly accessible, and the director, Michael Williams, has extended a welcome. Check it out @ http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/sedgwick/moreinfo.html
5) Radio Productions - Elisabeth and West
o A meeting is being set up with Vicki and a KCBS producer to go over the details.
o She has asked that the group continue to brain storm ideas for the program.
o Please see Wests emails for information requests.
o Here is a list of ideas that was submitted by Jeremy:
* Announcements of campus and community events
* Highlighting national news and current events
* Coverage of recreational activities, i.e. sport games, etc.
* Show casing vocal, musical, theatrical and narrative performances
* Forums for addressing student concerns.
* Updates on campus accessibility: construction, resources available
* Inter-collegiate discussions between departments, students, faculty
and staff.
6) Disability Awareness Week (DAW) update - Ali What do we want to do? Speakers, tabling, interactive workshops for RAs, Social/Dance. A big success from last year was having undergraduate professors give extra credit for attending one of the speaker events.
o What about family members, the relationships around people with disabilities. Appeal to a larger audience. Why disability matters to you. Statistics on how many people will be affected by disabilities.
o What we need to do is to start working!.
o Timing: It looks like the 5th week of the spring quarter will be best. We do not want to have the event during the same week that other major events are happening.
o Lets look into how other campuses handle this.
o
NEXT
WEEKS MEETING WILL BE DEDICATED TO PLANNING DISABILITY AWARNDESS WEEK. WE NEED YOUR HELP! SEE HANDOUT/EMAIL FROM ALI FOR
IDEAS. IN WHAT WAYS WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BE INVOLVED?
7) PR update: Logo, etc. Sam
o Sam presents logo
o Sam has been researching campus award opportunities and has found a SIOP Student Initiated Outreach Grant. The grant is aimed at promoting the increased enrollment of underrepresented groups. Do we want to go for it?
§ James T and Ali these type of grants would not support our current agenda. They are geared strictly for outreach and are difficult to get and manage.
8) Coda executive oath. Officers were presented with and ask to sign the CODA executive oath. This in our commitment to and respect for our potentials, the work we have undertaken, and the responsibility of serving our community.
As an
executive of the Commission on Disability Access:
Φ I vow to uphold the values stated in the CODA constitution.
Φ I vow to represent all students with disabilities and types of
disability at UCSB.
Φ I vow to work with integrity and promote a professional image to the
campus.
Φ I vow to work in cooperation with my fellow executives and group
members.
Φ I vow to represent the group conscious and not work to my own ends or
myown agenda.
Φ I vow to be courteous and considerate with the other executives, group
members, administration and the campus at large.
Φ I vow to listen to students and group member ideas.
Φ I vow to participate in group activities when possible.
Φ I vow to make attending meetings a priority in my schedule.
9) Campus 'Clear Path of Travel' List Serve Jim
o Has gotten approval from FM. Has talked to Sean. Will try to launch within a week. The first period will be a trial. THANKS Jim.
10) Web productions and design update Eric
o Eric will be moving the website to AS and getting it up and running.
o Check it out @ http://as.ucsb.edu/coda/
11) ADA committee/proposals/meeting with Linda, Diane, and Joe update Chris
o Reported on the dynamics of deferred maintenance lists, the colors of money, and how to make proposals to the ADA.
o Chris and Ali will be drafting proposals from our previously prepared list.
o Some ideas for CODA to request moneys.
§ Disability Awareness week
§ Auxiliary funds for interpreter service
§ Money for association and journal membership development of a resource library
§ Email Chris with any other ideas
12) Funding: AS/OSL requisitions/Lock-in/etc. - Jeremy, Scott, and Ali
o Jim and James T. to talk about grant writing with the help of Linda R.
13) Open forum ...
Action:
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Chris and Ali working
on ADA proposals
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Ali polishing our
missions and goals sheet
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Jeremy, Scott, and Ali
staying on top of funding issues and application deadlines
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Elisabeth and West
continued research into radio programs
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Sam logo design,
award search, outreach brain storm
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Jim grant writing,
clear path of travel list serve
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Eric transfer
website, design/create new content
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