Disability Resources Coalition March meeting minutes

By: Michael Coray

April 11th, 2007

University Disability Resources Coalition
Meeting Minutes
March 13, 2007 Meeting

Items Discussed:

• The remodel of the Virginia Street Gym is moving forward and Scott will be reviewing seating for accommodation purposes.

• Lyle will fill us in at a future meeting about the purchase of evacuation chairs for University buildings and what the progress is on that. We are interested in the prioritization of buildings, who will receive training on the chairs in each building and about the coordination with emergency personnel on site during an event.

• Mac will ask Ron Zurek if he could send a representative to the UDRC to talk about a university wide emergency preparedness plan along with the coordination of city and county info.

• Scott Youngs will be out for the month of April, but is interested in promoting a brown bag regarding recreational opportunities for people with disabilities in the fall.

• Mac reported that she is working on Jose Feliciano being the headliner for Disability Awareness Month 2007. His visit will support the diversity theme of this year’s activities. Also in the works is an accommodation fair for all disability groups. Last year it was focused on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and involved over 700 participants. She is also investigating an equestrian showcase of riders with disabilities at the UNR Equestrian Center.

• J.J. Johnson is interested in an initiative that will bring disability to the forefront not just during October, but throughout the year. We spoke about brown bag themes as well.

• The DRC and Teaching & Learning Technologies are jointly hosting a brown bag April 19, in the Alumni Room entitled “Making your Web-Content Universally Accessible.” Lunch will be provided. It is hosted by Mac and Ryan Collier and is from 12:00 to 1:30.

• The Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center visit has been postponed but Scott will keep us informed on when Tom is coming.

• Meeting adjourned 1:15. Next meeting April 10, 2007

Michael Coray, special assistant to the president for diversity, can be reached at mcoray@unr.edu.

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