RESNA 1999
SIG-11 Business Meeting Agenda
Sunday, June 27^th, 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm

1. General Membership Information

   • Membership Resource Forms (submit to Dave Jaffe after meeting or fax 650/493-4919)
   • RESNA website: http://www.resna.org
     SIG-11 website: http://www.resna.org/sigs/sig11/index.htm
   • Mission statement: To facilitate education and information sharing between RESNA members and other professional organizations who have an interest in computer applications to benefit people with disabilities.
   • SIG-11 distribution list vs. RESNA listserv
   
   
2. Summary of SIG-11 Conference Activities
   

   Sunday, June 27, 1999

   • 9:00am - 10:30am - SIG-11 Computer Applications Show-and-Tell Session
   • 9:00am - 10:30am - Computer Demonstration Session
   • 3:30pm - 5:00pm - Using the Internet
   • 5:15pm - 6:15pm - SIG-11 Business Meeting
   • 6:30pm - 8:00pm - SIG-11 Developers Forum
   
   

   Monday, June 28, 1999

   • 9:00am - 10:30pm - Assistive Technology for Persons with Learning Disabilities: An Overview
   • 11:00am - 12:30pm - MAC Access Options for Adults with DD--Tools and Techniques
   • 3:15pm - 4:45 pm - Electronic Aids to Daily Living Terminology and Concepts
   
   

   Tuesday, June 29, 1999

   • 9:00am - 10:30am - Roundtable discussion: Speech Recognition
   • 11:00am - 12:30pm - Roundtable discussion: Funding for Computers and Computer Access Equipment
   • 1:30pm - 3:00pm - Electronic Aids to Daily Living Expo
   
   

   The Computer and Environmental Control Tech Lab will be open daily Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

3. Proposal: Vice-chair will serve one year and then automatically move into the chair position for another consecutive year. The terms of chair and vice-chair will each be one year in length. A new vice-chair will be elected every year.

   • Discussion
   • Vote
   
   

4. Proposal: Change election process as follows: Call for nominations for vice-chair will be made every spring. The names of all nominated candidates will be placed on a ballot. Ballots will be sent via e-mail when possible. If members do not have e-mail, a ballot will be faxed or sent by U.S. mail. All ballots will be returned to Dave Jaffe, who will tally them and provide the chair and vice-chair with results.

   • Discussion
   • Vote
   
   

5. Election of New Chair and Vice-chair

6. Developers Forum

   • Concurrent session or evening event?
   • Possible name change (suggestions submitted: Developers Open House, Developers Demos, Developers Showcase, Innovation Showcase, Developers Reception, Talk to the Makers, Let your voice be heard, Having your say)
   
   

7. Ideas for future courses, sessions and speakers

8. Newsletter

9. Opportunities to get involved

   • Review Instructional Course Proposals
   • Review Concurrent Session Proposals
   • Review Scientific Papers
   • Call companies to invite them to participate in the Developers Forum
   • Write an article for the SIG-11 column in RESNA news
   • Volunteer in the Computer Tech Lab during the annual conference

SIGN UP SHEETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FRONT FOR EACH OF THESE ACTIVITIES. PLEASE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR ONE OR MORE!!

Thanks for coming! Please join us after the meeting in the Computer Lab for the Developers Forum. Food and drink will be available.

New Chair:

Glen Ashlock
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
Assistive Technology Center
2568 Packard Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI  48104
734/971-0277
gha@aacil.org