Meeting & Agendas

NOTE: The meeting was held via zoom. Welcomed all members

No additional items Motion to approve agenda: Marcela Nouzovska. Second: Sean Loraas Motion approved unanimously

Motion to approve minutes: James Loomis Second: Heather Syrett Motion approved unanimously June 10, 2022 minutes Approved

 What do you like best about CAC meetings??  Marcela: Being informed by CAC about goings on at ACC. Example: this morning’s discussion about the bomb threat. Steve knows how to run a meeting, and Lisa is great at recording minutes. Issues are addressed, always a follow-up,  and things are resolved.   Meg: Physical accessibility issues are always addressed well. Actionable items are bought and addressed.  Tamara: I’m very organized, so it’s great to get the Agenda and minutes. Helps me learn about areas that we’re not fully accessible. Think everyone in this group are great accessibility advocates.   Marc: The diversity of the group is what I like best. Get a bigger view of what we are doing across the district.   Heather: Same as Marc. Love what I learn in this group. Positions I didn’t know existed, with diverse ways we all - Discussion interact with students. I love what I’ve learned.   Deb: Architect, and in facilities, I’ve learned, and we try to provide more than what is required. The main issue I’ve learned is that books we buy must meet accessibility standards, which was new to me. Love the breadth of the group.  James: Personally, learning and awareness of issues at the college. Professionally, what I enjoyed the most was working on the Academic rule. I learned a lot from that process.   Going forward, what could we do better??  Tamara: student feedback.   Steve: student reps aren’t always in attendance. Maybe we add it to the agenda for September. How to pull in the student's voice even if the reps aren’t here  Meg: Make sure we are not missing issues. Each area could bring the biggest challenges and what’s working accessibility-wise. A survey, college-wide, and sneak some education into the survey questions.   Steve: The administration is concerned about over-surveying. Maybe focus groups across the district.   Deb: Student reps could bring issues, like the automatic door openers (gave some background on the issue and how it was being addressed). Bond in November, may add more projects. CAC should give some input during the design process.   Steve: some background on the door openers. Where they were and some of the challenges with the specific location in a glass wall of doors.   Tamara: We could use a captured group of students like EDUC 1300.   Marc: Find an existing climate survey and inject accessibility questions.   Sean: incentives for feedback, maybe a very simple QR code-based input survey. When we come back we can design some good survey questions.   Tamara: Welcome back day for Fall, maybe have a CAC table. Pinpoint those campuses with most on campus students. They are Sept. 12-23rd. Different campuses each day.  Review meeting cadence  Steve:  10 times per year. Locked into the once a month cadence. Everyone was in agreement that meeting virtual is the best format going forward.   Review and recommendations of CAC functions  Sean: should there be an awareness function: educate and spread awareness of accessibility standards and barriers across all levels of the ACC community.    Heather: Yes, what does it mean for students, staff, faculty. Awareness should be a key function. Awareness and education.  Steve: will add the education and awareness function.  Review and recommendations for CAC membership  Steve will get with Lisa to identify the most current membership structure and members.   Sean: put more pressure on areas to fill the membership.   Heather: Adjunct member will get a stipend.   Tamara’s Campus and number are incorrect.   meg: could our work-study students come as a function of their work-study hours? Serve as CAC student representative, and report to the Student Government.   Steve thought Meg’s idea was good and will follow up with the Work Study coordinator.

Other?? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN 2021-2022!!

 Next meeting:  September 9, 2022; 9:00 – 11:00