Present –Kim Ball Michael Casadonte, Steve Cuddigan, Lorraine Frost, Beth Jaworski, Evans Kahuthu, Leon McNaught, Jim Monaghan, Davena Peters, Mike Ross, Eva Sorrell
Action Item Follow Up:
- Lorraine will contact Kathy Hansen regarding Administration and Finance representative on ATI Exec Committee.Status: Done. Kathy Hansen will serve as the Admin and Finance rep on the ATI Executive Committee.
- Monica will schedule demonstration of bookstore database with Amir from CSU Fullerton. Status: In progress. Amir referred Monica to another gentleman in their office for the demonstration. Kim will also help facilitate this with Chuck from CSUF.
- Mike and Beth will meet to revise web accessibility policy Status: Done. Revised web policy reviewed with recommended changes from task group. Web Accessibility team will meet to infuse recommendations into policy.
- Amy will work with Kathy Hansen on the development of a list of vendors that already are in 508 compliance.Status: Procurement will request vpat from vendors
- Amy and Leon will meet to discuss purchasing guidelines for vendors Status: In progress
- Eva will find out if the new library catalog is in compliance Status: In progress. Eva reported that Johnnie and Buckley are going to bring this up systemwide. Leon is helping Eva with library database to check compliance. Eva will check with Amy to see if Innovative Systems has a vpat on file.
Development of ATI priority teams
- The group assigned members to the ATI priority teams:
- Web Accessibility Team:
Mike Ross (team lead), Beth Jaworski, Michael Casadonte, Davena Peters, Leon McNaught, Steve Cuddigan
- Inst. Materials Team:
Jenny Zorn (team lead), Jim Monaghan, Terri Nelson, Seung Nam, Monty Van Wart, Rowena Santiago, Jason Reimer, Beth Jaworski, Eva Sorrell, Davena Peters, Kim Ball
- Procurement Team:
Amy Simmons (team lead), Leon McNaught, Steve Cuddigan
The priority teams will be responsible for implementing their team goals as set forth in the ATI initiative. In addition, the teams should call into the COP teleconferences when the focus of the teleconference is on their team priority. Team leads should make arrangements to have some participation at these teleconferences. The ATI agenda will include reports from these teleconferences..
COP teleconference report
- Leon attended the latest COP teleconference. He reported that the campuses called for more training with Hi Software. Also, some campuses are meeting the March 31st deadline through use of a presidential proclamation.
Review of web page policy
- Beth and Mike distributed copies of their revised web page accessibility policy. The policy was updated rather than completely changed. Jim was concerned regarding the precision and language of the policy – he indicated that the policy needs to stand the test of time in terms of evolving technologies. Davena indicated that the spirit of the policy is to make technology as accessible as possible however we can’t predict extenuating circumstances.
- Lorraine provided the group with suggestions Dr. Karnig made for the policy.
- Discussion regarding differentiation between webpage owners, managers and developers. Lorraine suggested that we need to clarify what the difference is; we also need to define web page ownership.
- Discussion regarding contact information for web pages. The group discussed what would be the best avenue of communications if students, faculty or staff can’t access a page. This issue has not been resolved.
- Lorraine reported that the initial campus timeline for the web page policy has been changed. The following timeline is in effect:
- Wednesday, January 31 - Lorraine will meet with Dr. Karnig to discuss proposed policy
- Monday, February, 19 - Lorraine presents proposed policy to the Vice President's council
- Tuesday, February 20 - Proposed policy (with changes) given to Linda Pella-Hartley for distribution to campus
- Monday, March 5 - Proposed policy presented to Admin Council
Miscellaneous
- Mike reported that he is going to post a full time temporary position to help Leon with the accessibility report.
- Jim reported that there was some confusion with the academic departments in regards to ACM web development charges. Mike clarified that ACM does not charge for addressing web accessibility issues. However, MOU’s to develop entire websites due occur.
Action Items
(New)
- Each team lead will provide a report at the next ATI meeting in regards to their progress on their initiatives
- Evans Kahuthu and Michael Casadonte will research accessibility of Peoplsoft.
- Web Accessibility Team will revise Web Accessibility Policy and send out to the ATI group before the next ATI meeting on Monday, February 19.
(Old)
- Monica will work with Kim Ball in scheduling demonstration of bookstore database with Amir from CSU Fullerton.
- Amy and Leon will meet to discuss purchasing guidelines for vendors
- Eva and Leon will work on validation of new library database compliance
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