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11/8/2007 Page

CENTER ON DISABILITY STUDIES COUNCIL MEETING

January 15, 2008 10:00 am – 12 noon Everly 123A&B

Attending: Jean Johnson, Becky Ozaki, Martha Guinan, Valerie Shearer, Denise Uehara, Scott Bowditch, Sara Banks, Soon Kim-Rupnow, Marcus Hayden

Absent: Steve Brown, Jeanne Bauwens, Tom Conway

Item / Discussion / Action
Approval of Minutes / Minutes from Council meeting 11/6/2007 reviewed. / Minutes approved
Committee Reports / Publications: Tom absent.
Personnel & Evaluation: Scott will be updating the current GA list. Denise & Martha will discuss GA evaluations.
Disability Accessibility & Culture Trainings: Deadline for the Abilities at Work training manual is set for February. Accessibility training for the Pac Rim conference is being planned.
Awards Committee: Nomination e-mail will be forwarded out soon. Awards will be presented during lunch at Pac Rim.
Assembly Committee: Assembly activities were successful in acquiring new ideas for tag lines and mission statements. / GA report deadline set for April 30
Scott will meet with Steve Brown and Charmaine to discuss plans for Pac Rim
Valerie to make final edits to conceptual framework and distribute via CDS website & annual report
Discussion / CDS Council Survey
Council members and their roles will be posted on the CDS website, along with meeting minutes.
It may be useful to obtain reports from various grants to keep the council up to date on individual projects. Training session on reporting policies to be planned.
Mission Statement
The new mission statement will be determined at the next Assembly, and should be simple and direct.
CDS Staff members will be able to submit key words to be incorporated into the new statement. / Valerie to organize a list of council members and their roles
Training session to be held at the next CDS Assembly
Assignments for the month / Val to revise and finalize conceptual framework and write up council roles
Scott to meet with Steve & Charmaine on Pac Rim, update GA list, and forward out nominations
Sara to organize accessibility training for Pac Rim
Martha & Denise to review personnel evaluations

Meeting adjourned: 12:00 pm

Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings.

Next meetings: CDS Assembly

March 4, 2008, 10am-12pm, Everly 123

May 6, 2008, 10am-12pm, Everly 123