Update

[Stewart, Ron]

Good afternoon from sunny Corvallis, Oregon. 

ATHEN is still alive but it would appear we are on life support at this
point primarily due to the budget woes we are all dealing with. 

Anyone want to give a project update?

As to the bylaws, the most recent draft can be found at:
http://staff.washington.edu/danc/athen/bylaws.html

Please send any revisions to me and I will work with the respective
folks as needed.

And now for a public service announcement:

I would like to strongly encourage any of you who can to attend the
Accessing Higher Ground conference in mid-November. I personally find it
to be one of the most valuable professional growth opportunities that I
participate in. CSUN is great for macro exposure, but AHG is a small
conference with very high quality content and Boulder is a great town
for a conference. 

Here are the details:

	ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESSIBLE MEDIA CONFERENCE - NOV.
11-14
	
	CU-Boulder, in collaboration with WGBH, Boston, EASI, & others,
will be sponsoring the sixth annual Assistive Technology and Accessible
Media in Higher Education Conference. 
	
	November 11 - 14, 2003
	CU Boulder - University Memorial Center
	
	Keynote Speaker: Beth Finke,
	NPR Commentator & Author
	
	Session Highlights:
	
	Learn the Federal 508 Guidelines for Accessible Web Design
	
	Tools & Methods for Designing Accessible Instructional Material
	
	The Coleman Institute: Research Initiatives in Assistive
Technology Design
	
	The Accessibility of WebCT, Blackboard and other Course Tools
	
	Text to Speech Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities
	
	A full-day Accessibility Forum presented by WGBH, Boston and the
League for Innovation in the Community College (Scholarships available
for Community College affiliates)
	
	Universal and Accessible Design with Flash, Dreamweaver & Adobe
Acrobat
	
	Assistive Technology Service Delivery in the University Setting
	
	Distance Education and Students with Disabilities
	
	Registration info & complete agenda (over 40 workshops) at the
url below.
	
	More information: www.colorado.edu/ATconference 
	
	Phone: 303-492-8671 (V/TTY)
	E-mail: dsinfo at colorado.edu
 

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Ron Stewart, Director
Technology Access Program
Information Services
Oregon State University
109 Kidder Hall
Corvallis, Oregon  97331
Phone: 1.541.737.7307
Fax:   1.541.737.2159
E-mail: Ron.Stewart at oregonstate.edu
WWW: http://tap.oregonstate.edu


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