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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Good afternoon from sunny Corvallis, Oregon. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Anyone want to give a project update?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As to the bylaws, the most recent draft can be found at:</FONT> <A HREF="http://staff.washington.edu/danc/athen/bylaws.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://staff.washington.edu/danc/athen/bylaws.html</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please send any revisions to me and I will work with the respective folks as needed.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">And now for a public service announcement:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here are the details:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESSIBLE MEDIA CONFERENCE - NOV. 11-14<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">CU-Boulder, in collaboration with WGBH, Boston, EASI, & others, will be sponsoring the sixth annual Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in Higher Education Conference.<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">November 11 - 14, 2003</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">CU Boulder - University Memorial Center<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Keynote Speaker: Beth Finke,</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">NPR Commentator & Author<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Session Highlights:<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Learn the Federal 508 Guidelines for Accessible Web Design<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Tools & Methods for Designing Accessible Instructional Material<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Coleman Institute: Research Initiatives in Assistive Technology Design<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Accessibility of WebCT, Blackboard and other Course Tools<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Text to Speech Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A full-day Accessibility Forum presented by WGBH, Boston and the League for Innovation in the Community College (Scholarships available for Community College affiliates)<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Universal and Accessible Design with Flash, Dreamweaver & Adobe Acrobat<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Assistive Technology Service Delivery in the University Setting<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Distance Education and Students with Disabilities<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Registration info & complete agenda (over 40 workshops) at the url below.<BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">More information: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">www.colorado.edu/ATconference</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Phone: 303-492-8671 (V/TTY)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">E-mail: dsinfo@colorado.edu</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ron Stewart, Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Technology Access Program</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Information Services</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Oregon State University</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">109 Kidder Hall</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Corvallis, Oregon 97331</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Phone: 1.541.737.7307</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Fax: 1.541.737.2159</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">WWW: </FONT><A HREF="http://tap.oregonstate.edu"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://tap.oregonstate.edu</FONT></U></A>
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