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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Good afternoon, </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As many of you know Oregon State has had on ongoing policy development project going for about six years. The work was originally based on the documents that can be found on our program website at: </FONT><A HREF="http://tap.oregonstate.edu/standards.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://tap.oregonstate.edu/standards.htm</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">After many reinventions, redefinitions of intent, and multiple committees being formed and disbanded, and reformed again this work has finally resulted in a product. </FONT><A HREF="http://oregonstate.edu/accessibility/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://oregonstate.edu/accessibility/</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I will also be sharing the implementation plan once it has been formally approved by the powers to be. While not the standards that I had devoted a lot of time and energy to developing, and had hoped would be adopted, this document does represent a positive step forward for OSU in regards to formally adopted guidance on IT accessibility. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I look forward to your comments and constructive feedback. I will probably be writing an article or two about this adventure in the near future, it has been an interesting journey and many lessons have been learned in the process.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ron Stewart</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ron Stewart, Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Technology Access Program</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Information Services</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Oregon State University</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">109 Kidder Hall</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Corvallis, Oregon 97331</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Phone: 1.541.737.7307</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax: 1.541.737.2159</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">E-mail: Ron.Stewart@oregonstate.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">WWW: </FONT><A HREF="http://tap.oregonstate.edu"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://tap.oregonstate.edu</FONT></U></A>
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