RESNA 2008
SIG-11 Annual Business Meeting Agenda and Notes
Monday - June 30, 2008
Hyatt Regency, Crystal City (Arlington, VA)

 1. Call to Order

 2. Welcome and Introductions

 3. Wake up activity

 4. Agenda additions

 5. Updating contact sheets (Dave)

 6. Announcements

6.1. Updates from Board and SIG Chairs' Meeting

6.1.1 Content of Conference - Decline in research/science

6.1.2 New RESNA website, and thus new SIG Websites

6.1.2.1 Working on basic SIG content

6.1.2.2 Possible link to SIGs from home page

6.1.3. Position paper procedures, including RESNA vetting for content

6.1.4. Upcoming conferences

6.1.4.1.2009 New Orleans

6.1.4.1.2010 Las Vegas

6.1.4.1.2011 TBD

6.2. RESNA office and leadership

6.2.1. Change of address procedures

 7. Business

7.1. Proposed change in ATP/ATS certification program (PSB guest)

7.1.1. RESNA Certification Program Discussion Forum

7.1.2. Completion of feedback forms

7.2. Results of officer elections

7.2.1. Chair - Jamie Prioli

7.2.2. Vice-Chair - Mark Bresler

7.3. Job bank ideas

7.4. Developers Forum size/format

 8. Projects / Activities

8.1. 2007-2008 Thank you's

8.2. Mentor program (Jamie)

8.3. SIG-11 listserv and news items

8.4. RESNA 2009 (New Orleans)

8.4.1. Balance of practice and research

8.4.2. Instruction course ideas

8.4.3. Workshop ideas

8.4.4. Paper ideas

8.4.5. Volunteers

8.4.5.1. Developers Forum

8.4.5.2. Show and Tell

8.4.5.3. Reviewers

8.5. Strategies for increasing SIG involvement

8.6. Other SIG-11 activities

8.6.1. Newsletter articles

8.6.2. AT Journal articles

8.6.3. Operating system efforts?

8.6.4. Accessibility of new website?

8.6.5. SIG-11 website content

 9. Other New Business / Open Discussion

10. Adjournment

10.1. Collection of certification feedback forms

Other previous ideas & topics
1. Proposal by Kirk at RESNA 2007: "AT - Solutions" Wiki - peer-reviewed custom solutions library
2. RESNA North America Initiative (include Mexico and Central America)
3. RESNA 2007 - Proposal by Dave Jaffe, inspired by Mark Novak and Aimee Luebben's poster, to include mp3 audio description of poster could be author's recorded voice or synthesized speech from PDF file
4. Need for improved ALT text for papers (Denis)
5. Recruiting Show and Tell participants from AT Forum listserv (Andy)