SIG-11 Business Meeting Agenda

RESNA 1998
SIG-11 Business Meeting Agenda
Sunday, June 28th, 11am - 12:30pm

1. General membership information

Membership Resource Form (submit to Dave Jaffe after meeting)
Websites:
RESNA website: http://www.resna.org/
SIG-11 website: http://www.resna.org/sigs/sig11/index.htm
Distribution list

2. Summary of SIG-11 (and other related) conference activities

Sunday, 6/28
9am - 10:30am		SIG-11 Platform / Scientific Paper Session
11am - 12:30pm		SIG-11 Business Meeting
3:30pm - 5:30pm		SIG-14 Job Site Product Demonstration

Monday, 6/29
9am - 10:30am		SIG-14 Don Ross Lecture - Evaluation of Current Speech Recognition Systems
9am - 10:30am		Making the Internet a More Functional Tool
11am - 12:30pm		Developing a Protocol for Computer Access Assessments
11am - 12:30pm		Computer & Augmentative Communication Device-Based Environmental Control Expo
1:30pm - 3pm		SIG-11 Computer Demonstration Session
6pm - 8:30pm		SIG-11 Developers Forum

**** Freedom of Speech, Inc. and Dragon Systems will hold a giveaway at the Developers Forum for one Naturally Speaking Deluxe with Dragon Dictate voice recognition software - Value $695 ****

Tuesday, 6/30
9am - 10:30am		SIG-11 Interactive Poster Session
9am - 10:30am		SIG-11 Roundtable: Voice Recognition - Current Products and Issues
11am - 12:30pm		Concurrent Session: Overview of the Internet
11am - 12:30pm		Environmental Control Expo - Rehabilitation Sources and Beyond

3. Opportunities to get involved

Review Instructional Course Proposals
Review Concurrent Session Proposals
Review Scientific Papers
Call companies to invite them to participate in the Developers Forum
Write an article for the SIG-11 column in RESNA News
Volunteer in the Compter Tech Lab during the conference

4. Ideas for RESNA bookstore and professional development activities

Submit information about Assistive Technology resources to me or to Terry Reamer: treamer@resna.org

The RESNA Professional Development Program would like input on the following:

Specifically what type of professional development activities would you like to see available?
Which of the following would you be inclined to participate?
1 or 2 day course
teleconference
interactive computer curriculum
self study manual
other
For which specific topics would you like to see further continuting education programming?
Besides educational courses and material, what other product lines or ideas should RESNA pursue in order to meet your needs as a member?

5. Representative to Education Committee - Jim Lenker

6. Brainstorming / ideas to increase vendor participation

7. Feedback from SIG Chairs meeting

8. CAAP committee report (Computer Access Assessment Protocol)

9. Newsletter

10. Mission statement for SIG-11

Thanks for coming!

Patty Benzing, SIG-11 Chair
University Hospital School
100 Hawkins Dr., Room #333
Iowa City, IA 52242-1011

319/356-4657
319/356-8284 fax
patty-benzing@uiowa.edu

Glen Ashlock - SIG-11 Vice Chair
Rehab Engineering Program
1C335 University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0032

313/936-7170
gha@umich.edu