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Organization Structure

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Organization Structure

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    1. Organization Structure June Perritt IBM / Organizational Structure Tiger Team

    2. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 2 Background From the May Forum Launched the Organizational Structure Workgroup Goals Define organizational structure requirements Propose alternatives for the Accessibility Forum that meet these requirements Conduct a vote of the Forum members

    3. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 3 Organizational Structure Workgroup Jim House (TDI) June Perritt (IBM) David Poehlman (American Council of The Blind) Joy Relton (Unisys) Mark Urban (National Committee for Information Technology Standards) Gregg Vanderheiden (Univ. of Wisconsin - TRACE Research & Development Center) Accessibility Forum Staff: Ed Reniker, Jack Corley, Phil Rosche

    4. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 4 Team recommendations Goals of the Forum Structure Required Organizational Activities Organizational Structure Requirements Proposed alternatives

    5. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 5 Goals of the Forum Structure Achieve broad acceptance of Forum results Articulate and resolve issues Ensure balance among all stakeholder perspectives Encourage member participation Enhance success of efforts / quality of efforts Promote communication within and across stakeholder communities Develop external awareness

    6. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 6 Required Organizational Activities Recommend policy and strategic direction Provide ongoing management of Forum work efforts Perform Forum work efforts Enhance interaction among focused stakeholder groups Forum work efforts includes project workForum work efforts includes project work

    7. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 7 Organizational Structure Requirements Policy and Strategic Leadership Project Management Project Teams Groups with a shared perspective

    8. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 8 Presentation of Recommendations Ballot to membership Balloting period: August 15, 2001 through August 27, 2001 Three alternatives for consideration Results 29 votes received Distribution of votes: Example 6 Example 5 Example 17 Total of distribution adds up to 28, not 29; we received on “vote” as input without a declarationTotal of distribution adds up to 28, not 29; we received on “vote” as input without a declaration

    9. Accessibility Forum – September 2001 9 Question Is the Forum ready to adopt Example 3 as the Organizational Structure? This is start of discussion Jack will moderate the discussion Some outstanding questions (mostly posed by S Berger) Do the alternatives assure fairness, openness and due process? entry and participation in the process? Is there a need for a documented policy or procedure to identify how the committees proposed will be appointed? how decisions will be made? What is the voting procedure? How will the stakeholder groups be identified? who will speak for them? This is start of discussion Jack will moderate the discussion Some outstanding questions (mostly posed by S Berger) Do the alternatives assure fairness, openness and due process? entry and participation in the process? Is there a need for a documented policy or procedure to identify how the committees proposed will be appointed? how decisions will be made? What is the voting procedure? How will the stakeholder groups be identified? who will speak for them?

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