Summary Report of Council Activity
Council Members:

Lee Bateman, Hewlett Packard                     EIT    
Tim Creagan, SHHH                                       USER     
Katie Haritos-Shea, (independent)               ARS     
Chris Hofstader, Freedom Scientific            AT     
Lee Holcomb, NASA                                      GOVT     
Larry Israel,ATIA                                              AT     
Kousuke Ito, RICOH Corp.                             EIT    
Mary Beth Janes, Apple                                 EIT    
Preety Kumar, Deque Systems                    EIT     
Marti McCuller, Agassa Net Techs.              USER     
Connie O'Dea, OSD Pentagon                    GOVT     
June Perritt, IBM                                             EIT    
David Poehlman, ACB                                  USER    
Joy Relton, AFB                                             EIT     
Paul Schroeder, AFB                                    USER     
Eugene Seagriff, Panasonic                        EIT     
Darlene Smith, Eunique Asso.                     EIT     
Karen Strauss, Trace/Gallaudet                  ARS     
Harley Thomas,  PVA                                   USER    
Jack Corley, ATI                                            Staff     
Ed Reniker, GSA                                          Staff     

Council Subgroups
Strategic Direction Subgroup
Processes and Procedures Subgroup
Project Interaction Subgroup
Affinity Subgroup

Strategic Subgroup
Executive Summary of Strategic Plan approved by Strategic Management Council
Roles and Responsibilities approved by Strategic Management Council

Project Interaction Subgroup
Proposal for project reporting approved by Strategic Management Council
Subgroup is reviewing the initial project report and will supply feedback by the end of June

Affinity and Stakeholders Subgroup
Approved the processes and procedures for establishing and maintaining affinity and stakeholder groups in the Accessibility Forum
Approved the establishment of a new stakeholder group for the Services Industry
Approved the establishment of an affinity group for Java

Processes and Procedures Subgroup
Proposal for Processes and Procedures for the Council
Forum Membership
Voting: “by organization” as adopted September 2001
Council Membership
New Members on Council and Nominating Process
Operational and Functional Issues
Council Actions
Miscellaneous

Council Membership
Proposal specifies Council members at 20
Composition is based on stakeholder affiliation
5 E&IT (currently 8)
4 AT (currently 2)
4 Advocacy group (currently 5 )
4 Government (currently 2)
1 Services (currently 0 )
2 ARS (currently 2)
Plus 2 Staff

Electing Council Members
Council names Nominating committee
Members selected from Council
Achieve a balance and diversity among and within various stakeholder groups
Subject to ratification by full Council
Forum members may self-nominate
Third party nominations not permitted without written consent of candidate

Electing Council Members
Annual election Q4 each year
One-year term, spanning the calendar year
The Council may fill vacancies in its own ranks for the remainder of the vacated term

Operational and Functional Issues
Chair and Vice-Chair
Elected by the Council from its own ranks, and not a staff member; Vice Chair also to serve as parliamentarian
Voting Procedures
Any resolution requires a majority of a Quorum (a majority of the whole number of seats currently filled on the Council) 
Absentee voting is permitted, but not proxy voting
Staff will serve as Secretary for meetings

Council Actions
Council acts through resolutions
Resolutions arise primarily from Subgroups
A single Council member may propose a resolution
Any Forum Member may propose a resolution
Agendized and Non-agendized Resolutions
An Agendized resolution has been distributed to all members at least 5 days in advance of the Council meeting
All other resolutions are deemed “Non-Agendized”
Non-agendized items may be voted, tabled, or referred to subgroup by action of Chair

Miscellaneous
General rules of conduct
Roberts’ Rules of Order to govern unless specified differently in these Policies
Other
No formal Bylaws needed at this time
A Council member missing, without prior written notice, 3 consecutive meetings or 3 out of any 6 consecutive meetings will be contacted by staff and encouraged to resign if they are unable to make the necessary commitment to participate and contribute

Relationship between the Accessibility Forum and the Council
The Council is the “governing body” -- its decisions and actions on behalf of the Forum are final
The Council may at any time consult the Forum for advisory opinions or to vote on a binding matter
The Council will post to the Accessibility Forum web site all agendas and minutes