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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I know this has come up in a few circles already, so it won’t be new – but I think leadership buy-in/commitment is critical to this process and should be a make-or-break requirement.  The questions for this could
 come directly from Benchmarking Tool, e.g. (Q1) “Is technology access included in your administrative vision or commitment statement?”, (Q7) “Does your central administration create, promote, and communicate accessible technology efforts across your institution
 . . .?”, and “Is the budget sufficient for institution-wide efforts?”.  Acceptable responses should reflect measurable indicators such as dedicated budget and staff resources. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Speaking from personal experience, institutions will not be able to make significant progress without this key piece.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Karen Fusco</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A6A6A6"> |</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#D81E05">
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Access Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">1600 Chester Avenue</span><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A6A6A6"> |</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#D81E05">
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Bremerton, WA 98337-1699<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">360.475.7540<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Cato <cato-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Jess Thompson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 03, 2018 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cato@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [Cato] Access360 application questions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">At the last CATO meeting (which I think was just Mark, Karen, Ward and myself) we chatted a bit about next year’s Access360 application questions/requirements. I’m working
 on this right now with our contracts team as this will need to be a competitive grant. That said, I can’t share out the questions because it’s unfair for some colleges to see them beforehand.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Instead, I’m checking to see if you all think there’s anything we should ask about/require. Applications will be reviewed (by this group hopefully) in order to rank the
 responses, so any info you think might help determine who should participate we could ask for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Jess Thompson</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Program Administrator, Accessible Technology Initiatives</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/CP1GHPl6Pe1ipD6q1"><span style="color:blue">CTC Accessibility listserv</span></a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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