MELA Minutes 2024-2025

E. Action Items

1. Admin Committee - 2026/2027 Calendar Approval Dr. Amanda Hood asked if registration dates for Spring 2027 calendar could be moved from November 10 to November 3. It was noted along with a few other changes. A poll was taken 15/15 approved the third draft Denise Gillespie mentioned that the Academic Officers Association dissolved the calendar committee and appointed her to present the MeLA calendar at the meetings . 1. Web Accessibility Regulations (CW/MCCB Inquiry) 2. What is your institution doing to comply with the regulation? 3. What training needs do you foresee for your faculty that The Academy could assist with during Spring 2025? 1. Dr. Wilhite stated she led into this when discussing the self-assessment guide earlier. Our team is interested in knowing what the institutions are doing regarding the web accessibility regulations, like where you are in the process of pursuing compliance and what training needs for faculty, staff, and anybody that the academy could assist within spring 2025. This will help her start planning the webinar schedule. The current plans are to resurrect the CDP accessibility course, add information on the regulation, ensure it is current, and make it available for instructors' participation. 1. CFTTC 2025 Creating futures is going to happen again and will be hosted by the MC4. Presently there is not a room reserved for an MeLA meeting but if there is enough interest Dr. LeBrun can secure one. She mentioned to the higher ups that one issue the MeLA group has is the conference is scheduled during online midterms. Since many people were not included on the initial email Dr. Wilhite will forward it to the MeLA group 2. CW Out of Office - November 20th - 27th. Emails, Zoom, and Texts will not be monitored. Please direct all inquiries to Miss Aikens during this time. H. Adjournment 1. Adjourned at 10:12 F. Open Forum G. Announcements