Rocky Mountain High [Tech] ... Colorado

A message from Ron Stewart, President Access Technologist Higher Education Network

During the week of November 7-11, members of ATHEN will be attending the 8th annual Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference in Boulder, Colorado.

If you are attending the conference, or happen to be in the area, an ATHEN members meeting will be held on Thursday November 10th at 6:30pm at the conference hotel The Millennium [specific location to follow soon]. Non-members are strongly encouraged to attend to find out more about ATHEN, its goals and its current efforts in service to the Postsecondary AT community.

It has actually been a fairly productive year for ATHEN, and I have some interesting ideas to discuss with you all and some possible opportunities that may be on the horizon. Following the meeting those that are interested will be taking our normal dinner trip.

• If you are not able to attend AHG, we will be having our next members meeting during the CSUN conference in March, 2006.
• For more information about ATHEN please visit our newly redesigned website at: http://athenpro.org/
• For the latest in conversation go to the ATHEN blog site at: http://athenpro.blogspot.com/
  

An E-Journal issue on Distance Education is in the works with a special guest editor. The long awaited issue on Alt Format is still in development, this topic has taken some interesting turns in the last year or so and it has impacted the journals development. I am looking for other individuals who are willing to develop a focused issue of the ATHEN E-Journal so please contact me if you are interested. Suggested topics include:

• Library Accessibility
• Current State of Technology Accessibility in Higher Education
• Bleeding Edge Technologies for Access
• Electronic Curricular Access