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own staffroom had given me when I taught maths. Everything from
serious debate to lighthearted conversations.
It took a few months to build up steam but today it has 400
members from over 90% of HEIs. Two issues crop up from time to
time. One is that the list should be broken down into several
specialist ones: this invariably leads to howls of protest and wont
happen. The second is that there is simply too much mail. I see
that as a measure of success not cause for complaint.
Nevertheless, I know we have lost quite a few members because of
this. Sad but inevitable. Perhaps their parting complaints have lead
remaining members to reduce their frivolity, and dis-forum does get
very serious most of the time. If so, it's sad. (We could never have
had the liberty bodice saga for a start!)
Incidentally, dis-forum had another consequence. The mail showed
how undervalued undepaid and overworked the members were that
a few of us decided to set up a professional association for them. It
came into being at a conference last March and we call it NADO,
the National Association of Disability Officers. Humberside
University is its admin centre and I'm its chair until proper elections
can be called.
Dave Laycock
Head of CCPD
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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