Here is a sign of the times.  Electronic mail and digital documents are
replacing paper.  This is de facto accessibility for print-impaired
persons.

kelly

from the Chicago Tribune


   OFFICIALS TO GET E-MAIL DOCUMENTS
   Charles Stanley
   January 4, 1999

   MATTESON -- E-mail is to replace many official paper documents for
   village elected officials.

   The Matteson Village Board voted unanimously recently to provide
   computer equipment as needed for the village president, clerk and
   trustees to allow them to receive e-mail at their homes.

   Trustees hailed the conversion as a step toward significantly reducing
   the amount of staff time spent and resources used in copying documents
   and delivering them.

   Officials envision receiving their documents in a more timely manner
   and having the choice of maintaining them in an electronic format or
   printing hard copies.

   It is unknown how much the change will cost, but Village President
   Mark Stricker expects it to be "minimal."

   Stricker said most elected village officials already have home
   computers, many with e-mail capability. But each official's needs will
   be determined and supplemented with a modem, printer or whatever other
   equipment is needed, he said.

   The change also will allow elected officials to maintain e-mail
   contact not only with village staff personnel but with residents as
   well, said Trustee Denise Graham-Zahn.


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