| Resolution Number: | 2003-C027 |
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| Title: | Make the Church's Audio-visual Materials Accessible to All People |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 74th General Convention require all audio-visual materials produced by and for the General Convention, and programs of the Executive Council and staff, be made accessible to all people:
- by providing closed captioning in English for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, as well as subtitling or dubbing in Spanish and other languages where appropriate, and
- by urging all producers of religious audio–visual materials to do the same.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 181. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Diocese of Massachusetts |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Communications |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Communications presented its Report #1 on Resolution C027 (AV Materials of The Episcopal Church) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(C027)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 74th General Convention require all audio-visual materials produced by and for the General Convention, and programs of the Executive Council and staff, be made accessible to all people:
- by providing closed captioning in English for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, as well as subtitling or dubbing in Spanish and other languages where appropriate, and
- by urging all producers of religious audio-visual materials to do the same.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #22)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Communications presented its Report #1 on HD Message #22 on Resolution C027 (AV Materials of The Episcopal Church) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #119)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 4.
| Abstract: | The 74th General Convention requires all audio-visual materials produced by the Church to be made accessible to all people. |
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