<p>[News from ADA-Ohio] Nominations for Council members for Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council</p><p>Call for Nominations </p><p>The Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council (OSILC) is recruiting new Council members. The Council is an eleven-member body whose members are appointed by the Governor for three-year terms on a voluntary basis. The majority of the members must be people with disabilities.</p><p>SILCs were established in federal law in 1992 as part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They are committed to promoting a philosophy of independent living. This includes a philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and system advocacy in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence, productivity of individuals with disabilities, and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of American society.</p><p>One of the roles of OSILC is to recruit, nominate, and recommend candidates to the Governor for appointment. By law, the eleven appointed Council members must meet specific membership categories that include: </p><p>.at least 6 of 11 members not employed by an independent living center or state agency, .one Executive Director from a Center for Independent Living (CIL), .people with disabilities; parents, guardians, and/or advocates of people with disabilities, .diverse representation of as many types of disabilities as possible, .representation from various minority/ethnic backgrounds (i.e., African, Hispanic, Asian Americans, etc.), and .geographic distribution from around the state.</p><p>The Council meets six times per year on the third Wednesday and Thursday of every other month.</p><p>Application packets are available from the OSILC office. For additional information visit our website at www.ohiosilc.org, or contact:</p><p>Kay L. Grier Ohio SILC 670 Morrison Rd., Suite 200 Gahanna, OH 43230 800/566-7788, 614/892-0390, or email: [email protected]</p><p>ADA-OHIO (The Americans with Disabilities Act) 700 Morse Road, Suite 220 Columbus, OH 43214 614-844-5410 614-844-5537 FAX [email protected] http://www.ada-ohio.org/ ADA-OHIO is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.</p>