Minutes from 9/25 Exec Board Meeting

GLOW Exec Meeting Minutes 9/25

I     BarbeQueer!

A)     Good J great vibe

B)     We heart Ben Rinehart’s kids

C)     Freshpeeps felt welcome

D)     We need to clean up!

E)     Next time assign people to be in charge of certain things like refilling chips etc

F)     We got $10 in donations for AIDS Walk

II     Filling our debt

A)     We have until Nov 1 to come up w/ the $

B)     Bake sale and coffee?

C)      Oct 17 and 18

III     Tabling in Tues 9/27

A)     Meghan and Reiko will be getting the stuff from Chuck on Monday

B)     Meghan email volunteers

IV     AIDS Walk

A)     We are going!

B)     We have at least one van! (we can possibly get a second van or a 15 passenger)

C)     Reiko email by tomorrow and everyone has to respond by wed midnight

D)     Leaving at 8am

V     Coming out Day 10/11/11

A)     We got Pusey from 7:30-10:00

B)     Remind people that we want everyone to be able to talk

C)     Fun Posters!

D)     Tabling w/ safe space signs

E)     Advertise on TVs and table tents

VI     Advertise our meetings

A)     Val will do it by next meeting

B)     Share w/ faculty

C)     Post some on campus, and get it approved to be posted in Warch

VII     Things to do to integrate group

A)     Execs sit and make connections with new people

B)     Game night/ GLOWpover

C)     Do things in small groups and then large groups

VIII     Next Meeting: Safe Space

A)     Safe space discussion

B)     Defining it

C)     Discuss w/ Helen

D)     Invite peeps

E)     Use Sparkles the Unicorn as a tool to help facilitate taking turns talking

IX     Things to do soon:

A)     MOVIE NIGHTS!

1)     Vote for a time next mtg

B)     Pronouns poster and possible activity?

Barbequeer!

GLOW's first major event of the 2011-2012 year is a barbecue- or, as we prefer to so cleverly call it, a Barbequeer. Join us on September 24 (that's a Saturday) from 12:00-4:00 p.m. at the GLOW house (128 Union Ave., behind Plantz and with the rainbow windsock!) Everyone is so welcome, it's ridiculous.

Hey everyone

Hope you've all had an awesome summer!

We've recently created a GLOW page on Facebook to that make it easier for people (especially freshman) to find out about us, so please go "like" it! http://www.facebook.com/GLOWLU?sk=wall

Just to let you know, we've registered as a team to participate in the 2011 AIDS Walk Wisconsin. Our team name is "Lawrence University GLOW" as a team. Go to http://www.aidswalkwis.org/site/PageServer?pagename=awhomepage if you'd to join our team or make a donations! The walk will be on Saturday, October 1. Tell your friends too and we hope you can come!

The exec board is hoping to plan some "get to know you" events in the early weeks of school. We're really excited to see you all in a couple weeks!

Reiko

Pride Week, New York, etc.!

I marched in the Chicago Pride Parade the other day with the ACLU of Illinois. What a great experience- my hand was sore from high fives by the end and I got horribly sunburned, but seeing the vast crowds of queers and allies alike was awesome. We carried some I <3 NY signs in honor of marriage equality* passing in New York (just in time for Pride Week). HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL!

Speaking of New York (more people in the U.S. now live in states with legal marriage equality than not, though only 6 states have passed it...food for thought!), here's a great post from eastsidekate at Shakesville on the big question of "what next?". LGBTQIA equality is by no means reached just by the right to marry (though that is certainly a large step), and it's important for us as a community to remember our fight has a long way to go.

*I've chosen to use the term "marriage equality" because not all people in same-gender/sex marriages identify as gay or consider their marriage to be a gay one (bisexuals who marry members of the same gender, pansexual people, asexuals, trans* people who are in hetero marriages considered homo by laws not recognizing trans* identities, poly people in same-gender marriages who have partners of different genders, the list goes on forever!).

Happy Summer from GLOW to You!

It's hard to believe a whole school year has gone by. I'd like to wish a giant good luck to all Lawrence's graduates of 2011! In honor of summer, here's a list of fun queer-y things to do with any newfound free time:

• Attend (or march in!) a Pride parade
• Read! Some marvelous alphabet soup fiction I'm currently into is The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide. You can find other recommendations here
• Watch the latest in big-name "It Gets Better" videos from the White House staff and the Red Sox (who just announced theirs is coming soon as a response to a 12-year-old boy's request)
• See films (Netflix Instant Watch has a great "Gay and Lesbian" section- don't be discouraged by the name if you're not LG, because they also have a plethora of bisexual/trans*/intersex/questioning/polyamorous/asexual titles too)
• Listen to queer-identified musicians!
• Keep up with potential candidates for the 2012 elections and continue following your state government as well as the Obama administration's actions regarding LGBTQIA rights (trans* rights in particular are gaining momentum now)

Minutes from 5/22/11 Exec Meeting

GLOW Exec Meeting Minutes 5/22

I Announcements

A) Drag Show

B) Chuck’s event thing

II Tie dye

A) Come at 4:45 to start set up

B) The Truth About Gay Sex and HIV/AIDS by Chuck Erickson, Wed 5/25 in Cinema 6:00-7:30p

III Evaluations

A) Fave Events

1) Drag show

2) Sex Toy WS

3) Queer Parenting

4) Chris Pureka

5) National Coming Out Day

6) Day of Silence

7) Bjork

8) Purple Day

B) Least Fave events

1) Date Night

2) Masqueerade

C) Future Events

1) More Activism

2) Safe Space WS (work w/ other groups)

3) Queer career ws

4) Parties

5) Discussion

6) Andrea Gibson

7) StacyAnn Chin

8) More Outreach

9) Queer wedding

10) Service trip

11) More volunteering

12) Work w/ HS students

13) QPR in the Fall (probs no earlier than October; and get Chuck and Julie to do it again; get a bunch of groups to sponsor)

14) Educate people by having a “Whatever” board/forum for the W in GLOW

15) Ask Helen to do a talk

16) Need better attendance

17) Perhaps more events that aren’t all about sex

D) Fav Mtg activities

1) Discussion

2) Meeting other people

3) Opening question

4) Get to know you games

E) Least Fave mtg activities

1) Constitution

2) Discussions

3) Get to know you activities that take too long

F) Changes to make for meetings

1) Start on time and have cut off time

2) Have a community ball

3) Better facilitated discussions

4) Have first meeting in Plantz

5) More open-mindedness to minority opinions

6) Have a mtg early in the year focused on all the “Whatevers” that represent the W in GLOW

7) Beginning of the year GLOW and LGBTQ faculty/staff picnic

G) Safety of GLOW

1) More collaboration

2) No more member bashing

3) Could be more diverse

4) Too clique-ey

H) Effectiveness of Exec Board

1) Board gets stuff done

2) Good chemistry together

3) Yay for open board meetings

4) Work more efficiently

5) Make meetings more open to minority opinions

6) Officers need to come to most meetings and events

7) Beware of drama

8) Could be more decisive

9) Good that the board is trying to further define officer roles

IV Things we want to do right off the bat next year

A) Activities fair (get welcome week leaders there :D)

B) GLOW-LGBTQ Faculty/Staff/Family Picnic

C) Educational “Whatever” Mtg/Forum

D) Being Queer in your career panel