Minutes from 3/28/11 General Meeting

1. Teege
    A. vote for him if you live north of Washington or in kohle
    B. help canvas on Saturday and Sunday  from 10:30 on Tuesday the fifth (election day) sign   waving outside polling district, vote!
    C. general on campus action – get LU to vote early

2. New Secretary: Reiko

3. Glow House 

A.    review on April 15^th – anyone who want to help should email jared

B.    applications for residents next year: Jared will send it out soon, will be due April 13th

C.  looking for two to three people who will form committee to help put together house, committed for all of next year . if you’re interested email Meghan K./Jared

D. RLM will be voted on by people who are going to live in the house next year

E.  If you’re not going to be here for a term next year you will need to help find someone to fill your spot if you want to live here 

F.  Encourage less involved members of Glow to apply! Especially freshman

4. Bjorklunden

A.     Weekend of April 22 (Easter Weekend)

B.    Anyone want to be Bjork trip advisor? Email Joanna ASAP!

C.     We have 20 spots to fill

5. Exec Board Meetings: Now open to general members

     A.     will be scheduled around exec members

     B.     general members will not have vote on issues, but will be able to listen, express opinions

6. Drag Show

A.     Budget?

B.     Encourage everyone to participate, do acts, attend (and stay)

C.     Try to get other diversity groups involved

7. April 15^th: March on Madison

A.     Email Meghan if interested

B.     Will miss afternoon classes, will get free t-shirt

8. Ripon is attending our meeting next week –  want to learn how to recruit, make more connections, etc.

What's On in the Queer Blogosphere: Mini-Monday Edition, 3/28/11

I originally planned to make these blog-arounds a more regular happening on this blog, but lag time between winter/spring term and spring break led to their near-abandonment. So, in an effort to revive my original plan, here's a series of recent links from those around the Internet whose blogs deal with LGBTQIA issues, show solidarity with GLOW's mission, or both! 

At Identity Exposure: Polyamorous

At The Transadvocate: Exactly Ten Years Ago

At Fannie's Room: DOMA Update: Woman's Deportation on Hold

At Towleroad: Pro-Equality Protesters Disrupt Indiana Senate Vote 

Minutes from 3/23 Exec Meeting

Among other things, we decided at our first meeting of Spring Term to make the minutes from each executive board meeting available on the GLOW blog. So, without further ado:

1. Re-recognition: all's going well; Meghan's got it

2. Sex Toy Workshop: Val's in charge; we need to figure out details (contacting the sex toy expert, money, etc.)

3. Drag Show: Currently scheduled for 10pm May 7^th. Drag Committee - must include treasurer (Stacy)

4. Plans for Next Meeting (8:15 on Monday 3/28):

• New secretary: elections; will be responsible for helping with the blog (amongst other traditional secretarial duties)
•  Advertise meetings (posters)
• April 15^th (Day of Silence in Madison; postering, buttons, etc.)
• Teege for Alderman – let’s help out. They want help canvassing/calling on 2,3,5 of April. Especially canvassing on campus; some houses/dorms CAN vote for Teege on election day
• Permanent Finance/fundraising committee (will not meet during general meetings), chaired by Damon.
• Announcement about Glow House
• Exec board meetings will be open to all GLOW members, and business matters will be discussed and  negotiated during these meetings only. Business decisions will be announced briefly at the beginning of meetings.