February 26, 2003
Joe Tibult, SGA and Lena, SGA and Dave Laman (running for SGA)
- wants better understanding of students needs
- talked with students to get issues/main points
- gave us a copy of Areas of Improvement
- brought up these topics:
- safe space --> bigger room, more confidentiality
- LGBT minor
- actions to stop biased incidents (safety reporting, death threat, dorm room, no action by police)
- LGBT info mandatory in Race and Culture classes
- ideas to help
- education
- teacher's comfortability and activity
- training police/update police
- RA education on GLBT
- livng areas
- card swipe
- simpson, etc. better dorm
- BASIC
- university commons
- leveled area around book store
- shared offices with shared clubs/club space
- suite based area
- centralized?
- different sex rooming?
- focus only on L/L (safety, segreagated from rest of campus)
- Joe wants
- passing revolution
- SGA and Free To Be (nationally?)
Translating Identity Conference
- speakers:
- Jill Weiss, MTF from Northeastern, just needs a bus ticket
- Caden Dempsey, FTM from USSA (they will pay?)
- Riki Wilchins, MTF, already booked as keynote (just need the money now!)
- we need to have a Committee for the planning
- Sarah has xerox access
- Bill will take care of payment issues
- Ethan will do a workshop/panel
- Bill and Danny can do Ask A BioGuy?
- panels and discussions (what LGB can do for T)
Votes:
- buisiness cards: 1000 for $48.75 --> YES
- Robyn Ochs: transfer money --> YES
- t-shirts: see what kind of funding we get for conference
- Riki Wilchins: YES
Mardi Gras
- meeting at Outright at 12:00 noon this Saturday
- we will build the float (put everything on it)
- go to parade line up at 1:00 PM
- parade starts at 3:00 PM
- goes from base of church st. to the top of church st.
- we have all the characters we need
- if you would like to participate, you can be an Oompa Loompa
- just show up!
- need white outfit, you will be provided with orange face paint