Business Meeting Minutes from
August 30, 2004





OH  MY   GOSH!!!!!   NO WAY!!   IT IS THE FIRST FREE2B MEETING OF THE YEAR!!!!

Wow, I, Elissa Owens, Secretary, am very excited to be here right now.  So, here are meeting notes.    As the great Nicole Ritchie would say, "Loves it!"

8/30/2004, 8pm

Okay so you want to know who is here?  A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLK!!!  We had 26 people come, 12 of whom were here for the first time!  Rocked my socks. 

PS:  The Officer low-down... Co-presidents are Kim Little and Rhian Waters, VP and website coordinator is the ever-talented Ethan, Librarian is Meghan Bannan, Outreach coordinator is Megan Kopriva and I am the all-powerful secretary, keeper of the notes.  Treasurer will be determined at a future date. 

So, the ORDER of the BUSINESS

I.  Welcome, introduction
II.  Review of summer meetings
    -Tic talk... when should the meetings be?  Vote was taken, the result is: SUNDAYS at 6!!!
    -Condoms And Cupcakes will be Sept 20th.  We will be flyering and we still need to color the posters.  Also, while I’m on the subject, we will be handing out ads on Sept 20th, that morning from 10 am to 2pm.  It’ll be in front of the library, naturally. 
III.   When should we be holding our regular business meetings? 
    -Mondays may not work... a vote was taken.  The result is: MONDAY at 8!!!
IV.  Sept 12th, guess what is happening?  the WELCOME BACK picnic!  Hooray!  It’ll be at Allen House.  Check out www.uvm.edu/~lgbtqa
V.  The issues...
    -So, what do we want to do this year, besides be absolutely amazing?  Bring some rock stars?  Do the AIDS walk on Sept 18th as a happy, close-knit group?  If you have a suggestion, email us at free2b@uvm.edu because your suggestions are always fabulous. 
    -There is a new group starting on-campus for  questioning students called STUDY (sexuality: trying to understand and define yourself).  Tuesday the 14th, Wed. the 22nd, Thurs the 30th of September are the first meetings, later meetings to be determined by the group.  Meetings will be held in L/L, and there will be flyers in the Res Halls. 
VI.  Quick plug for two good things... DaVaughn Bryan is running for a spot in SGA, and he is a great candidate... get out and vote!!!!!! Also, SafeSpace is having a fundraiser on August 31 at the Waiting Room at 10 pm.  If you can go, please do.

XOXO,
Elissa