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Meeting Minutes: September 19, 2007

Introductions

OLD BUSINESS

Unity

  • 200 not 2000 dollars from Unity grant

WSU

  • UI Executive Officers were there
  • Events
    1. Homecoming week before National Coming out week
    2. NCOD one event a day
      1. Tshirts
      2. Brown bag
      3. Directors wife building a door
      4. Can have old door if we want it
      5. Nothing planned for Wednesday
      6. Friday lunch with administrators
      7. Wednesday or Thursday debate on porn: Beasley Coliseum
      8. Safer Sex Olympics: Lube wrestling, Condom on banana, Dental dam word find
      9. Drag show on Friday at the mall on campus
    3. September 30: Sunset yoga and paddle
    4. Trans Week: week in November

Women’s Center

  • Not meeting this week
  • Got ideas for NCOD
    1. BBQ
    2. Other Events
  • Handouts for Coming Out stories for NCOD or other events
    1. Writing your story
    2. Document lives and stories
    3. Did a video years ago
  • Lavendar Lunch: Camp Darfur brown bag (11:30-1:30)

NCOD

  • Working on activities in plaza
  • TabiKat providing DJaying
  • Social that evening
  • Free Thought Society wants to help out
    1. They have a meeting tomorrow
    2. Send representatives next week
  • Group of students trying to start a group at LCSC
    1. Want to piggyback with us on that day
  • Social event: voted YES
    1. Subcommittee: YES
      1. Jimmy Fox: Chair
      2. Max
      3. Jessie
    2. Meet after meeting to figure out details

Homecoming

  • NEED people to come to Homecoming
  • Send paper around to bind people to participate
  • Depending on how many sign up we will/will not participate
  • NOT PARTICIPATING

World AIDS Day

  • Running blood drive Wednesday December 5th
  • Petition FDA to change rule regarding gay men ban (to 4 year ban)
  • Unanimous vote to participate
  • Subcommittee will form next week

NEW BUSINESS

Moscow named only inclusive city in Idaho

  • HRC sponsoring Soul Pot luck
  • 1912 Center
  • 5:30 on Tuesday September 25th

Offer to help sell concessions at football games

  • 6% of revenue
  • Talk to Peter Parker
  • This Saturday from 11:00 to 7:30
  • Not doing it. No one wanted to help

OMA

  • New director
  • Request Survey Monkey survey
    1. Gay male identified survey
    2. Link in minutes

Safety Talk

  • Community member beaten in Lewiston. See Chris for more info
  • Addressing the non-hate crime status of attacking gay members
  • Send a card - PJ and Max

Open Floor

  • This week is camp in Darfur week
  • 4 genocide awareness tents
  • Gabrielle in SUB ballroom
  • Campout in grassy area
  • Movie: Invisible Children
  • All 5 GSA members approved to go on Peru trip

Circle Time: 45 seconds

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