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Meeting MinutesSeptember 25, 2003 Meeting start time: 7:00 7:00Coming Out Week Plans -Coming Out will be October 6th through October 10th. -Our annual Amateur drag show will be held on Monday, October 6th at 8:30 in the SU Theater. Please sign up if you're interested in performing our helping out behind the scenes. Those entering should be sure to get their music and biographies submitted by September 30th. There is a sign up sheet on the desk in the office; Prizes of $75 and $50 will be awarded to the winner and runner up. -Tuesday October 7th the LGBTA is sponsoring a showing of But I'm a Cheerleader, in the SU Theater, time TBA. -The Professional Drag show in the union events area will be on October 8th along with a community tabling event from 10am to 4pm. Those who would like to help set up should meet in the union around 8:30am. -If we want people to come to our events we need to get publicizing. -Specifically we need to make some flyers. The e board is hoping that someone might be willing to undertake this project. The only requirements, and these are from SA are that the flyers have 1inch margins and that the SA logo appears somewhere. If you would like to include a club logo, that would be cool, Rachel is will be able to send a copy to anyone interested via email. Ounce we get one or two made we can get free copies made through SA. We just need someone to put something together; the sooner the better as coping will take a couple of days. -Also along a similar line and in the interests of exposure we would like to make a banner to hang up in the union. This also needs some support from club members to get off the ground. The e board can get paper from SA, whenever people are feeling motivated and reasonable artistic. -We are also trying to find someone people to help out with the slide show. We would like to get a committee of some individuals together to put it together. Basically, we need to do a power point presentation to run throughout the day on October 8th to include facts, statistics, a listing of LGBTA programs, and general positive LGBT messages. Please talk to Rachel if you're interested in helping out with the show, otherwise she is going to be stuck searching google all by herself and pulling her hair out. -SA Entertainment, the Graduate German Studies SA, and Outlaw are sponsoring a showing of the movie Paragraph 175 on Thursday October 9th. -Anybody who is itching to get involved and is having trouble finding some in which to do so should please contact an e-board member, and they will be more than happy help find a project for you to get involved in. If you have the free time, there is probably something that needs to be done. 7:10 -Last weeks meeting minutes were passed around for review. -Minutes for 9/18/03 approved at 7:35pm. 7:11R+J (Shaun) -Those who gave Shaun money, your tickets are available for pick up. Please see Shaun after the meeting tonight. -Transportation is not an issue, we have many generous individuals with cars, who are willing to give rides If you find yourself in need of a ride please talk to Rachel or Shaun, and they will be able to help you work something out. -For those who didn't get tickets and are still interested in going; R+J is play based on Romeo and Juliet and is currently being shown at Andrew's Classical Irish Theater. -A group of people from the club have planned a trip for this Saturday September 27th; tickets will be available at the door, at a cost of $10 for anyone interested in going. 7:15Queer Art Show. -The queer art exhibition that was originally planned to take place during Coming Out week has been postponed, and will now be held on October 24th, from 7pm-10pm. -There were some issues with securing a venue, which are still being resolved, so please stay tuned for changes. -Despite the location anyone interested in submitting work should, know that the show is open to everyone, including the community at large. Anyone seeking further information or answers to specific questions should respond to messages that have been posted on the Listserv or ask the eboard for contact information for the event coordinators. 7:17Next Week's Movie Night -Which movie is everyone interested in seeing next week? -Members submit names and vote: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (5 votes) Broken Hearts Club (4 votes) Get Real (2 votes) Maurice (2 votes) Kissing Jessica Stine (5 votes) -Tie breaker vote taken: Hedwig (9 votes) Jess Stine (11 votes) -With 11 votes Kissing Jessica Stine wins and will be shown following the meeting next week on October 2nd 7:20Community Service -As an organization we have an obligation to perform community service under SA rules. In light of this responsibility we need would like to take part in some of the upcoming opportunities to do some community service while the year is still young. -There are several possibilities including: -Helping with the Haunted Catacombs -Voter registration drive that is currently under way. -Spirit week coming up October 13th. -If as members you feel like one of these is more appealing and would like to look into them further, talk to one of your friendly e board members. 7:21 -Along with the community service events that were mention above the SISH council is having a Breast Cancer walk on October 8th, anyone can walk to show their support, donations aren't required but would be more than welcome. Talk to Lorenzo if you would like to sign up or need more information. 7:27 -Pagan SA is having their Second Annual Psychic Fair next Friday, October 3rd. -Come out and support them, get a rune or tarot card reading for around $3. They will also have dream pillows and other things available for you to buy. 7:30 -As you may or may not know there is an off campus Arian/White Supremacist group, with links to the Army of God, planning a demonstration off of South Campus this Sunday. -In response to this there are a number of SA Clubs planning a peaceful gather on North Campus in an effort to counter the demonstration. The so called 'Unity Jam' will be from 2pm-7pm and will focus around diversity and understanding. Please come out and show your support. Plus there's going to be free food. -There are some people organizing a more direct counter demonstration on South Campus around 3pm on Sunday. -We aren't sure how dangerous these people are, and as an organization are more inclined to support the events planned on North Campus, but what you choose to do is up to you. The important thing is that allow show our support peacefully and don't allow this group and others like it know that we as students don't support or want them on our campus. 7:33 -Tomorrow Friday October 26th at 7pm is the kick off of Man Sex! -To all the boys out there please come out, the program is run through AIDS community services and the more people that come out, the more funding they get in the future, plus the program is educational, informative, and has been extremely fun in the past. 7:35 -There will also be a going away party for our former President Cory Hill on Friday 26th in the 7th floor lounge of Red Jacket 6, the Native American Interest. Everyone is welcome to stop by and hang out. Meeting end: 7:37