| Meeting Held: | January 12, 2007, 1 - 3 pm, Library East Conference Room |
| Next Meeting: | January 12, 2007, 1 - 3 pm, Library East Conference Room |
| Committee Web site: | http://www.aa.ufl.edu/committees/lgbtcc.htm |
| Attendance: | Greg Allen, Evan Andrews, Charles Brown, Joyce Dewsbury, Michael Dietz, John Dobson, Geoffrey Giles, Linda Lamme (co-chair), Melissa Neider, Nora Spencer, Flo Turcotte (co-chair) |
| Reports and Discussion (Actions Items are marked **) | |
| Subject: Harrassment Reporting | |
| Evan | researched harassment reporting -- what other schools are doing, brought samples from the Univ. of Massachussetts-Amherst, and the Univ. of Michigan |
| Michael | DSO has a Web site brochure on harrassment reporting |
| Nora | -- Mary Kay has done a lot of work on whether we want anonymous reporting |
| Linda | began this effort 8-9 years ago |
| ** | Evan and Michael will continue researching |
| Reports | |
| Charles | Rainbow Alliance |
| Lengthy discussion of Rainbow Alliance Fund and Awards | |
| ** | Charles will periodically report on Rainbow Alliance Fund |
| Nora | LGBT Director |
| Multicultural Awards Ceremony, March 28, 6-7:30 pm | |
| DP cards for students | |
| Several department have agreed to give partner benefits | |
| Making Gator One cards a spouse or partner card | |
| For Faculty and Staff -- According to HR: held up by faculty collective bargaining | |
| Including Partners in UF definition of faculty | |
| Danaya Wright will be promoting gender identity and expression at Trustee Meeting in February | |
| Partner Benefits still Unequal -- costs more for DPs to participate than for spouses | |
| Meeting with Machen | |
| Hoping UF faculty will add DP benefits as part of collective bargaining | |
| Student Voting on gender identity and expression in next SG election | |
| Flo | UF Library Issues |
| Eugene Baro Collection now Goerge Smathers Library -- close friend of MK Rawlings; collection includes correspondence with more than 80 published authors | |
| Creating an LGBT Collection | |
| Will Meet with John Van Hook | |
| Space in Ustler Hall? | |
| General Discussion | |
| RA Award -- Promote on Facebook? | |
| TG Support -- Collect surveys on transgender faculty/staff/sutdents | |
| Jennifer Sager last day -- Feb 9 -- going into local private practice | |