Sunday, November 22, 2009

Meeting 12

  • Welcome and attendance
    • Harvard Won
  • World AIDS Day
    • Memorial service
    • Probably going to have candles on Mem church or in the Pit. Mem church is better.
      • Already given the green light for lighting candles in the yard
    • Have Glee club come sing
    • Will speak with our communications chair about publicity
    • Make it as intimate as possible
    • Wednesday night better - December 2nd
    • Will see if any faculty would like to speak
    • We need to get fire extinguishers - look into it
  • Committee Updates
    • Social
      • Deadline for Donkey Show was fri - got $$ from everyone who wanted to go
        • Roger will lead the group!
      • Next semester
        • More chill game/movie nights on a regular basis [1st week of every month this, 3rd week that]
          • Do we want it on the same day all the time?
          • Sunday not a good day
        • More party ideas -- looking into logistics for a formal
          • SOCH may allow alcohol in the party space next semester or later
            • Good for a party but not a formal
          • Look into a BAT team. Ann Radcliffe trust?
            • BAT good for formals… recoup costs from tickets
        • No social meeting this week. Maybe one the week after thanksgiving
    • Communications
      • Not much
      • Need to catch people to help via personal emails
    • Political
      • QAF tonight - Formula 17…instead of whenever it was going to be. Winthrop SCR
      • Will have a reading period retreat! Details will be forwarded
    • Outreach and Events
      • Coop mixer - some turn-out. There's a lot of antagonism against the Coop because the shirt they shut down.
      • Party was kind of a bust. :(
        • We have to do a SMASHING job next year
      • YHPBQ
        • Was open in the beginning, but then they started carding
      • Queer Programming at H-Y was a fail.
      • Girlspot has women's group tonight. "Fun night"
    • Treasurer
      • Hounding Fuerza about Latino Queerness event
      • UC thinks we don't submit paperwork…but we do.
  • LGBT Brazil
    • By tomorrow night, marco will have a set time. Probably Wed December 2nd, before the AIDS day vigil
  • End of Semester Schedule
    • We don't need a thanksgiving weekend.
    • We should have a meeting after Thanksgiving weekend [1st Sunday of reading period]
      • Dec. 6th, 2PM in RC
  • Elections
    • 1 Political - full year
    • 2 Outreach, 1 for year, 1 for a semester [Womens]
    • We should have Candidate statements in by Friday Dec. 4th at noon. Vote during reading period
    • Nominate by Dec. 1st
    • 4th is when statements are due, email out today
    • Polls open 7th -11th
    • We should each nominate someone
      • Christian will make a google doc and include link in solicitation email
      • Christian will create something and let the board review it
    • Email gmail account your candidate statement
      • You can self-nominate until the deadline
  • We should have a QSA general meeting to talk about structure and get people involved.
    • Will be a QSA general meeting, not a Queer Town Hall
  • Yeah that's it, bye.

     
     

      
     

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Meeting 11

  • Welcome and attendance
    • Here: David, Jia Hui, Antonio, Marco, Christian, Wilson, Rafael 
  • Committee updates
    • Political
      • No canvassing - November has been a bad month 
        • There are no more weekends this semester
      • Kim Gandy event tomorrow 8-9PM Quincy Senior Common Room
        • Postered
        • DESSERTS
      • Possible PoComm retreat
      • QAF movie screening on 22nd
        • Start pubbing now - Facebook event now
    • Treasurer
      • We've been getting checks like whoa
    • Social
      • Party was good
        • Clean-up was fine
          • Check shuttles ahead of time
        • Send a follow up message over facebook
      • Donkey Show
        • Need to email people who've said they're going
      • Queer Formal?
        • We'd need to start organizing now
        • Logistical problems - dining hall? Box office? - to make our money back, we need to go through the box office
        • Send out minutes
      • Thanksgiving
        • Lots of people!!!
        • We didn't have pots and pans woops!
    • Community
      • Focusing on finalizing H-Y stuff
      • Queer hosting probably isn't happening
  • UC Endorsements
    •  Board members read the statements
    • Bowman Hysen wins. Nobody votes for Hayward Zhang, most vote for Bowman Hysen
      • Though there are problems with B-H.
      • + want to involve TTF and QSA in final position paper
      • + want to use us for registrar changes
      • + want to set up a meeting between us and registrar
      • - reservations regarding 45 Mt. Auburn - is it sustainable
      • they didn't mention using the SOCH
  • In the bank - petition for an office space in the SOCH
  • HBS mentorship 
    • A couple HBS contacts to 1 college student - you're not necessarily aware of what you specifically want to do
    • "families" of mentors - mutiple mentors and mentees
    • Wed. night McKinsey dinner
  • College/OSL website – queer resources
    • OSL website - vague
    • Admissions site should be updated - it references the BGLTSA
    • Email will be sent for OSL people
  • Admissions Packet stuff/Prefrosh
    • We need to follow up with an old email.
    • We should have stuff on the FDO website
    • We should have something saying we have Queer hosting
    • Make it known gender neutral housing is available
    • The OSAPR sex signals - make it known an alternative exists and you only need to go to one
    • List of proctors - its on OSL site
    • **there isn't one place.
    • Make sure there is LGBT programming during prefrosh weekend
      • ALSO during opening days
      • Through the gate during opening days - PBHA does a lot of them…
        • LGBT history walk of Boston!?
  • Christian will send Crimson an email to make sure they know we are Queer Students and Allies [not Alliance, Assoc. etc.]
  • We're done! Yay!

     
     

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Meeting 10

  • Are we all present? Not really, but mostly.
  • Special guest! What can the UC do?
    • We should explcitly define what gender neutral housing means to the UC
      • Lock fund?
      • First years are not told gender neutral is available
    • The QSA has informally coordinated the prefrosh housing
      • There needs to be information in the admit packet
        • If you want a queer friendly host, put it in the comments
    • Lack of student space
    • Resources for the Queer Resource Center
      • We would want an actual resource center
      • Currently its an 11-5 Mon through Fri
        • Hang out, borrow DVDs
        • Funded by alumni (Open Gate)
      • Would just be a safe space - there currently isn't enough space.
      • Inadequate for meetings
      • Harvard is the only top tier school without a big devoted space (we have a room in a basement)
        • Have professional staff - to advocate on behalf of the students
      • We put in an IvyQ bid - we were the only school with a bid that did not have support of professional staff
  • Amy thinks we should make shirts…and she wants to design it
  • Board Chat follow up - THANKS!
    • At QTH, there weren't representatives from other organizations - perhaps another organization could host it
    • Community dinners? - collaborative project
      • Personal emails!
      • Have someone with a lot of connections host it
        • Get a first year?
      • Have it not only open to QSA but seem more open to everyone
  • H-Y
    • Yale's organization is supposedly in touch with us
  • Ballroom
    • 4 undergrads
    • But at least dozen in total! And 30 top at one point?
    • The blurb was very male
    • This was not cosponsored by Harvard Ballroom - but was the initiative of A and M
      • We didn't have very good communication with them, however
  • TTF
    • No meeting this past week
    • 1st two Trans 101s - BGLTS tutors and Dunster! yay
    • Thurs nov 12 here at 6?- Susan Marie and Abigail Frances
      • About the registrar
    • Trans awareness week
      • 16th w/MIT
      • 18th film here
      • 23rd Dr. Norman Spack - runs Gender Identity Management in hospital
    • TTF can have the QSAs sandwich board
    • UHS - Top surgery is covered!
  • Social
    • Party this weekend - working with Girlspot
      • Instead of a uniform party - GLOW! …though money?
        • Dickson Bros. have cheap glow sticks
        • Social Committee meeting on Tues
        • Send Antonio an email - sponsored by Girlspot and QSA
    • Queer Thanksgiving
      • Not too many people have responded
      • Sure non-Harvard!
      • Can be more inclusive if other groups co-host
      • Amy can organize postering
    • Donkey Show
      • We got some RSVPs - they are till Nov 20th. We're buying tickets on the 23rd
    • No one showed up to Saving Face
      • Just having it in the QRC?
      • Co-host it next time
    • GLEE this week
  • Political
    • MTPC canvassing Nov 22nd or 29th
      • 6 or 7 replies
    • Gandy Event - Nov. 16th
      • Finale Dessert
      • We have sandwich board
      • Leave posters in the HCWC
    • Queer Asian Forum movie screening Nov. 17th
    • Should we say anything about the results of Maine?
      • Christian wasn't surprised
      • If there are any strong thoughts, personally write one, but don't generalize other people's opinions
  • Communications
    • Been sending personal emails
    • If you know people who might want a low commitment, email Brett
    • CC the board perhaps!
  • Community - table it - ongoing projects
  • Community Dinner
    • Amy could be a point-person
    • Book a private dining hall or spindell room
    • Lev's private dining hall
    • We could alternate private dining hall and reg dining hall
    • Wed 18th? 5:30-7
      • Lev. Private Dining Room
    • Contact other groups! Personal emails!
  • UC Endorsement Questionnaire
    • Lets start a board thread
    • Trans 101
    • QRC
  • Spring Elections
    • The terms are off
    • Do we need to actually stagger positions?
      • Not really - if we keep up with final reports
    • Both Outreach chairs and one Political chair's terms are up
    • Co-chairs will organize spring elections
  • HBS

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Meeting 9

  • Welcome
    • Everyone looks fantastic with remnants from last night
  • Queer town Hall: Nov 2
    • 7-8 in Ticknor Lounge
    • Christian shall get refreshments etc. Budget $40-50
    • Postering
      • Marco
      • Antonio
      • Christian
      • Amy - Maybe Lamont Stairs
      • Other Organizations need to step it up
    • We have a sandwich board for Today!
    • Send over house, group lists, gmail
    • Brett Shall update the email
  • Queer Ballroom
    • We have the space
    • Friday 8-10PM
    • We need an email blurb - make a filler one
    • We need strong word of mouth
  • Committee Updates
    • Social
      • Post Queer Ballroom gathering by Xtian Fri 10-2
        • See Social Meeting
        • Hillary or MoMA
          • MoMA distilled grains and Tonic
      • This Thursday: Saving Face
        • 8-10PM Eliot Golden Arm
      • Donkey Show
        • Dec 5 10:30
        • Same as Eliots and Adams' Formals woops
        • Mixer beforehand? We shall meet and head over
      • HBOMB Party might not happen…[After QThanksgiving]
        • We're finding out about ze Treehouse
        • Our previous Co-chair?
      • No Glee this week [or it's a rerun]
        • Try to have finale again at the next one
    • Outreach and Events
      • CHRISTIAN IS SENDING EMAIL
        • And James will set it up kthnx
      • Cohosted Party across all the groups
        • What's a good date? Probs not this semester
    • Publicity
      • No one came to the meeting :(
    • PoComm
      • Rachel Maddow study break
        • Only 3 frosh :(
        • We need to reassess interest
      • Mrs. Danvers
        • Amazing - more than half not Harvard
        • 50 - 60 people
        • HGLC is taking long
      • Phonebank TODAY @ 4
      • Kim Gandy Dessert
        • Nov 16 Quincy SCR
        • David to fix calendar - get the blurb
        • Show up 15 mins early and find security guard if Marco isn't around
        • Be out by 9
      • Going Canvassing
        • Spread email over house lists will be forwarded
      • Queer Asian Movie night at some point [QAF]
      • Trans awareness
        • TTF should make a poster - we'll share a sandwich board
        • TTF should show up for postering
  • Board Chats
    • Send out reminders the day of?
    • Marco will send me the sched.
  • Media Stuff
    • TLR will be debating Silpa
    • We should make our response to the responses into an Op-Ed
      • Will be sent to the board list
    • NYT - article about ban on ROTC
      • Marco writing a letter in response

 
 

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Meeting 8

  • We are missing: Amy, Jia Hui, Antonio
    • BTW: they're mandatory
  • Remember your updates after events
  • The board list on the website is updated
  • Any other ideas:
    • Let Andrew know!
    • Big section for upcoming events - maybe a box
    • Or we could flag certain events to be on the website
    • In the contact page, put links to the different sites
    • A wiki - as a databank, our posters -- as a scrapbook! People could look to the past
  • Door drops: lets say they're done
  • Queer Town Hall 3
    • Ticknor on Monday
    • Can we cover the windows?
      • Who are them queers?
    • Cosponsored by TTF, Girlspot, Blackout
    • Poster? - Brett is redesigning!
      • Postering tomorrow morning,
      • Monday
        • Marco, Christian, Brett, Emma
      • Thursday
        • David, Emma, Wilson
    • We have posterboards the day before
  • Queer Ballroom
    • Adams LCR! November 6 at 8PM
    • MOTHERSHIP!
    • Let us get a blurb soon - poster in the yard, house email lists
      • Poster next Monday and Thursday - poster ready next week
      • Ask them if they have ideas
  • Outreach and Events
    • Fuerza
      • 20 people
      • Only 3 people from the QSA - Fuerza was into it but not the queer community?
      • Discussion was about how the Latino community at large was not receptive of LGBT issues
      • We need a broader discussion about queer people of color
        • There was a cross-cultural panel last year
    • Possible collaborations with Brandeis email
    • What if we did a bar night in Boston with schools in Boston!
    • We should do something at Yale - Christian should forward the email from them to James
      • Also about hosting
  • Social
    • Isaac's party was lovely
    • Sometimes facebook is delayed
    • Donkey show - blurb sent out to gauge interest
      • Funding - we can get RSVP
      • December 4 or 5
      • Send email over open tonight
    • Christian can do something after ballroom!
    • Movie night on the 5th!
      • Space in Eliot - basement of F. We have from 8-10
      • Ideas?
        • Camp
        • Breakfast with Scott
        • Priscilla
        • Saving Faces
    • Queer Thanksgiving to be discussed at the next meeting
      • Saturday daytime and then usher people to HBOMB?
      • Space? How about not the Quad? Eliot has a good kitchen
      • Settle on a date SOON!
    • Amy wants a uniform party with Girlspot!!!!!
      • Get a space now and pub it well if we want to get donations
      • November 14? Or Friday the 13
      • Songs that have to do with work
        • Tina Turner Proud Mary
        • In the Navy
  • PoComm
    • Yay freshmen
    • Phone banks cool
    • Something with Gunner Scott for the hate crimes bill
    • Rachel Maddow study break Thursday @ 9
    • Athena conference - queer related workshops!
    • Kim Gandy: we could sponsor the minority feminists talk
      • Want RUS's help
      • Mondays in November? Or 23rd or 16th -- 16th is better
      • Can get some open gate for dinner!
    • Danvers is FRIDAY!
      • We have poster templates sent over the board list - let us approve them
      • Poster tomorrow and Thursday
      • Invite your friends on facebook
  • IOP internships
    • We should give our input on the internships
      • none are queer related :(
      • We should come up with ideas for them for next year!
        • Gay and Lesbian Taskforce
        • GLAAD and GLAD
        • Mass Equality
        • ACLU
        • MTPC
        • Onto a tangent about GLAAD…. *play Jeopardy theme*
        • Let us do this over the board list!
  • Mentorships
    • Not a response, yet
    • The women's center has alumni who are paired with undergrads… this would be good to do with queer students!!
    • What to expect outside of Harvard and get good contacts
    • People submit applications of what they want to get out of a mentorship. They would be paired with appropriate people
    • James to put us in contact with point foundation people
    • Shall not happen this semester because we want to do a good job!!!
  • HBS - AMBL[E]
    • Approached us about mentorships with people from HBS
    • The organization typically defines minorities as racial minorities - LGBT-ish was an afterthought :(
    • We should do our stuff

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Meeting 7

  • Some ballroom peeps be here
    • Same sex ballroom classes!
    • They could organize it but want help with publicity etc.
      • Queer friendly - you chose who leads
    • Not necessarily Harvard exclusive, but pub to Harvard
    • Want to know how many people would go
    • We don't think it'll compete with other events
      • How about mid november
    • 8-10 Tuesday before Vets day [nov 10?]
      • Or Friday November 7th
    • Salsa!
    • QSA looks for a space!
      • Lowell Lecture Hall?
      • Adams
  • After events
    • 2 sentence blurb
    • Time of event
    • Attendance
    • How it went
  • TTF
    • Just sent a mid-semester update to board list
    • Trans 101s
      • Let us know if you want one
    • Institutional policy stuff
    • Please read the update!
    • Wed. @ noon - book talk.
      • History of intersex
      • RSVP suggested
    • Weekly Meetings Thurs. @ 6
    • QSA cochairs will always be on TTF list
      • TTF chair will attend about 1st half hour of every other boardmeeting
      • Will cosponsor at least 1 event a semester [besides QTH]
      • Maintain communication
      • Our treasurer does not have control over TTF budget
        • But we still must make sure projects are feasible
      • We'll prob reevalutate on a yearly basis
  • Social
    • Weekly meetings
    • Glee
      • Luis is taking the reins - reminders
    • Maybe there can be a party soon
    • Chill movie night some time soon
      • We'll talk about it at the meetings
    • Outing Idea
      • Taking a group to see donkey show [extended till Jan]
      • Subsidized? - lets email them
      • Lottery or Sign up deadline
        • We need to know how many spots we have
    • City of Borders at MFA
      • Thursday
      • Marco will send Social chairs email from PJA
    • Lets have another Happy Hour type thing
  • Women's Outreach and Events Chair suggests
    • We have an outing to the MFA!
  • Christian wants to lead an outing to the Act-Up exhibits
  • Put Act up Panels in the Digest
  • There should be a screening and a discussion panel after
    • We havent devoted enough to informational/chill/intellectual stuff
    • TTF is having a movie night
      • Riot Acts
        • About rock music
        • Director shall be here!
        • Wed. before Harvard Yale
        • Pub the hell out of it
        • Want to find a better space
          • Rafa shall look into the Eliot space
          • What about the SOCH
          • Basement of Carpenter Center
          • Currier Fishbowl
        • Eva will email the board again
  • Political
    • Rachel Maddow Study Break
      • Advertising was last minute
    • Meeting Wed. 9PM RC
    • Queer conference for HS students - mentorship
      • Perhaps hold a workshop under the Athena Conference
    • 4-6PM Sever 207 - Phonebanking Today! No on 1!!!
      • Send a quick email about details - what is happening in Maine and Washington
      • Short 4 sentence thing and links
      • Start a QSA open discussion!!!
    • Mrs. Danvers underway
      • Poster from them in a couple days
      • Funding
        • Foundation is less than nice
        • We've gotten like 45-50% of what we asked
        • We'll make it work!!!
          • We have 100 less than what we asked
        • Havent heard back from Open Gate
        • They created a facebook event!
          • Invite people!!!
          • Send to brett
  • Community
    • James sent an email a couple days ago about Fuerza
    • Amy doesn't have anything new
      • Speed dating went really well!
        • 45 RSVPs [perhaps 1 person didn't come]
      • Women's group is going really well
      • We need to co-host a bigger intercollegiate party
    • We need a uniform party!!!
      • [see the QRC]
    • Amy might still throw a Halloween party
  • UC Fi-Comm Meeting
    • They shall cap campaigns at $500
      • Our drops were mad expensive
      • For next year, they should be just Freshmen
      • For houses, we could just have big posters!
        • Cheaper
      • Cakes should probably be more streamlined next yearr
        • We probably wont have a march next year
        • NCOD partay for the future
  • Queer Town Hall
    • Blackout Girlspot TTF about a date
      • No one date shall work out for everyone
      • Next week perhaps [not this week]
      • Fridays not a good idea - esp Friday before Halloween
      • What about 7-8 on Thursdays
        • We've had it twice on Wednesdays
      • Mondays?
  • Are we reaching out to the First-years enough?
    • We used to have Frosh Reps but they didn't have a role
    • Lets organize a first year only thing? [Like first year group]
      • Lets see what the Proctors are doing
    • What about a frosh speed friending event!
    • Put something in the Yard Bulletin
    • When we poster - put them in the frosh entryways
    • The community/social
  • Re-registration
    • We're all set - just Treasurer stuff
  • Sponshorship
    • Marco shall figure out what other people thought about links on their site
  • Website
    • We need to keep track of records
    • Wiki
    • Put old posters on website!
    • Ask Andrew to set up a wiki!
  • List Moderation
    • Announce
      • We need to revisit what can go over
        • TTF/Girlspot/Blackout over announce?
      • We should have everyone aware of whats happening
      • Only in advance? Not we're having a meeting now!
        • What about we're having this today
      • Girlspot spaces things 3 days apart
      • Can queue things up
      • Maybe I can send out - this is whats going over these days
        • If you have anything you want to get to me
  • Meeting about HGLC/Open Gate/QSA
    • Equality March
      • Breakdown in communication
      • We needed to have moved a lot more quickly
        • We didn't take into account that buses would be booked
    • At least once a semester we'll have cochairs meet with HGLC
    • Open Gate couldn't really give us that much money for Lobbying
    • HGLC wants to see an earnest effort at fundraising
      • We need to find creative ways to make money
    • HGLC should provide mentorship programs for undergrads!
      • Application process
      • Susan says Women's Center mentorship program is successful
    • Could the QSA mention Girlspot - this could be a collaborative process with other groups
    • Trying to get Blackout formally recognized
      • Groups need to submit a memborship list
      • Marco only sends officer list for the QSA
  • Could we throw a party, charge, and not have alcohol expected
    • Queer Prom?
      • Advertise to other schools!
    • Sweatshirts?
  • For meetings, most people should not be on their computers!
  • Please be on time
  • For NEM
    • We should do +s and Deltas - what went well and what we should change!
  • Hopefully post budget crisis we can have an actual LGBTQ Center!

     
     

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Meeting 6

We are stuffing bags!

Rafa, Brett, Jia Hui, Emma, Antonio, Amy, James, David, Wilson

 
 

  • Week in review:
    • Glee was fine!
    • 4 people at the social meeting
    • 5 first years at PoComm

       
       

  • Social
    • Queer thanksgiving and then an actual party!
      • Shall be multi organization
        • We're all a BIG family
      • GLR again…book the treehouse or keep the party in the GLR
        • Up for debate
      • Weekend before Harvard Yale
    • Party at MIT this weekend
      • Friday
      • 8-12PM …maybe later
      • We will entice people with dessert
      • Working with Dlist
        • They're not asking too much - keychains and a banner
      • We should ask DJ Straus!
    • Meeting Tuesday 9
  • Political
    • 4-6 today Phonebank with Dems for no on 1
      • Sever 206 207
      • We need people to be trained at 3:30!
      • Please come!
    • Study break - Rachel Maddow study break
      • Thurs 9PM
      • Trying to get Canaday Common Room
    • For meetings perhaps every other week a meeting then every other week a study break!
    • Meeting in a week and a half - Wednesday October 21
  • Community
    • Meeting wed for Fuerza
      • Make sure they know our ACTUAL name! Queer Students and Allies (not alliance)
      • Woot Hispanic Heritage Month
      • 2 people from Somos Latinos
      • Event will be 22nd of October
    • Someone wants to start a mentoring thing with HBS and the undergrads?
      • AMBL
      • James wants to help!
      • May not actually involve QSA
        • But we'll make it happen!!!
    • No time to form a Committee at this time
  • Communications
    • Committee will be set up soon!
  • We should announce that Wilson, Amy, and Brett were added!
    • Everyone submit a blurb and we'll email it out as one thing
  • Our Outreach and Events chair could perhaps attend Women's Cabinet as well
  • We're reusing stars and lights for Girlspot
  • We have 2 Webmasters! YAY!
    • The board needs to be updated
    • TTF wants to be updated
  • Week in Preview
    • HGLC Fall Reception Saturday
    • Social Meeting
    • MIT Party Friday

      Meeting Adjourned! Let us STUFF!