-Where oh where is the kissing booth? If you have the QUAA kissing booth, e-mail Dana at drc9f@virginia.edu

Outline
Education
Announcements
Semester Goals

EDUCATION as a Form of Activism: Lobbying and VA State Legislation by Patrick Graydon

General Assembly
2 month legislative session per year

2009 Bills of Interest (EV)
HB 1624- schools/bullying
HB 1625- housing non-discrimination
HB 1726- life insurance
HB 1909- funeral decisions
HB 1933- Fairfax non-discrimination
HB 2385- public employee non-discrimination
HJ 657- constitutional amendment
SB 1247- private employee non-discrimination

Places to learn more:
legis.state.va.us
richmondsunlight.org
equalityvirginia.org

-next Tuesday is Lobby Day in Richmond, e-mail Patrick at graydon@cs.virginia.edu
-showing support through the above links or otherwise shows the number of people who support the cause

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LGBT Resource Center
-volunteer sign up, contact Leah at lmf2k@virginia.edu

Fall Activities Fair
-this Thursday afternoon at Newcomb

QUAA website
-www.quaa.org
-contact Jose at jose@virginia.edu to add pictures, etc.

SEMESTER GOALS

Long Term

Conference March 27-29
Queer Studies Minor/ Queer Studies Symposium
Domestic Partner Benefits campaign

Short Term

Fagbug for Proud to be Out Week

Judaism and Homosexuality Panel

Valentine's Day

-customized candy hearts
-kissing contest
-dance party
-stuff mailboxes
-poster/display
-kiss-in
-kissing booth
-designated PDA areas
-cookies
-pictures

refined: Vday fair: designated PDA spot, kissing booth, cookies
cookies: Leah
PR: Vennessa & Seth (mailboxes)

Queer Studies Seminar
-step towards minor
-looking for a faculty advisor
-Susan McKinnon, Richard Handler, Ellen Fuller, Leonard Berlinstein, etc.

Important Dates:

1. this Saturday 7-9:30 pm QBC in Newcomb
2. QSM Meeting Mondays at 8 pm in LGBT RC
3. Last meeting of the semester: December 2nd

AGENDA

1. Icebreaker
2. Education is a Form of Activism
3. CONFERENCE
4. Fliering Campaign
5. QSM
6. QBC

1. Icebreaker
-PTBOW favorite moments

2. Education is a Form of Activism
1. How to be an ally – presented by Dana
1. Come out as an ally
2. Correct your friends when they say "that's so gay"
3. Break the silence in general – don't let queer issues be a taboo topic
4. Get educated – know your politics, be a wise consumer
5. Join QuAA!!

3. CONFERENCE
1. down to a guaranteed $4500
2. negotiating contracts (not working on reimbursement basis)
3. new timeline
4. things to be done this semester
1. Workshops- point person: Ramy (rta7x@virginia.edu)
1. contacting possible workshop leaders
2. current: EV, Wyatt Fore, Kevin Simowitz, Jill Rainey, maybe Joy Pugh
1. Dana
2. Seth
3. Alex

2. Speaker- point person: Heather (heather.r.welborn@gmail.com)
1. working on getting funding for speaker- proposals, etc.
1. Jean
2. Jane
3. Carl
4. Tory
3. Recruitment- point person: Alvin (arv5q@virginia.edu)
1. contacting other schools
1. Alison
2. Marcus
3. Katie

4. Fliering Campaign
1. about grad student housing
2. Serpentine Society support
3. fliers and online petition

5. QSM: Queer Studies Minor
1. next semester: possible student or grad student run 1-2 credit seminar
-Queer Theory and Civic Engagement?

6. Queer Black Cinema
1. must be successful- same funding sources we're looking to for Judy Shepherd
2. forward messages to listserves, facebook, etc.

The Equality Conference Proposal submitted by QuAA was also attached to these minutes. Download Here.