January 21, 2006 Minutes

UC Santa Cruz

Attendees:
UC Berkeley: Billy Curtis, Marisa Boyce
UC Davis: Sheri Atkinson (Vice Chair), C J-F, Ed’d Luna, Rachel Messer
UC Irvine: Stephanie Change, Pat Walsh
UC Merced: Enrique Guzman
UC Riverside: Caitlin Eubanks, Chris Glover, Jami Grosser, Thai Rockett, Nancy Tubbs (Chair)
UC San Diego: Jan Estrellado, Will Gorham
UC Santa Barbara: Stephanie Lee, Kyle Richardson
UC Santa Cruz: Deb Abbott, Tam Welch, Tim Fessenden, Kevin Call, Jenni Romano, Abel Murillo
UCOP: Emily Nalven
Not present: UCLA, UCSF, LANL, LBNL, LLNL

Meeting Called to Order: 10:30AM

Welcome and Introductions, Distribution of Fall `05 Minutes

Announcement: The Fall `06 Meeting – Possibility of meeting at UC Merced, where SCOM attendees might meet with staff and administrators at Merced.

Discussion: Concerns about the content of the minutes from the Fall `05 meeting were discussed. Some present during the fall meeting discussed discomfort with names of attendees being attached to statements they might have made where the statements might be misunderstood because they were documented out of the context and tone of the actual meeting. There was a call for clarification of the minutes, particularly as they related to the discussions around race relations among queer folk.

Action: A motion was made, seconded and passed for the fall minutes to reflect the business part of the SCOM meeting and the information garnered during the caucus discussions on race issues within the queer community.

Action: A motion was made, seconded and passed to accept the changes to the minutes of the Fall `05 meeting.

Discussion: The UCLGBTIA General Assembly will be held during the UC Student of Color Conference, April 7-9, 2006 at UCI. Three options for when the General Assembly could be held during this conference a) Friday April 7, b) Saturday April 8 11:50am – 1pm or c) Sunday April 9, 2006 at 3pm. There was consensus that option A was good for SCOM & option B for the General Assembly. There was also a call to find a student facilitator for the general assembly. Details about registration for the conference were shared although hotels had not yet been identified.

Discussion: Moving UCLGBTIA elections to Fall `06 meeting

Action: A motion to move the UCLGBTIA election to Fall `06 at UC Merced was made, seconded and unanimously passed.

Special Session: Continuation of discussion regarding issues of race relations within the LGBTIQ community (campus, UC wide, UCLGBTIA, and beyond). Two groups were formed, those who identified as persons of color/historically marginalized racial identity and those who did not have the racial identity and/or racial experiences of the former group. The groups first met separately to discuss their collective experiences within the UC and beyond. After lunch, we convened the entire SCOM body, shared what was discussed in each of the separate groups and discussed some of the findings/issues. Copious notes separate from these minutes were recorded and will be used later to better inform our work on our campuses as well as our work as an association.

Announcements:

UCOP
Handout Highlights – There is a new facilities director at UCOP (George Getgen), National Coming Out Day Brown Bag Lunch held – topic Intersex issues, No updates regarding Gender Neutral Restroom, continued great support from the OP Director of HR as well as the ED of Diversity and Human Relations.

UCB
Discussions initiated at UCB regarding prescription protocols for transgender students

UCSB
Queer Summer Camp for state high school juniors and seniors will be held July 16-27, 2006. $40,000 was raised to realize this program and the UCSB staff will be forwarding a call for summer camp resident assistants/counselors. Please contact them if you have any questions.

UCSD
GenQ is happening, the date has not yet been set
The staff there will soon be in their new office/center location
The Center has a vacancy and will be hiring a AAII/Office Manager

UCD
Please check out the new Center website – lgbtcenter.ucdavis.edu

Action: A motion was made, seconded and unanimously passed to adjourn at 4:00 pm

Minutes submitted by Billy Curtis.