Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table

American Library Association

Annual Meeting, 2009
Steering Committee II

Palmer House
Indiana Room
July 14, 2009
8:00Am – 12:00pm
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Call to Order: David Vess

Introductions: David Vess

Approval of Agenda

Reports from Coordinators, Councilors, and Liaisons

• American Assoc. of School Librarians: Frank Cervone
• ALA Councilor: John Sandstrom
• ALA Executive Board: Larry Romans
• Assn. for Library Service to Children: Kathleen T. Horning
• ASCLA Accessibility Assembly: Jerry Reynolds
• Budget and Review Council: Norman Eriksen
• COPE: Diedre Conkling, John DeSantis
• Diversity Council: Anne Moore and Barbara J. Pickell
• Education Assembly: vacant
• Freedom to Read Foundation: vacant
• Intellectual Freedom Round Table: Martin Garnar
• Legislation Assembly: Jerry Reynolds
• Literacy Assembly: William Holden
• Membership Promotion Task Force: Matthew Ciszek
• New Members Round Table: Amy Elliott
• OLOS Advisory Committee: Anne Moore
• Planning and Budget Assembly: Dale McNeill
• Public Library Association: Barbara Pickell
• Research and Statistics Assembly: vacant
• Social Responsibilities Round Table: vacant
• Young Adult Library Services Association: Franklin L. Escobedo

1. Old Business

• Continued discussion of SC I topics

2. New Business

a. Talk with Satia Orange (11:00 Am)

b. Liaisons

• Role of
• Add/Subtract any

c. Fortieth Anniversary Celebration

• Programming Ideas
• Gala Celebration

d. Goal for the Next Two Years

• Tool-kits

*Do we want to assign someone other than Co-Chairs to oversee these?
*Would this be an ad hoc committee type of job?

e. Dispensing of the Membership Meetings and holding votes on issues, revisions, etc. during the ALA election process in the Spring.

3. Adjournment: David Vess

Due to a scheduling conflict, Sidetrack (3349 North Halsted) will be hosting the GLBTRT Social from 7:00 - 9:00 PM on Saturday, July 11. THIS IS ONLY A TIME CHANGE, NOT A DATE CHANGE.

(This is different from the previously posted time of 6:00 - 7:30 PM.)

The Center on Halsted (3656 North Halsted) will still be offering tours of their facility beginning at 8:00 PM Saturday, July 11. Ask at the first floor reception desk for Todd or Rob, your tour guides.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table

American Library Association

Annual Meeting, 2009
Steering Committee I

Palmer House
Room Clark 07
July 11, 2009
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
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1. Call to order: David Vess

2. Introductions: David Vess

3. Approval of Agenda

4. Address from RT Councilor (20 min.): John Sandstrom

5. Address from PFLAG (15 min.): Peter Ji

6. Approval of Minutes

7. Reports of Officers

• Co-Chair: David Vess
• Treasurer: Dale McNeill
• Secretary: Tracy Nectoux

8. Reports from Committee Chairs

• Book Award Committee: James Simonis
• Book Awards Celebration Committee: John Furlong
• External Relations Committee: Peter Hepburn
• Fundraising Committee: David C. McCormick
• Membership Committee: Matthew Ciszek
• Newsletter Committee: John Bradford
• Nominating Committee: Lisa Johnston
• Program Planning Committee: Barbara Pickell
• Website Committee: Kristen Dietiker

9. Unfinished Business

10. New Business

• Don Weise, Alyson Books Partnership
• Amazon Issue and Other Intellectual Freedom Issues
• Continued use of the Membership survey
• Absorbing the cost of shipping extra Rainbow Project and BAC books to conferences
• Reimbursing Matt Ciszek and Jules Tate for March ACRL Conference Social Event
• Committee Volunteer Form (see appendix)
• Current Bylaws Revisions Document (see appendix)
• Possible Bylaws Amendments:

Below are a list of possible bylaw amendments that have been discussed by one or more SC members. During the membership meeting, motions can be made to amend the current bylaws revision document (see appendix) in two ways. 1. If a motion involves text not already up for an amendment in the bylaws revision document, the vote must be a 3/4 majority. 2. If a motion does involve text already up for amendment in the bylaws revision document, then it only needs a majority vote (as it's an amendment of an amendment). The below are only ideas. A motion can be made on each of them to "refer to committee" (i.e. the bylaws committee) for review and be up for consideration next year.

A. Rainbow Project (see appendix of proposed Rainbow Project bylaws text)

• All costs to be shared equally by both GLBTRT and SRRT
• Official Name
• Method of appointing Committee Chairs
• Method of appointing Committee Members
• Celebration schedule not to conflict with Book Awards Brunch/Dinner, SC, Membership Meetings
• Adoption of final language to take to membership meeting

B. Propose a Chair and Chair-Elect model for all committees; term length; gender equity; Immediate Past Chair

C. Propose amendment to allow SC to add, combine, dissolve committees with a 2/3 vote of SC

D. Propose revised language for membership volunteering/recruitment to mention a web form. (note a version of this is already for voting.)

• Waiting lists issue - for procedures manual

E. Propose dissolution of Nominating Committee

F. Propose amendments to revised bylaws for:

• Membership/External Relations
• Membership/Nominating

G. Possible New Committees:

• Bibliographies/Literacy Committee
• Intellectual Freedom/Political/Legislative Advocacy Committee

H. Propose creating Ad Hoc Committees for

• Procedures Manual

# tasked to identify procedural items in Bylaws and propose removing them
# explicate procedures as needed
# streamline procedures as needed
# Should committees reevaluate their procedures and policies and provide them to this committee, or
# Should this committee do the reevaluation

• Rainbow Project joint evaluation
• Tool-kits (part of possible Bibliographies/Literacy Committee)

I. Propose amendments about Meetings

• Membership meeting at Midwinter - yes/no
• Fixed times for meetings (will require more fixed program times)

J. Propose amendments about dues and costs of events

• Changing dues structure

# Lower/free for students, unemployed, and limited income retirees
# Some kind of honor system sliding scale?

• Sliding scale for ticketed events

# BAC Brunch
# Fortieth Anniversary Gala
# Rainbow Project Breakfast

11. Announcements

12. Adjournment

Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame
The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame is both a historic event and an exhibit. Through the Hall of Fame, residents of Chicago and the world are made aware of the contributions of Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities and the communities' efforts to eradicate homophobic bias and discrimination.
http://www.glhalloffame.org/

Chicago Gay History Project
An overview of people, events, and organizations that helped the Windy City become a beacon of gay progress. This Web site was conceived by Tracy Baim and is a companion to the book Out and Proud in Chicago (2008).
http://www.chicagogayhistory.org/

Chicago's GLBT History Resources
This bibliography is a great starting point for research on Chicago’s GLBT history.
http://www.chicagogayhistory.org/resources.html

Gay Press Archives
Both full text archives and PDF files of Chicago’s GLBT newspapers, current and past, are maintained here. With a little effort, you can track down John D’Emilio’s articles on Chicago GLBT history.
http://www.chicagogayhistory.org/archives.html

CWLU Herstory Project
The online archive of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, a group of Windy City women determined to challenge male supremacy through many organizing projects from 1969-1977.
http://cwluherstory.org/

Blazing Star
Among the CWLU projects was a movement for lesbian liberation, often known as Blazing Star, after the title of its newsletter.
http://www.cwluherstory.org/blazing-star.html

Gerber/Hart Library
As a library, Gerber/Hart Library is committed to acquiring, preserving, and disseminating materials that embody the culture and history of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. As archives, Gerber/Hart Library is the repository for the records, papers, and other realia of GLBT life, focusing primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Midwest.
http://www.gerberhart.org

Leather Archives & Museum
The Leather Archives & Museum is a library, museum and archives pertaining to Leather, fetishism, sadomasochism, and alternative sexual practices - and includes all sexual orientations and genders. While the geographic collection scope is worldwide, significant Chicago resources are held.
http://www.leatherarchives.org

Kris Studios of Chicago
Kris Studios, founded in 1950, was a Chicago physique pictorial photography business. Studio founder Chuck Renslow successfully defended himself against a pornography charge brought by the Postal Service, making it easier for GLBT magazines, newspapers, photosets, and films to be sent through the mail.
http://www.leatherarchives.org/kris/krisindex.htm

Online Video and Film
Films from Kris Studios and videos of Chicago leather events make up about a third of the clips available.
http://www.leatherarchives.org/collections/video-fi.htm

Queer Bronzeville : The History of African American Gays and Lesbians on Chicago’s South Side
Learn about the development (1885-1985) of queer communities in Bronzeville, an African-American neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. This exhibit was created by 2008 OutHistory.org Fellowship winner Tristan Cabello.
http://outhistory.org/wiki/Queer_Bronzeville_:_An_Overview