Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Health
Science LibrariansLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Health
Science Librarians
San Diego, California
Tuesday May 6, 2003
3:00 p.m.
Call to Order
The business meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by co-chair Bill Fleming.
Introductions
Persons attending the meeting introduced themselves.
Report on 2003 Program
Program chair Bryan Vogh reported that despite some miscommunications and minor setbacks, the program was a success. He wished that Garth Meckler, the SIG’s invited speaker, would have had more time. When the combined program was first talked about, Vogh was under the impression there would be more time. However, what he thought was 4 sections turned into 5, and cut greatly into our time. This was after an honorarium of $400 was agreed upon. The group in attendance agreed that the program was a huge success. There were as many as 60 people in the room at one time, and during Meckler (who was the last speaker), there were 20-30 people in attendance.
Great thanks were made to the people at Haworth Press, who for the second year have helped finance our speakers. It was reported that the promotional materials they provided were all taken by the end of the program.
2004 Program
Ammon Ripple, with assistance from Bryan Vogh, agreed to chair the 2004 program initiative. He will be contacting a former colleague, Dr. Anthony Silvestre, who worked to get LGBT information into Healthy People 2010.
There were also a couple of other ideas offered. Chris Shaffer is working on an initiative with the Cancer Librarians Section to produce a program dealing with end-of-life issues. It is possible that both could be possible, as the end-of-life issues program would not require any monetary commitment on the SIG’s part.
Elect/Appoint one co-chair
Tom Flemming has agreed to serve a two-year term as co-chair, replacing Bill Fleming. Tom will work with Gail Persily throughout the year. At the Washington DC meeting, a replacement for Gail will be elected/appointed. Jon Crossno and David Midyette will continue as newsletter editors for another year.
Housing
Two options for housing were offered by Richard Klein for the Washington DC meeting in 2004. Richard was not in attendance at San Diego, but relayed his findings to co-chair Gail Persily. The two options were the Courtyard Marriott and the Carlisle Suites, both with a rate of $155/night and both within walking distance of the Hyatt, the conference hotel. After much discussion, it was decided that the group would ask Richard if there were other hotel options that were not within close walking distance of the conference hotel, but were rather on the train line. A couple of people mentioned the Kalorama guest inn, where SIG members stayed many years ago. A couple of people reported that the Kalorama was under new ownership and “not as great” as it once was. Tom Flemming was skeptical about going back, as the time spent there in the past was romanticized in people’s minds, this time would ruin that memory if it wasn’t just as nice. Bill Fleming said he would be in touch with Richard to investigate other options.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.
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