7 present; Gus chaired the meeting.
Action items are in purple
- Sharing and Connection à wonderful time of sharing what is going on in our lives
- Review of most recent events
- Status of Queer Conference: Good responses anecdotally from participants; more conferences are being planned (see 5 e and f)
- All Ages Dance Party:125-150 in attendance; lots of families and children in attendance
- espressOUT in the Augustana Forum: continues to be a good place to host espressOUT
- Financial statement: will be updated when the bills for the Dance Party are paid; a small grant will be received from CDSS for the upcoming year; CDSS is willing to continue being the banker
- Upcoming Events
- Expressions of Community on November 27 @ 6:30-9:30
- Preregistration required – 11 confirmed; Jen will contact the facilitator with the preregistration numbers
- Family and Friends Support Group: local support groups will be listed on the new parent support website that altView is launching soon (see 5d)
- espressOUT in the Augustana Forum Nov. 20 5:00 – 6:30 pm
- Holiday Potluck and Family Dance Party Dec. 4 @ 6:00 pm
- Invite family and friends – spread the word!
- Planning
- Potluck helpers-Liz will be the kitchen supervisor
- Program helpers-Box game: Gus
- Decorations-Keep it simple; tablecloths; twinkle lights: Margaret and Carol will be responsible; borrow small tree and lights from Carl
- Music for Dance Party-Gus and Jordan will work on a playlist
- Expressions of Community on November 27 @ 6:30-9:30
- Other items for discussion
- Pride Week at Augustana and in the Community
- Who is willing to work on planning committee for this? Wayne
- There is an LGBTQ+ Council has been formed to plan Pride Week; they will be meeting in December
- Pride Week will be held from February 26 to March 2; the Bailey Theatre has been booked for March 2 for So You Think You Can Drag
- Pursuing Not for Profit Status-Use the template from the Corporate Registry; Margaret will get the paperwork collected; we will start simply and then modify and revise from there
- Other items from the group
- Pride Week at Augustana and in the Community
- altView will be launching a new website to support parents in supporting their LGBTQ+ children; this has transpired out of their work with the Government on Bill 24! Way to go altView!
- altView is planning another conference in May in Edmonton with ISMSS and the Government of Alberta focused upon supporting parents
- The next Status of Queer Conference will be held somewhere in rural Alberta in the third week of September 2018; location to be determined
- Jen has been working on the resources section on the website and has the links working; test out the links and report any problems with links
- The Google Calendar will be uploaded to the website.
- Thank you notes for those who helped with the All Ages Dance Party will be sent shortly; Carol will write them and Jen will deliver them
- There is a new doctor in town at the Smith Clinic who is accepting new patients of all ages and sexual orientations! Dr. Charley Boyd is now practicing medicine in Camrose!