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title: "Meetings: 2010 Commission Work for 2010-2011 Academic Year | The President’s Commission for LGBT Issues"
date: 2022-03-30T15:58:00-04:00
author: Mei Lu
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# Meetings: 2010 Commission Work for 2010-2011 Academic Year | The President’s Commission for LGBT Issues


Commission Work for 2010-2011 Academic Year

Sub-Committees

1a. Commission briefing for the new President:  
Nick Sakurai  
Demetrius Colvin  
Coke Farmer\*  
Tanner Wray  
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2b. Survey / Needs Assessment / Focus Groups  
Nick Sakurai  
JV Sapinoso  
Laura Scott\*  
Noah Drezner  
Other students (solicited by Jay Garvey)  
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2c. Town Hall Meetings/ Open forums throughout the year  
 Topic-based v. Population-based  
 Possible topics  
 1. Future of the Out List  
 2. Naming - Is “LGBT” current? Does it serve our purposes?  
 3. Gauging the campus climate  
 4. Campus LGBT issues, current needs  
Mark Brimhall-Vargas\*  
Shaunna Lynette Payne Gold  
Natalia Cuadra-Saez  
Brooke Auxier  
Tanner Wray  
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2d. Policy issues and identifying equity gaps  
 Make a list of policy issues  
 Identify campus and legislative issues that lack basic levels of inclusiveness  
 Relationship recognition and the future of DP benefits  
 Working on benefits at a system level

Sue Elliott\*  
Nancy Yeroshefsky  
Coke Farmer  
Nick Sakurai  
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3\. Transgender Issues and Gender Identity/Expression  
 a. Gender neutral restrooms  
 b. Transgender inclusion in Resident Life, placements, etc.  
 c. Inclusion in health care and insurance (students and employees)  
 d. Anti-discrimination policy  
 e. Documentation, records, preferred name/gender  
Nancy Yeroshefsky  
Dan Hayes  
Tosh Patterson  
Penny Jacobs  
Luke Jensen\*  
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5\. Staff & Faculty:  
Building community among staff/faculty  
Building connections between staff/faculty and students, alumni, prospective   
students, etc.  
Bob Mueck  
Shaunna Lynette Payne Gold\*  
Joan Bellsey  
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6d & 7e. Graduate and Undergrad Curriculum:  
Demetrius Colvin  
Jay Garvey  
Marilee Lindemann\*  
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