[Eg-oversight-board] North Carolina and the LGBT Community

[Andrea Buntz Neiman]

I am so torn about this -- on one hand it is a political cause that I 
deeply and personally support, and the passing of HB2 was very 
distressing to me; however, I am not sure if it is appropriate of us as 
the Board to spearhead something of a political nature where money is 
involved.  As Yamil pointed out, there may also be an issue due to our 
nonprofit status.  I too would be more comfortable if individuals led 
this rather than the EOB.

Perhaps a statement from the Board to the effect of "in light of HB2, we 
wish to reiterate that the Community and Conference are welcoming to all 
regardless of race/religion/gender/sexual orientation/trans* 
status/etc." that we can put out on the lists and the website.

As an individual I'm happy to donate to a collection for a local PFLAG 
or other advocacy group.

Agreed on contacting Tony and talking to the hotel.


Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
Librarian II, Public Services
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636 x2115
www.kentcountylibrary.org

On 3/31/2016 10:48 AM, Grace Dunbar wrote:
> Hi,
> I am troubled by the discriminatory nature of North Carolina's House 
> Bill no 2, as well.  I think the first thing to do would be to release 
> some kind of a statement of our project and our conference's support 
> of diversity and safety for all people.  Galen pointed me at one 
> posted by the All Things Open conference which happens to be in 
> Raleigh in the fall. 
> http://allthingsopen.org/our-statement-all-things-open-2016/
>
> I'd love to do something similar but since we don't have a mission 
> statement (?!?!) that details our support of free software, our 
> encouragement of diversity, an our general code of conduct for the 
> project... I think we'd have to take a slightly different tack in our 
> statement.  Which, of course, brings up the point... why don't we have 
> a mission statement and how can we expand our code of conduct to be 
> more specific about diversity issues and discriminatory practices.
>
> Since we don't have that in place... yet, I will ask Tony at the SFC 
> (as the fiscal sponsor of the conference) to speak to the hotel venue 
> and explain our concerns with House Bill 2.  We want to ensure that 
> they will work with us to make our conference as inclusive and 
> positive as possible. I think it's important that the SFC handles this 
> discussion because they are the signatory on the contract with the 
> venue and because the host library is a State Agency and I wouldn't 
> want to drag them into this discussion.
>
> Any reasons why I shouldn't proceed with Tony contacting the hotel?
>
> Thanks!!
> Grace
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Tim Spindler <tjspindler at gmail.com 
> <mailto:tjspindler at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I also support but again I'm not sure what to do.
>
>     On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Ruth Frasur <rfrasur at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rfrasur at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I support this idea although I'm not sure what we should do. 
>         Also open to suggestions.  Shall continue thinking.
>
>         On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Amy Terlaga
>         <terlaga at biblio.org <mailto:terlaga at biblio.org>> wrote:
>
>             Hi all--
>
>             In light of recent events in North Carolina, I was
>             wondering if the Board might consider leading the way in
>             showing the Evergreen community's support for the LGBT
>             community in NC.  We'll be there in less than a month and
>             I think it would be a good thing for us to do.
>
>             Perhaps we could take up a collection and give the money
>             raised to a local LGBT advocacy group?  Just a
>             suggestion.  I'm open to ideas.
>
>             Let me know what you're thinking.
>
>             Thanks for your consideration.
>
>             Amy
>
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