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

Thu Mar 31 11:38:40 EDT 2016

Andrea and Yamil, I think you've rightly and succinctly pointed out the
potential issues in the EOB directly spearheading any fundraising or money
collection.  However, any individual in the community could certainly
spearhead a collection/campaign so long as they didn't use the Evergreen
logo in their efforts.
I will contact Tony shortly about speaking with the venue unless I hear
dissent...

Grace

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Andrea Buntz Neiman <
aneiman at kent.lib.md.us> wrote:

> 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 21620410-778-3636 x2115www.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>
> 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>
>> 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>
>>> 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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