Interior GLOBE - Meeting Notes 8/11/99

Interior GLOBE
Meeting Notes

August 11, 1999

President Douglas Stepping Down

Jay Douglas announced that he is stepping down as President of Interior GLOBE. He cited needs to reduce his workload due to new family responsibilities.
Jay has asked Treasurer Maria Wiseman and VP Veltkamp to work out an agreement for leadership of Interior GLOBE to be presented to the membership at the September meeting. The next meeting will have that as a major discussion for all members and a vote on the leadership.

Interior GLOBE Representative to Department Diversity Council Resigns

Jim Gasser, who has been the openly gay member of the Department Diversity Council, prepared a letter of resignation to the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workforce Diversity who over sees the Department’s Diversity Council. He stated that the Council has been of little support to gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues during the past three years of his attendance of meetings of the Council. Further, the diversity effort at the Department is in reality an affirmative action effort – not addressing gay, lesbian and bisexual issues.
There was support from all on his resignation from the Council. The letter will be given to the DAS- Workplace Diversity on August 16, 1999, prior to the next Diversity Council meeting in August.

AIDS Walk DC

September 26, 1999, will be the 13^th Annual AIDS Walk in Washington, DC. Interior GLOBE will again sponsor a team and the team number is 255. All members are encouraged to sign up for the Walk and make sure that their registration has that number on it in order for the Department’s Team to receive credit for the contributions.
Jay Douglas will send a notice to all members on the Walk and send a memo appropriate for the Deputy Assistant Secretary – Workplace Diversity to send to all employees encouraging their participation. Jim asked Daphne Berwald to be the point of contact for the Interior GLOBE and she agreed. Daphne will be able to answer any questions that potential Walkers might have about fund raising, the Walk, or the Interior Team.

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is December 1, 1999. The Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget has annually led and participated in this event.
Jay Douglas will send an e-mail to A/S Berry and ask him what he would like to do about this year’s commemoration.

Holiday Party

To make sure that everyone has plenty of notice to attend this year’s holiday party, Jim offered his house in Washington as the site of the event. It will be December 17, 1999, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Details will follow, but members are encouraged to mark the date on their calendars.