MINUTES
IC Interns Meeting
Tuesday 16 September 2003
4:15 PM

people present: Rafael, Michelle, Powen, Jyothi

Rafael talked about scheduling focus groups and meetings with both SQU and QSA to discuss the relationship between the various groups and QSA's involvement with the IC.

Also, he noted that ideas for Coming Out Week need to be generated, dates scheduled and set.

(Laughalicious, comedian)

Website: We need to work on the content side of the website and contact Lester about follow-up to the work that he has done. Also, think about the possibilities of contracting out a webpage designer from ITS or paying a student at Swarthmore to help with the design.

Reminder about scheduling once-a-month meetings with all board members of IC groups.

Masseuse Midterms Study Break at the IC:

• The date has been set – WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8 th from 6 –8 PM in the IC.
• Possibility of hiring 3 to 4 massagers giving massages at 10 minute intervals for 2 to 2.5 hours that evening.
• Mainly targeted towards IC groups members and affiliated groups (includes Multi, Deshi, QSA).
• Students with sign up there and can wait and chill in a chill atmosphere. (Study Break style). Food and refreshments provided along with music (either with stereo system or on-campus DJ) and games.
• Talk to Human Resources about hiring of massagers and past price quotes, etc.
• Call someone at Worth Health Center about massage therapists.
• We can keep the event low-key and just tell members of IC groups/affiliated groups (flyers or emails?)
• Advertise as an IC Study Break.

Work on Questionnaire/Feedback Form for all IC members. Include questions about caterers, restaurants, organizations that we can build relationships with and support who are in the community, locally owned by people in our communities.

Possibility of focus groups.

SAO:

• Korean Peace Day – November 6 th
• Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Development Workshop
• FRIDAY OCTOBER 24 th from 4 – 7 PM
• 15 to 16 slots reserved for Swarthmore (advertise in both SAO and DESHI and see what kind of response we get before deciding who to accept)
• Attract freshmen and sophomore women who are getting into (or have promise of stepping up to) leadership positions.
• Talked about Workshop with SAO at Tuesday's meeting (possible topics of conversation include issues of model minority myth; and using scenarios as ways to begin talking about issues.
• Seriously think about dates to schedule for Asian and Asian-American professors to come to SAO meetings and to the IC to get more involved in community, solidify relationships (Ann Choi and Bakirathi Mani)
• Also in general, possible faculty/staff luncheon this semester.

SQU:

• QPC (Queer Peer Counselors) – talk about funding issues and restarting
• Sager Committee: find out who is on the committee and work out communication
• Coming Out Week speakers
• Possibly bringing the Prison Moratorium Project (TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 st ) along with film presentation. (they work with communities of LGBT youth in prison and issues of prison reform/ injustice)

Possible scheduling of another all-IC retreat off campus later this semester to continue discussing issues with the IC and its future.

We talked about ways of using respective IC groups budgets to express solidarity with other organizations and events.

Think about possible ways of collaborating with each other during respective months (for each group).

NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 AT 4:15PM IN THE IC