Pride Pacific Alumni Club
Meeting Notes – December 8, 2008
Participants: Eric Dingler, Heather Dooley, Norm Allen, Nolan Yaws, Steve Jacobson,
Kathy Hunter, Corrie Martin, Grant Reeder, Jim Wolfe
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Nolan Yaws ’09 has agreed to join the steering committee. Nolan is a senior who
is planning to attend graduate school in the field of student life administration.
The committee has voted to formally name the Club the “Pride Pacific Alumni
Club” (or Pride PAC).
Final Club Mission Statement
The mission of the Pride Pacific Alumni Club is to develop an alumni network that supports
current students and improves the campus climate for future generations by advocating on
behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues. The Club also ensures that all
LGBTQ and allied alumni have a meaningful connection to Pacific and an organized means
by which to promote the University's commitment to an inclusive and respectful
community.
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Jim Wolfe is relocating from San Diego to San Antonio, Texas and will carry
forward our mission there. We’re sorry to lose you from Calif. Jim, but we’re glad
to have a contact in beautiful San Antonio (so close to Austin!  )
The committee discussed creating a long-term plan to deliver on our mission,
increase visibility and build our network. Please review (and pursue) the
following action items:
Action Items
1. System coding for alumni form old
Gay/Straight Alliance and recent grads
2. Talk with Judy Chamber to solicit
names. Follow up and reach out to those
identified.
3. Facebook set-up and have link to our
webpage
4. Facebook all get on and link
5. Create best of bunch webpage for Price
Pacific Alumni Club
6. Communicate awareness of club
through existing alumni communication
Corrie
Steve
Becca
All
Heather
Corrie and Steve and Kathy (meeting with
Marketing dept.’s Patrick Giblin!)
vehicles
-Jan Magazine: Blurb
-March Magazine: Write-up & Pictures
-E-Newsletter: Blub/WriteUP
7. Draft press release and send to
appropriate outlets
Corrie
-Gay Rags (San Diego, Phoenix, LA, SF,
Sacramento, Seattle, Portland for starters)
-Stockton/SF/Sacramento Newspapers
8. Communicate with Alumni clubs to
Corrie
figure out how to best communicate to their
members or identify people
-Draft email leveraging press release
Corrie
-Email to all club chairs
Corrie
-Email to McGeorge chairs
Eric/Heather
-Dental school
Eric/Heather
-Look at upcoming calendar of events and
see if PPAC members can attend
Corrie
9. Faculty/Deans/Admin Reach out
-Version of press release on Faculty/Staff
GLBT List Serv
-Host faculty meeting in conjunction with
some event on campus where some PPAC
members present
-Host Staff Advisory Council meeting on
campus
-Deans follow-up
10. Draft communications to be sent out to
those we identify outlining our purpose,
needs, looking for, etc.
Eric/Corrie – have proposed events to
participate in for next PPAC call in Jan
Steve
Steve
Norm/Grant and Corrie
Steve
TBD
11. House Parties to build network
-Stockton late January (local alumni &
students)
Becca and Corrie
TBD at January meeting
-San Fran, LA, San Diego
Steve
-Seattle in conjunction w/ conference
12. Alumni Weekend Reception
Corrie/Eric/Heather (plan by Feb)
-Plan event for biggest visibility
-Communicate to PPAC names so get as
many there as possible
13. LT Strategy Next Steps
-set up call with campus club to hear their
ideas about ways we can support and be
involved
Eric/Heater
-research other school clubs
TBD
14. On Campus Activities Support
-Pride Week activity possibility
TBD
-Provide Lavender Graduation Speaker
TBD
Next Meeting
Jan 7th at 6 p.m.
Happy Holidays and See You Next Year!!