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DGALA Board on the Association of Alumni Election
The board of DGALA strongly urges you to vote for all of the candidates forming the UNITY SLATE, and for no other candidates, and to vote YES on the nominating committee amendment, and to contact your friends urging them to do so. The Unity Slate includes:
President - John H. Mathias Jr. '69
First Vice President - Cheryl A. Bascomb '82
Second Vice President - Douglas H. Keare '56, TU/TH '57
Secretary/Treasurer - David P. Spalding '76
Executive Committee Members:
Marian Zischke Baldauf '84
Veree Hawkins Brown '93
John S. Engelman '68
Ronald G. Harris '71
Kaitlin Jaxheimer '05
Otho E. Kerr, III '79
Ronald B. Schram '64
For more information about the candidates, or for a sample ballot, see www.dartmouthundying.org.
The members of the Unity Slate are committed to maintaining and developing the relationship between the alumni and the College by cooperation and collaboration, and OPPOSE THE LAWSUIT that has been initiated by an activist bloc that has shown itself to be secretive, divisive, deceitful, and bigoted.
The lawsuit and the attack on the College's self-governance in the New Hampshire Legislature have already cost the College millions of dollars that could have better been used to continue to enhance the educational,
social and moral life of the Dartmouth community. The lawsuit has been fostered in secret, and supported and partly funded by the right-wing "Center for Excellence in Higher Education" (see http://www.cehe.org/pressroom/PR20080205.html and http://dartmouthaoa.blogspot.com/2008/02/lawsuit-funding.html) -- though the identity of other donors has been hidden.
The costs of the lawsuit extend beyond the short-term financial cost to the chilling effect it is likely to have on alumni giving, on the recruitment of the best students for upcoming classes, and on the candidate pool for Dartmouth's next President.
The comic strip, "BlarFlex," that ran in The Dartmouth on April 24th gives a window to the view of the College the lawsuit backers love and wish to preserve: written and drawn by two members of the Phrygian Society (see http://thedartmouth.com/2007/03/07/news/secret/), student supporters of the lawsuit, it is a concentrated dose of racism, sexism, and homophobia. (A copy of the cartoon can be downloaded here, including commentary and opposition by an alliance of campus organizations.)
In contrast, the Unity Slate supports a vision of an inclusive and excellent College that can be loved by, and extend its embrace to, its diverse community.
This election can put a halt to the about-face in progress that has gripped the College for the last few years. The DGALA board urges you to vote, using your paper ballot or electronically, for ONLY the Unity Slate, and to vote YES on the amendment, and to contact your alumni friends urging them to do so.
DGALA Mini-Reunion
Hanover, NH
Monday, June 9 and Friday, June 13
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. - LGBT Resource Center Open House
Saturday, June 14
8:30 a.m. - Annual Reunions Breakfast with remarks by President Jim Wright
3:00 p.m. - Professor Rebecca Biron of the Spanish and Portuguese Departments presents, "Masculinity and Gender in Latin America"
4:00 p.m. - Annual All Affiliated Groups cocktail reception
DGALA dorm housing available. For additional information, contact DGALA at dartgala@gmail.com.
SAVE THE DATE: DGALA All-Class Reunion
October 30 - November 1, 2009
Hanover, NH
We expect over 200 people to attend and need your help to make sure it's a success. Planning committees are now forming (programming, marketing, fundraising). If you are interested in helping to shape the third DGALA All-Class Reunion, please get in touch with the All-Class Reunion Co-Chairs, Garrett Hornsby '87 and Sarah Burgamy '00.
Don't Forget Your Dues!
Please take a moment to renew your DGALA membership. Your contributions help fund great D-GALA events like the All-Class Reunion, the Annual Breakfast, and regional activities.
If you aren't already a DGALA member, join today and stay connected to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community of Dartmouth. Members receive a free subscription to the Green Light, the LGBT Alumni/ae newsletter and exclusive event invitations.
Have questions about DGALA dues? Contact James von Rittmann '95 at dgalatreasurer@aol.com
The DGALA Dartmouth College Fund Scholars Program
Under the DGALA Dartmouth College Fund Scholars Program, every dollar DGALA members contribute to the Dartmouth College Fund goes toward funding new scholarships for GLBT students.
Contributions to the Dartmouth College Fund can be made online at
www.dartmouthcollegefund.org.
For more information, contact Susi Kandel '00 at susi@alum.dartmouth.org
Dartmouth Voted One of the 100 Best Colleges for LGBT Students
Dartmouth was voted as one of the 100 best colleges and universities for LGBT students. As a result, the College is featured in The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students, currently available in bookstores across the country.
Dartmouth was also recently included in a NY Times article about the Advocate's100 best campuses for LGBT students. The article "Is this Campus Gay Friendly?" can be read here. The article also features a picture of Pam Misener and Jamal Brown '08.
For more upcoming events, click here.
Green Light Now Available Here!
The Green Light is now available online. View here.Send Us Your Photos!
Have you taken pictures at a DGALA event? If so, we'd love to display them on our website.
To share your photos, e-mail them to susi@alum.dartmouth.org.
Tell Your Friends About DGALA!
Know some people who might be interested in DGALA events? Tell them about the DGALA e-mail list so that they can receive the DGALA monthly e-newsletter and be informed of all the DGALA happenings.
Not yet on the DGALA e-mail list yourself? To subscribe, simply send the following in the body of an e-mail to listserv@listerv.dartmouth.edu: subscribe dgala-list.
Questions? E-mail Pete Williams '76 at dartgala@gmail.com
The Dartmouth Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae Association, Inc. (D-GALA) was founded in 1985, was granted 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service in 1998 and today has over 700 members.