Pride-Ready January Meeting by

In early December we will be hosting the first ever Pride-Ready ERG retreat.

scroughwelllincoln — 2024-01-24 20:49:12 UTC

COVID Precautions

nsou2070 — 2024-01-29 14:40:19 UTC

What precautions, if any, will be used to prevent the spread of COVID?

Collaboration with other ERGs

nsou2070 — 2024-01-29 14:42:10 UTC

I'd love to see the ERG collaborate with the neurodivergent ERG.

Budgeting

2024-01-29 15:45:15 UTC

Would travel be expensed to our individual dept budgets?

Manager approval.

2024-01-29 16:00:18 UTC

Advice on getting manager approval without having to come out to manager?

Booking and ADA accomodations

2024-01-29 19:18:36 UTC

Can we handle booking, or are folks on the events team aware of how to handle, ADA accommodations or things like that if we have them? (e.g. service animals, etc)

COVID Precautions++

2024-01-29 19:20:14 UTC

Would it be possible to request an ADA accommodation for COVID testing?

Meeting times

2024-01-29 19:32:24 UTC

Can we make the meeting times for this meeting more accommodating to those of us in Pacific Time? (I would prefer anything after 9am PT)

2024-01-29 19:33:04 UTC

I'd love to see an ERG yearly kickoff/summit or something like that where all the ERGs maybe have a few minutes to communicate to everyone at CA with their goals/aims etc. and just to maybe hear from the leaders.

book bans

2024-01-29 19:33:38 UTC

I'd love to hear more about specific actions we can take as individuals and as an ERG to help with the school and library book bans that are happening across the country

Light-Hearted Fun in Slack

2024-01-29 19:34:01 UTC

Maybe some silly Q&A on Friday afternoons? Trivia? Game-like things. Just to have some opportunity for connecting on Slack more often.

Public pride events

2024-01-29 19:34:43 UTC

Pride events that bring in people from outside the ERG so they can celebrate Pride with us

Intersectionality

2024-01-29 19:35:26 UTC

Highlighting diversity and intersectionality especially during Pride Month.

Maybe some convergence of LGBTQ+ art show or architecture (Castro?)neighborhood tour and/or other SF history

2024-01-29 19:35:39 UTC

postcards to elected officials with David C.

2024-01-29 19:36:00 UTC

Book Discussion

nsou2070 — 2024-01-29 19:36:46 UTC

Local meetups

2024-01-29 19:37:44 UTC

ERG meetups in person for people who are local to a specific office or city

Watch parties

2024-01-29 19:39:14 UTC

Watch parties + discussion for representative media (tv, movie, music videos, etc.)

2024-01-29 19:40:36 UTC

I'm not sure where to put this but just to say that with this being an election year, I'm imagining it may be helpful to speak to some mental health resources etc.