GGBC

Board Nominees Present Platforms, Answer Questions at Annual Meeting

Dan P.Friday, March 1, 19910

GGBC
Greater Gotham Business Council
March 1991
Pages 1-2

Democracy swings into action every March. It’s time for the annual meeting, including the board elections. It’s your chance to be part of GGBC’s decision-making process. It’s time to ask yourself: Who do you want representing you? Would you vote for that person? Will you be that person? When am I going to get involved in this organization?

JOin GGBC in the Network Room at the Community Center on Thursday, March 21, for campaign oratory, socializing, flesh pressing, and – should the opportunity arise – a little baby kissing. This spring, three seats on the Board of Directors will be filled. Positions are open by the completion of Tom Ring’s three-year term and vacancies left by the early resignations of Judith Lafemina and Jo Taibi.

Our “Meet The Candidates” event will give you the chance to spill your guts, question the candidates, and have a say in the future of GGBC. As a part of the annual meeting, President William C. Galliker will also review the year’s activities. Among the accomplishments and plans to be discussed:

– The GGBC marketing program, which is in its earliest stages of implementation.

– The Greater Gotham Business Report, a twice-monthly business news segment on Gay Cable Network.

– The GGBC Professional Mentoring Program.

“It was a year of quiet but very important change that started with the town meeting last April,” Bill recently commented. “The Board has worked very hard to establish a new direction, based on the ideas that were raised by the members. We are looking forward to discussing the new programs and organizing committees to help the programs flourish.”

Policies, Procedures Profits

GGBC will join other lesbian and gay professional organizations as the Community Center and the City of New York Comptroller’s Office sponsor a workshop about doing business with the City.

Tom Duane, the Comptroller’s Manhattan Community Liaison, will host a special program about economic development opportunities, small business loans, contracting procedures and instruction for navigating the Procurement Policy Board’s red tape.

This is the follow-up we promised you in November when GGBC introduced may of the “out” members of the Dinkins administration. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about how the City can empower your business.

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GGBC College Night 1991

Dan P.Friday, February 1, 19910

GGBC
Greater Gotham Business Council
February 1991
Page 1

Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Business World

Is there gay life after college? It’s a question many of didn’t have an answer to when we graduated. Come to think of it, some of us didn’t know there was gay life during college!

Think back. Whether it was last year or 40 years ago. What would it have meant to you to know that gay men and lesbians were not only “out”, but making it in the real world?

GGBC takes the month of February to go back to school. Well actually, to bring school to The Center. Join our hosts, Andy Weiser, GGBC secretary of the Board, and Michael Mangino, a new member of the Program Committee, as we welcome gay and lesbian students of the New York City area.

According to Dan Perlman, vice president of activities, gay and lesbian student associations from as far south as Princeton and as far north as Yale and Harvard have been invited to attend GGBC College Night.

With this program, GGBC is creating opportunities for both the student community and the business community. For the students, we are providing a chance to hear from, meet with, and get a glimpse of what life on the other side of the sheepskin is really like. Perhaps a chance to meet a mentor, make contacts for future employment, or even see that being gay and being in the business world are not mutually exclusive. In addition, GGBC will give these students a chance to learn the risks and caveats associated with making choices about being in or out of the closet.

For GGBC members, this is a chance to give something to the ‘incoming’ members of our community, to be a mentor, to find future employees or maybe even an apprentice or summer intern.

Other members of the Network of Gay and Lesbian Professional Organizations will assist with this event, so there will be many professions represented. This is also an opportunity for GGBC members who are facing midlife crisis to explore other careers.

Dr. Marjorie Hill from the Mayor’s Office will also be with us to provide her always-engaging view from downtown.

Join GGBC on February 21st at 6 p.m. for an hour of socializing and networking. The program begins after a short business meeting at 7 p.m.

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GLBT

Inside Out: Building Business Coalitions With OUT City Administrators

Dan P.Thursday, November 1, 19900

GGBC
Greater Gotham Business Council
November 1990
Page 1

Inside Out: Building Business Coalitions With OUT City Administrators
by Dan Perlman, Vice President of Activities

When: Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m.

Where: The Center, 208 W. 13th Street, Network Room

Admission: Members, free; guests, $5.00.

Inside out: to be an openly gay/lesbian working inside New York City government.

For the average gay and lesbian business person, being “out” is seldom an absolute issue. There’s always that moment when the decision to disclose sexual preference is made. But for some of our community, being out has provided a step up on the career ladder and has given the gay and lesbian community a visible presence in City Hall. On Thursday, Nov. 15, GGBC members and guests can meet many of the high-powered, high-ranking City administrators, who are also gay or lesbian.

What’s it like? Do they have offices without closets? Do their pink triangles clash with the Mayor’s blue unity ribbons? Why don’t we qualify for minority set-aside programs? Are low-interest loans available for minority businesses like ours? Who do we speak with when we think we’re being discriminated against? How close is the City to bankruptcy?

A special panel will answer questions, discuss opportunities available to the gay and lesbian businesses and talk about ways professional and business organizations might forge a stronger relationship with City Hall.

The panel will include Dr. Marjorie Hill, the Mayor’s liaison; Rosemary Kuropat, Chief of Staff for Economic Development; and Tom Duane from the Comptroller’s office among others.

This is networking at the highest level. Come for the 6 p.m. social hour and mingle with our guests. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the panel goes on at 7:10 p.m., after a brief business meeting. Members are free and non-members $5.

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