LGBTQ Advisory Board Minutes - 11-12-19
LGBTQ Advisory Committee
Committee Chair, Robin Schwartz
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Members in attendance – Aaron Bos-Lun, Cindy Brown- on
phone, Craig Garmendia- on phone, Daniel Diaz, Elizabeth
Schwartz, Gayle Durham, George Neary, Herb Sosa, Jamie
Guirola, Mark Wylie- on phone, Paul Thomas, Riki Wilchins,
Robin Schwartz
Others in attendance: Dan Rios (GMCVB)
Called to order at 1:00 p.m.
Ongoing Business:
A. Approval of the October 8, 2019 minutes- motion: George, second: Herb
B. MBPD Updates – None
C. GMCVB / Marketing updates – Dan Rios provided some updates: -Continue to roll out
Pride Media and Edge Media with targeted email campaign and social, Continue to
work on first LGBTQ photo shoot. Target 20 scenes, including weddings , MBWM
Customer Service LGBTQ Diversity and training continues for Nov 14 at Miami Beach
Library
New Business:
A. Miami Herald article regarding “Pride Park” in honor of the LGBTQ community:
discussion was held. It was said that the Mayor said the name was for the LGBTQ
community.
B. Gayle spoke about the anti-bullying task force: she would like the task force report to
be brought to the next meeting and recommend posting the policy in City facilities.
Subcommittees Reports and Next Actions:
Robin made it clear that the subcommittee’s need to commit to attending the meetings.
1) HRC Rating (Cindy, Liz, Aaron, Herb)- Cindy spoke about the score, we received
100%, but 114 points. There will be a press release once the HRC makes it public.
2) LGBTQ Visibility/Marketing/ Tourism (Gayle, George, Mark, Jamie, Paul, Danny)-
remove Jamie from this subcommittee. George is the lead. Meeting will take place on
December 2nd at 10 am at the Capital One Café.
3) Health and Wellness (Ricki, Jamie, Craig, Paul)- subcommittee took place today.
Committee Members
Aaron Bos-Lun
Alexander Palenzuela
Cindy Brown
Craig Garmendia
Daniel Diaz
Elizabeth Schwartz
Gayle Durham
George Neary
Herb Sosa
Jamie Guirola
Mark Wylie
Paul Thomas
Riki Wilchins
4) Senior Housing (Cindy, Robin, George, Roger, Alex)- subcommittee did not take place
today as previously scheduled.
5) LGBTQ Municipal Funding (Gayle, Paul, Aaron, Robin)- a meeting will be scheduled.
Discussion was held. Robin noted the LGBTQ community needs money to spend to
educate people.
Meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m.