Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance Spring 2016 Meeting Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Residence of Rick Rosendall I. Introductions - meet new volunteer II. Anniversary/awards reception, April 21 – final preparations — Finalize award presenters — Solicit more donors through personal contacts III. Primary election ratings process — Emails sent to campaigns with links to questionnaire packets; reminders sent — Need space for May 10 primary ratings meeting — Advertising plan (tentative: quarter-page ad in June 3 Blade) IV. Upcoming events — April 15: DC Tax Day Protest and March for Equality, Freedom Plaza, 9:30 am https://www.facebook.com/events/752194721582891/ — April 15: DC Statehood, Gentrification and Race, Historical Society, 2:30 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/1074520405924051/ — April 21: GLAA 45th Anniversary Awards Reception, Policy Restaurant, 6:30 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/1567959783529572/ — April 22: Sampson McCormick's A Tough Act to Follow, Reel Affirmations, HRC, 9 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/192230381144834/ — April 23-24: I Am Harvey Milk, Strathmore Music Center, 8 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/1669755723238506/ — April 28: Spring Fling to benefit Wanda Alston Foundation, Mansion at O Street, 6:30 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/523481861166789/ — May 1: Gay Day at the Zoo, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Noon - 5 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/253382194999166/ — May 8: Carmina 35, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Kennedy Center, https://www.facebook.com/GayMensChorusofWashington/events/ — May 29: ACT LGBTQ Theater Showcase, Anacostia Arts Center, 5 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/1512811862349535/ — June 9: Kerry Eleveld: Don't Tell Me to Wait, The DC Center, 7 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/1702572443348813/ Next meeting: May 10 ratings meeting (location TBA) .