Hey GBLUR Friends,

Here’s what’s happening in February!

CUQSC – Feb 4-7

GBLUR Elections – Feb 24

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Canadian University Queer Services Conference:

GBLUR is attending this year’s CUQSC in Victoria, British Columbia. The conference is being held at the University of Victoria from February 4th to 7th and we expect to learn a lot from the workshops and keynotes. During this time, Dan, Leah, Lisa, and Nathan will be out of the province, meaning that the GBLUR Centre will be limited in the services it can provide. The lounge can still be opened by asking the URSU Front desk to open it. For emergency contact, please email us. So far our trip has been successful and you MAY see further updates via Twitter or our blog in the following few days.

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GBLUR ELECTIONS/WINTER SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

Meeting info: Feb 24th, 4pm, RC 285

Due to some complications with our last General Meeting, we’ve rescheduled our meeting for February 24th. This meeting will take place at 4pm in Room 285 Riddell Centre (2nd floor, by the CocaCola machine and URSU). We will have an award ceremony, updates from the board and the director, and we will also be hosting elections for 3 new board positions. We encourage you to consider nominating someone (including yourself) by contacting us. You don’t have to have any experience and we’d love to see some 1st and 2nd year students coming aboard. Spread the word and lets have a good turn out!

Greetings GBLUR Friends!

The GBLUR Board and Executive Director would like to wish you all a great winter break and a happy new year! 2009 has been a fun-filled and productive year for us and we’d like to keep the momentum going in the new year with some awesome new plans starting with a jam-packed January!
====SIREN Dance Party==== Jan 16

And what better way to start a new year than with an awesome DJ Dance Party! On Saturday, Jan 16, LIPS PRODUCTIONS in collaboration with AfterDark Events and GBLUR, is hosting “SIREN”, a great back to school party for everyone 16+! More details are on Facebook.
====GBLUR Special General Meeting==== Jan 15

On a more business related note, GBLUR will be hosting a “Special General Meeting (SGM)” as planned. This meeting will include a recap of things that have happened since the last meeting, an awards ceremony for Volunteers, and an election for some new board members. If you’re looking to join the board, this is the meeting to attend. We have scheduled this meeting for January 15th at 4:00pm in the URSU Board Room, Riddell Centre.

====GBLUR in Victoria and DIVAS==== Feb 4-7, Mar 6

That’s it for January! The GBLUR Board will be off in balmy Victoria, BC during the first week of February to attend the Canadian Universities Queer Services Conference hosted by UVIC PRIDE. We’re looking to learn a lot, make a bunch of new friends, and also let the rest of the nation know what GBLUR is up to.

March 6th will be the date for GBLUR’s famous DIVAS Drag show at the Lazy Owl so make sure you keep that in mind because it will be a BLAST! We’ll be looking for volunteers so be sure to let us know if you’re interested.

====Donations and the Future====

The board would like to thank everyone for their support and contributions. We’ve come a long way since becoming a club and evolving into an organization. We couldn’t have come this far without the support of everyone who believes in what we do. We have many more ideas and plans we’d like to play out throughout this next semester. We plan on starting a Podcast show that will be updated every 2 weeks to recap on what’s new and fill you in on upcoming events and news. We also plan on having more frequent, small events to keep us on our toes!
2010 will be a great year and we want you to be a part of it. Sign up to be an official member via our online form, donate a dollar or two, and don’t forget to come hang out in our lounge in Riddell Centre!

Dan

GBLUR

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Just to let you know, our blog is back up and running after what seems to have been a minor glitch with WordPress. Updates to come