Section 1: Identify the leadership within your unit.

List members of your steering committees, committee members, task force members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.

Name of Committee	Name of Committee Member	Email
LGBTA Concerns Commission Chair	Lynne A. Carlson	lcarlson@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Steering Committee	Brent Hurley	bwh120@psu.edu
Steering Committee	Chiara Carmolli-Anderson	cccarmoll@phhp.ufl.edu
Steering Committee	Neva Baron	neva.baron@emich.edu
Steering Committee	Bill Byerly	wbyerly@cox.smu.edu
Steering Committee	Jana Kay Lunstad	janakay.lunstad@usu.edu
Steering Committee/Safe Zone Project	Ben Chamberlain	bchamber@iastate.edu
Steering Committee/Safe Zone Project	Jennifer Joslin	jennifer-joslin@wowa.edu
Steering Committee/Safe Zone Project	Jane Martindell	martindelli@kenyon.edu
Steering Committee/Safe Zone Project	Andrea Beckett	abecket@iupui.edu
Steering Committee/Safe Zone Project	Laura Luthy	lluthy@cs.utexas.edu
Steering Committee/Safe Zone Project	Jason Micritz	jasonm@unt.edu
Safe Zone Project	Cole Holmes	cole.holmes@mccombs.utexas.edu
Safe Zone Project	Carol Gruber	grube012@umn.edu
Safe Zone Project	Riley D. Johnson	rjohns28@depaul.edu
Safe Zone Project	Susan Leigh	Sleigh@depaul.edu
Safe Zone Project	Jason Boyd	jboyd18@u.washington.edu
Safe Zone Project	Mark Vegte	mavegte@icstu.edu
Safe Zone Project	Criselda Marquez	cmarquez@purdue.edu
Safe Zone Project	Karen Clemence	clemenck@lafayette.edu

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Section 2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions and strategies.

Mission 1: Address the academic advising needs of higher education.

Strategies:

1-A
Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic advising. Through surveys and needs assessments, identify the issues facing academic advising in higher education and propose methods for addressing these issues - from recognition of advising as a critical component of student success to the recognition of advisors as critical to the educational/developmental process.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Create a Safe Zone project within NACADA and offer training at state, regional and national conferences as an ongoing educational exercise.	Safe Zone Project Committee	2005-10-01	0000-00-00	have a minimum of 10 Safe Zone Allies in each region by 2006

1-B
Collect information about the environments in which academic advising operates. Through surveys, focus groups or other means, determine how academic advising best operates in higher education and determine if success is determined by particular variables - delivery model by institutional type, intrusiveness, processes for specific populations, etc.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Encouraging members and others research and/or campus climate survey of LGTA issues using Executive office resources.	Casey Self, Lynne A. Carlson	0000-00-00	0000-00-00	presentation of surveys from regions at national conference.

1-D
Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to the academic advising community. Identify, develop, and deliver professional development activities and resources to meet the needs of the academic advising community - including institutions, central administrators, full-time advisors, faculty advisors, and peer advisors.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Work with National conference committees to schedule a LGBT or Ally as a speaker	Criselda Marquez	0000-00-00	0000-00-00	Scheduled speaker

Mission 2: Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.

Strategies:

2-A
Promote, support, and conduct research related to the enhancement of academic advising through further understanding of the student, the campus environment, advising processes, or other related areas.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Work with NACADA Orientation for New Members to encourage members to "step out of their comfort zone" and attend conference sessions that they would not "normally" attend.	TBD	2005-10-03	2007-10-08	See announcement in NACADA Conference literature. Hear NACADA Executives make general session announcements.

Mission 3: Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student learning and development in a diverse world.

No Activity entered

Mission 4: Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional mission and vitality.

No Activity entered

Mission 5 : Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.

Strategies:

5-A
Assess member needs and talents. Identify representatives of diverse groups and plan for ensuring their successful involvement in association activities.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Create Safe Zone Ally project as part of NACADA ongoing trainings.	Safe Zone Committee	2007-10-10	0000-00-00	See above.

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Section 3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or Board of Directors.

No Issues.

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Section 4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.

Volunteer Opportunity	Details
Region 1 representative on Steering Committee	Need a NACADA member from region 1 for inclusion on Steering Committee. Steering Committee meet at national conference to develop strategies for LGBTA concerns.
Region 3 representative on Steering Committee	Need a NACADA member from region 3 for inclusion on Steering Committee. Steering Committee meet at national conference to develop strategies for LGBTA concerns.
Region 9 representative on Steering Committee	Need a NACADA member from region 9 for inclusion on Steering Committee. Steering Committee meet at national conference to develop strategies for LGBTA concerns.

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Section 5: Summary of Annual Commission Meeting

Fall 2004 Annual LGBTA Concerns Commission Meeting - Introduced Lynne Carlson as new Chair of Commission. 31 members were in attendance. Discussed concerns of members. The group would like to be more visible and active within regions and other commissions. Would like to get onto committee that works to choose keynote speakers for National conferences. Set up a steering committee to work on issues and creating goals to further commission within NACADA strategic plan. Set up a group to creat a Safe Zone Ally program within NACADA for all members to participate in. Discussed having NACADA leaders ask members to "step out of their comfort zones" when choosing sessions to attend at local/regional/national conferences. Looking for more members so include someone from each region for representation on regional/local levels.