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atse3?ing coinnitte plarinsrs are conanitted to aiding those who
night otherwise have .trouble making it to the conference*
Cooperative child care, facilities for the handicapped^ inter
preters for the deaf and financial support for poor gay peoolo
will be provided* Those in need of aid should contact*local
groups for infomation*
Five goals were agreed on for inplementation before, during
and after the conference:
- to attract a maximum diversity of gay people*
• to increase communication between groups (women, blacks, the *
poor, parents, non-gay-liberaticnists and others)
— to toach pai’ticipants concrete skills they can use*
-* to increase individual participants * sons© of power*
-• to reflect on where the regional gay commiaiity is and is
going, and to build the potential for cooperatiOTi*
To make the conference the rosiilt of real regional cooperation,
a special organization was set up specifically to manage the
conference* Thus, unlike the first two conferences, which
were sponsored by ongoing local gay groups, tlie steering committee
i or the Third Annual SEGC will be composed of Atlantans from
mpny parts of the city, and will disband after a new location
13 decided on for 1979o I^Iuch of the ongoing work will continue
to be done by members of the Georgia Gay Alliance, which since
Api>il has mado significant progress in advance planning, site
selection and group contacts. The steering committo© will
report to the region by the beginning of December on their
choice of conference co-coordinators and committee heads for
such areas as spookers, workshops, entertainment and housing*
State-w5.de and local groups will choose state coordinators
representatives by December 10 to manage planning and publicity
throughout the reglono ^
Interim contact persons for the steering committee are:
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Heidi Silver
i»26 Sterling St* HE
Atlanta, Ga* 30307
Prank Abbott
2lj.8 Helms Ave*
Atlanta, Ga* 30307
tel. 404/378-6505