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OCR Page 1 of 9OPEN MIND Network, Inc.
AN EDUCATIONAL COALITION FOR ADVANCING
LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL
CIVIL RIGHTS
November 19, 1995
Richard
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Ms. Marsha Scott
Board of Directors
Deputy Assistant to the President
WIGGSY SIVERTSEN
The White House
President
Washington D.C.
let's this! desces
SHIRLEY LOPEZ
Vice President
Dear Marsha,
KIM WALT
Secretary/Treasurer
This is a late thank you letter for the meeting in October.
I
enjoyed being there and left feeling hopeful and uplifted.
I
CHRIS BURDICK
also want to take this opportunity to share some thoughts that
HEIDI PERLMUTTER
have been rolling around in my head since leaving D.C.
ANN RATCLIFFE
RANDY RICE
First, let me say that I believe that the meetings were useful
JIM TOWERY
and productive, but if you are thinking of doing this again I
would like to suggest some changes in the format. Now that
large groups of the President's staff have had an opportunity to
meet us, and we them, I think it would be more useful to have
smaller group discussions that are geared towards developing
some collective plans. This is important for legislative and
presidential support, as well as for developing a strategy on
how to involve the lesbian, gay and bisexual community in
advocating for the President in his upcoming re-election
campaign.
Clearly, now that Powell is out of the race (I could ever
understand his appeal - I guess I'm not one of those "girls" that
loves a man in uniform) it must be clear to our community that
re-electing Clinton should be a primary goal. However, I know
the gay community. They are all too willing to "cut off their
nose to spite their face." They will stay home and not work for
Clinton if they do not see some real efforts on his part to deal
with our concerns. While ENDA was important, there still is
the stinging rebuke they feel from the military problem.
Therefore, I believe there must be some way the President can
begin to function in order to dispel the myth that he will
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