<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey STEPpers!<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you haven't heard already, I have accepted a new job at Cal Poly Pomona. I will be the Coordinator of the Pride Center (LGBT Center) starting at the end of this month. Friday, Oct. 24 is my last day at UCR.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I am still planning on leading Monday's book club discussion and will make sure that the Harper books are ordered before I leave. I am emailing folks now, to solicit one or two people who might be interested in taking over STEP. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Coordination mainly involves logistical concerns. This would include primarily the listserv administration (very easy), and general scheduling etc. Since folks agreed to do book club, each month's facilitators have already been decided with the exception of a couple of months in spring. Whomever would take over would need to recruit folks to lead those discussions. The other point of leadership required would be for the retreat if folks decide to have one again in December. The past two years, a committee has come together to plan the event, but I've usually been the one to maintain communication with Susan Allen Ortega about financial support. All in all, depending on your vision for STEP, leading the group isn't all that complicated. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I created STEP with the intention of creating space for new and mid-level professionals to connect, provide support, share ideas, have discussion, and create professional development opportunities. Things I felt were missing within the infrastructure of student affairs (especially when Housing and Career folks aren't even in our division). It seems that throughout the years, others have felt similarly. Participation ebbs and flows, as does many activities we do outside of our job description. But ultimately I feel that the intention is still alive, as is the need for the space. I have given vision, along with others, to what STEP is today, and now it's ready for a new vision and new leadership. I think change and growth are critical to the group's continued success.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you have an interest, please let me know either before the meeting or at next Monday's meeting.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks so much for being apart of STEP! I know that it has brought me support in the time I have been here, as well as some of my favorite people at UCR:)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Jami</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Jami Grosser</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">University of California, Riverside</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Riverside, CA<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>92521</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">951-827-2267</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><u><a href="mailto:jami.grosser@ucr.edu">jami.grosser@ucr.edu</a></u></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://www.out.ucr.edu">www.out.ucr.edu</a></font></p> </div> </div><br></body></html>