The UCSD LGBT Resource Center Advisory Board is composed of faculty, staff and students. They represent the primary constituents of the LGBT Resource Center and its programs. Faculty and staff membership is by individual appointment. Undergraduate and graduate student participation is through selection from the various groups and organizations on campus (i.e. LGBTQIA usually sends two representatives, as does QPOC, Queer Womyn's Coalition, the Alliance, etc.)

The board meets three times a year, on the third Friday of each academic quarter. Each quarter the Advisory Board provides strategic and long term visioning for the LGBT Resource Center through an open dialogue regarding complex questions facing the LGBT community. The Advisory Board also reviews the prior time periods statistics, receives quarterly reports from staff and interns, and reflects on prior events and programs.

Advisory Board Members have two primary roles. The first is to be an ambassador for the UCSD LGBT Resource Center in all aspects of the member's University life and in the broader San Diego community. The second is to provide input and vision regarding the long-term, strategic plans of the LGBT Resource Center.

Advisory Board members are also expected to attend a number of events of the LGBT Resource Center, as the member's schedule allows.

The UCSD LGBT Resource Center Advisory Board each year supports the UCSD LGBT Resource Center Undergraduate Scholarship through individual contributions. The scholarship is for $1,000.

Student members are selected by the organizations they represent. Some members have been consistent, others have changed every quarter. This is to ensure that as many students as possible have access to membership on the Advisory Board. There is unlimited space for students to be involved in the LGBT Resource Center Advisory Board.

New staff and faculty members of the Board are selected each summer. Terms are indefinite and average 3-5 years depending on the individual member's interest and energy. Each year members reaffirm their commitment to the board, or self-select to end their term.

There are three officers of the LGBT Resource Center Advisory Board: Chair, Chair-elect, and past Chair. The term for the Chair is one year. The Chair presides over the meeting, and the chair-elect presides in their absence. The executive committee is comprised of the Chair, the past Chair and Chair-elect. The executive committee meets on an as needed basis between quarterly full board meetings. The Chair and Chair-elect (and past Chair if they so choose) meet quarterly to plan the agenda for the meetings.

For more information on being a member of the LGBT Resource Center Advisory Board, please contact Shaun Travers, stravers@ucsd.edu.