News & Reviews Committee

Charge

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Compiles, produces, and distributes the Rainbow Round Table news blog. Creates book and media reviews for publication in the round table's reviews blog. Updates Rainbow Round Table social media channels. Recruits volunteers to write articles about the round table, 91´«Ã½, and other news of interest to round table members.

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Roster

Kathleen T. Baril
(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027)
Scott J. Clonan
(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026)
Ms. Jane Homan
(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026)
Dai Newman
(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026)
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Sanders
(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026)
Fable Michael Sonia-Bolduc
(Member, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026)
Anjali Jain
(Primary Staff Liaison, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2030)
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Resources

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Composition

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The committee will consist of 10 to 15 members, a board liaison, and will be led by a chair.

Origin

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The Rainbow Round Table (formerly GLBTRT) Reviews Committee was charged at the . Book reviews were published in the organization's since the late 1990s. These reviews were written by an ad hoc group of members and edited by the newsletter editor and later a reviews editor.

Milestones:

  • 2007 - Reviews were posted on the new GLBTRT Blog, the group became an ad hoc sub group of the round table Newsletter Committee.
  • Fall 2008 - The Newsletter began reviewing films.
  • Winter 2009 - Title for Book Review Editor changed to Reviews Editor.
  • Spring 2009 - New guidelines for reviewers updated and formalized.
  • Summer 2009 - Newsletter now averaged 18–21 reviews per quarterly issue.
  • 2010 - Word limit for reviews raised from 250 to 500.
  • Summer 2010 - The GLBT Reviews blog launched in the 91´«Ã½ domain, on 91´«Ã½'s installation of WordPress at .
  • Summer 2010 - Google Analytics was used to gather traffic data for Web Committee reports.
  • Summer 2010 - Notifications of all new posts to GLBT Reviews blog were automatically shared on the GLBTRT Feed (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace).
  • November 2013 - The GLBT Round Table Reviews Committee was charged at the as a standing committee of the round table.
  • July 2014 - The GLBT Round Table Reviews Committee began work as a standing committee.

At the 2018 91´«Ã½ Annual meeting and the 2019 91´«Ã½ Midwinter meeting, the Rainbow RT Executive Board voted to merge the News and Reviews standing committees into a single committee.

Procedures

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Current review group procedures are documented in an informal round table procedure manual. The committee will craft their procedures and publish them here in the future.

Get Involved

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Serving on a Rainbow Round Table committee requires membership in 91´«Ã½ and RRT. Learn more by visiting our . To volunteer for a committee, visit our .