GOLD - Discussion Topics

GOLD Discussion Topics for 2009
(All dates listed below are for the year 2009. See links below for previous discussion topics.)

Date	Facilitator	Topic
Jan 06	Vicky	The best things in life?
Jan 13	Yoli	Why do some people love harder than others?
Jan 20	Ginny	How patient are you?
Jan 27	Olivia	What is the best way you have found to relieve tension?
Feb 03	Lyn	As a child, what did you think you would become as an adult?
Feb 10	Donna	Would age make a difference to you choosing a partner?
Feb 17	Yoli	The mystery of how different people are?
Feb 24	Vicki	Computers, where do they stand in your life?
Mar 03	Barbara	What in your childhood significantly influenced who you are?
Mar 10	Ginny	What is your favorite season?
Mar 17	Thea	TBA
Mar 24	Lyn	What is the dumbest purchase you ever made?
Mar 31		POT LUCK DINNER
Apr 07	Vicki	Single or coupled... The best and worst of each?
Apr 14	Yoli	Why did one kind of human survive and other disappear? Neanderthal
Apr 21	Donna	TBA
Apr 28	Speaker Ioida Santos	Hate Crimes
May 05	Barbara	The Mystery of Me: When I say, "this is me," what do I mean?
May 12	TBA	TBA
May 19	--	Facilitators Meeting at 6pm
May 19	Olivia	What is your unique or quirky habit?
May 26	Bonnie	GOLD 9th Anniversary & Pot Luck Dinner (Bring any pictures)
Jun 02	Lynn	What was the most meaningful gift you ever received?
Jun 09	Jo Ann	How do you disconnect from your Ex's family, or do you?
Jun 14	--	Join us for Sunday Breakfast and decorate for the Pride Parade Day. White shorts or slacks and purple shirts. We have shirts, but if you don't like them, you can can get your own and have the emblem put on. Ask Lyn where to get that done. Let's make a good showing for the mature lesbians.
Jun 16	Marla	TBA
Jun 23	Speaker Dr. Gail Cohan	Internist at Stony Brook University Hospital
Jun 30	Thea	TBA
July 07	JoAnne	When beginning a relationship why do friendships suffer?
July 14	Ginny	How do you define self respect?
July 21	Vicki	Has the world changed from what you know?
July 28	Speaker Sara B Woolf MA, PPC	Opzions Unlimited Life Coaching and Mentorship
Aug 04	Barbara	What trouble did you get into the most when young?
Aug 11	Lynn	What life experience strengthened you the most?
Aug 18	Marie	Did you ever fall for your best straight friend? did you tell her?
Aug 25	Marla	Does health status play a part in dating or relationships?
Sept 01	Ginny	Do your words represent your actions?
Sept 08	Olivia	If you could be any age again for 1 wk what age & why?
Sept 15	JoAnne	You & your friend like the same girl, the girl likes you, what next?
Sept 22	Marla	What one negative action from the past would you like to change?
Sept 29	Speaker Concetta Spirio, Esq.	Attorney and counselor at law.
Oct 06	Barbara	If you got a tattoo what is it and where would it go?
Oct 13	Lyn	Who is the most unforgettable person you have ever met?
Oct 20	--	Pot Luck Dinner
Oct 27	TBA	How do you feel about being able to vote?
Nov 03	Vicki	What would you change if you ruled the world?
Nov 10	Marie	Does a childless partner understand your bond with your children?
Nov 17	Ginny	Straight vs gay: taboos with respect to others in relationships.
Nov 24	JoAnne	Do you feel like a third wheel with a friend’s relationship?
Dec 01	Olivia	Do something dangerous once with no risk, what is it?
Dec 08	Marla	How do you define a relationship and set the rules?
Dec 15	Vicki	Who should give our children sex education–Street, school, home?
Dec 22	GOLD	GOLD (members only) HOLIDAY PARTY