The Federation of Gay Games ( FGG ) held its annual meeting Oct. 24-29 in San Francisco in conjunction with the 25th anniversary celebration of the first Gay Games.
The general assembly elected a new female co-president and seven new board members Oct. 27, capping a year of record growth in organizations associated with the Federation. Emy Ritt was elected the federation's new female co-president after Kathleen Webster announced her retirement. Among the Chicagoans elected were Elizabeth Valenti ( vice president of operations ) , Paul Oostenbrug ( vice president of membership ) and Ann Simonson ( officer of culture ) .
This year's annual meeting was the first for the new general assembly following the federation's November 2006 restructuring in Lyon, France.
Among the highlights was a memorial that honored deceased FGG supporters. Peg Grey, the Chicagoan who was the first female co-chair of the FGG, was among those saluted.
The 2007 meeting concluded just days before the 1,000-day countdown to Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany, which will run during the summer of 2010.
Photographs of the Peg Grey memorial ( right, with Valenti in the foreground and other FGG supporters ) and the FGG annual meeting attendees ( left ) by Tracy Baim