430583
- TitleSydney 2002 Gay Games collection
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 7268/Boxes 1-19
MLMSS 7268/Boxes 20X- 22X - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1982-2002 - Type of material
- Reference code430583
- Physical Description3.74 metres of textual material (19 boxes and 3 outsize boxes) includes photographs
24 videocassettes - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
The Sydney Gay Games, held 2-9 Nov. 2002, involved approx. 14 000 athletes from 77 countries, 25 000 visitors & 800 media reps. Sydney 2002 Gay Games Ltd was the host organisation for the Gay Games and Cultural Festival. The Company had a contract with the Federation of Gay Games. It had a board of 12 directors, approx. 60 full-time staff and approx. 300 volunteers. At the conclusion of the Games, the company abruptly dissolved - offices were abandoned, creditors moved in and the Website disappeared from the Internet - Scope and ContentBackground documents:
1982-2002; Transcripts of Gay Games I by Dr Tom Waddell, reports on Gay Games IV - New York '94 & Gay Games V - Amsterdam '98, Federation of Gay Games post-Gay Games V sports reports, Dallas, Long Island & Montreal unsuccessful bid documents for Gay Games VI, fliers for unsuccessful 1998 Sydney Gay Games bid (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/1)
Sydney bid:
1997-2002; Sydney bid documents, letters of support for Sydney bid from sports teams & cultural organisations, national & international. Proposal for support from the Government of NSW, Sydney 2002 Gay Games Ltd & Federation of Gay Games licence agreement, Getting there: Sydney 2002 report to the Federation of Gay Games, Dec. 1998 (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/2)
Marketing - files:
1999-2002; 1000 days [to go], Ad Campaign, Advertising - rates/dimensions, AIDS Trust of Australia, Australia Council, Australian brochure, Brand development, B[usiness] S[upporters] N[etwork] - background, BSN, Carnivale, Choir program, City banners, Conference program, Correspondence, Culture - reports, CVs - submitted for file, Employment opportunities, Enews - hard copy issues, Events - general admin, F[ederation] G[ay] G[ames], Film & Television Office NSW, Fundraising - Frisky, Fundraising - Hey Homo, Fundraising - special dance events, Gamarada [2 files], HUB, Human Resources, IT requirements, Lateral, Local Councils, Mardi Gras collaborations, MAA paralympic torch relay, G[ay] G[ames] music compilation, Mobile phones, NSW Ministry for the Arts, Pending, Pinpoint, Pouring rights, Programes/advertioins [sic], Requests, Shopfront [empty], Signage, SOPA, Snap Printing, Special needs & disability, Sponsor agreements & summary, Sport, Sports assistant, Tickets, Venues [empty], Volunteer program, Volunteer timesheets, Wonderland, Website (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/3-4) RESTRICTED
Marketing - manuals, kits etc:
1997-2002; Sponsor handbook, Media information, Operations manual, folder of business cards, Volunteer's kit, Delegate's kit, Business Supporters Network kit, MG Club kit, Conference kit, Bid kit, TAFE & Gay Games VI sponsorship opportunity (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/5)
Marketing - miscellaneous correspondence, notes, invoices etc:
2002; Order book, mission statement, company information, letter of support from Bob Carr, misc. letters, registration forms, invoices, receipts, Public relations proposal, Presentation drafts, Turnbull Porter Novelli marketing document, "Blood, Sweat & Queers" - a documentary proposal, office reports & schedules (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/6)
Marketing - advertising & media:
2002; Media release originals, copies of advertisements placed in US, NZ, German & French magazines, folder of national print advertising newscuttings & copies (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/6)
Marketing - reports & presentations:
1999-2002; Media plan prepared by Matt Jones, Media Manager, fundraising proposal from Whoosh Events for Luna Park parties, brand launch strategy presented by The Capital Group, presentation by BMCMedia.com, communications agency pitch by Cohn & Wolfe, Simon Richards Group, proposal for support from the NSW Government, NSW Government Inter Agency Working Group on Gay Games VI, Briefing paper for Federal Minister, Sport & Tourism, Hon. Jackie Kelly, Cultural Program outline marketing strategy; marketing communications brief by Edelman Public Relations, A study of Sydney community awareness, attitudes & opinions of the Sydney 2002 Gay Games, general board meeting 25th June 1999, business plan 1st draft 12/09/99, business plan August 2000, marketing plan [2 versions], sponsorship sales status report by Octagon Marketing, tourism marketing report, marketing program, final reports prepared by divisions within Marketing Dept. of Marketing & Communications, Licensing, Brand & Advertising, Sponsorship Sales & Servicing, Business Support Network, Signage, a presentation by The Entertainment Group to Sydney 2002 Gay Games Ltd, The Capital Group credentials presented to Sydney 2002 Gay Games & Cultural Festival VI, Communications project management proposal presented by The Capital Group (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/7, 22X)
Marketing - merchandise & signage:
2002; Design specifications for clothing & other merchandise (Concept Sports), correspondence entitled "Final approvals", DNA creative artwork archive, signage folder & map of signage for SCG & Aussie Stadium, signage samples (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/8, 22X)
Cultural files A-C:
2002; AIDS Trust Food & Wine Fair, All About Love, And then there's Bea, Architect & the Emperor of Assyria, Arts contacts, Asia night market, Asian outreach [2 files], Audience & Other Psychopaths, Bands, Black Kweer 'n' Out There, Board, Board proposals, Body Celebration of the Machine [incl. Womens Circus], Bondi Beach BBQ, Bondi Rocks, Breathe Play/Landscape Dreaming, Bridge, BSN [Business Supporters Network], Cabaret [Matt Yee], Ceremonies, * change at Babylon [play by Brian-Paul Mendoza], Chapel of love [walking tours by Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence], Christine Mansfield, Cheerleading, Choirs, Colonies of Desire [play by Jack Hibberd], Combo Fiasco, Comedy Club, Community organisations, Concert bands gala: I love the nightlife, Correspondence, Crafts [Royal Queer Show] (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/9) RESTRICTED
Cultural files, D-H:
1999-2002; Dance [2 files], Demonstration sports, Dying Gaul, Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens, Emily of Emerald Hill, E-news, Equestrian Kur, Fa'afafine, Festivals, Film, Flat on your Bacharach, Flesh: memo, Peter Fogel [Tuck 'N Roll Players], Foreign aids, Scott Freedman, Funding information, Grand Ball, His Spirit Flies - Tim Bishop, Hub - Terminal (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/10) RESTRICTED
Cultural files, I-O:
1999-2002; I Love Lezzie Comedy Troupe, I Should Be So Lucky, It's a Boy Thing, Jesus Enrique Divine, Joanna Leigh, Lex Lindsay, Lindy, The Maids, Marr, Media expressions of interest, Milk, Music, My Life as a Dyke, My Life as a Dyke Too - the Shequel, Newtown Newworks, NIDA, Open Stage - general, Pera, Opening Ceremony (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/11) RESTRICTED
Cultural files, P-S:
1999-2002; Passion Play [& Playworks], Pervert, Pink Files, Poetry Slam, Powerhouse Museum, Quilt [AIDS memorial], Registration, Research material, Savage Grace, Scripts/synopses for consideration, Shiver [& Sssh], Sing Out to the World, Joao Roberto de Souza, Street theatre (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/12) RESTRICTED
Cultural files, T-Z:
Theatre, Topp Twins, Visual arts, Website, The Whole Craft of Being Nobody, Wild Sex, Women's Music Festival, Youth, Youth health services, Youth suicide project (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/13) RESTRICTED
Artwork:
Opening ceremony segments & mistress folder, design files, working drawings & materials estimates, parties maps & venues, miscellaneous (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/14-15)
Athletes guides:
2002; Aerobics, badminton, basketball, bowling, cycling, dancing, diving, field hockey, figure skating, golf, ice hockey, judo, marathon, martial arts, netball, physique, pool billiard, powerlifting, sailing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, touch rugby, track & field, triathlon, volleyball, water polo, wrestling (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/15)
Women:
2002; Bumpher Bar Cocktail Party #2, Childcare policy, Dept. for Women donations, Dept. for Women grants, Gender policy, Girls With Balls, LINC [Lesbians Incorporated], Lovedale long lunch trip, Luxe event, Media stories, Planning, Pride Week/Bumpher Bar/Queerscreen/film night, Rainbow Babies, Slick event, Spread the Word, Starfish, Wag meetings, Women's intro letters/scholarship blitz, Women's stats (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/16) RESTRICTED
Printed:
1996-2002; Souvenir & themed issues of gay publications such as Sydney Star Observer, LOTL, Sx, DNA Gay Games VI opening ceremony official program; Guide to Gay Sydney; various catalogues & programs from Sydney & other Gay Games (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/17)
Newscuttings & media:
1999-2002; Media clippings in files, some compiled by press clipping services, original newscuttings (most are sourced) and photocopies of newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/18-19)
Protocol:
2002; E-mail correspondence concerning protocol, diplomacy & security issues (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/19)
Photographs:
1998-2002; 1998 Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Oxford Street parade incl. Gay Games VI Sydney float, 1998 "1000 days to go" launch, Opening Ceremony rehearsals, Wilson Street workshop, Andy Davey's mirrorball disPLAY, Media launch, Outreach/Moana Pacifika function, Gay Games promo (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/20X)
2001-2002; Various office & function scenes in 2001, 2002 Olympic torch relay through Oxford Street, Opening Ceremony team images, various scenes in 2003, 2003 proof sheet, Federation of Gay Games annual general meeting held in Sydney, miscellaneous (Call No.: MLMSS 7268/21X) - Access Conditions
Partly restricted : Applies to MLMSS 7268/Boxes 3-4, 9-13, 16 for reasons of protection of individual privacy and confidentiality. Prior approval is required for access. Any requests for access will be referred to the Head of Manuscripts.For access to this collection please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - General note
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