Several national LGBT organizations convened the Action Plan Working Meeting: LLEGO, the National Coalition for LGBT Health, the National Association of LGBT Community Centers, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, the National Coalition of Lesbian and Feminist Cancer Projects and the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Addiction Professionals. A 22-member steering committee was organized, representing LGBT groups nationwide, who recruited additional participants resulting in a diverse group of 64 LGBT tobacco control advocates at a planning meeting in October 2003 in Washington, DC.