Individuals for Freethought

Business Meeting Minutes

January 24, 2001

Members present:

Paul Youk

John Franson

Jason Matthews

Amy Mauk

Chelsea McCall

Keiv Spare

Cody Gartner

Meeting duration: 70 minutes

1) Officer Reports

   a) Amy

      i) is working on plans for Freethought Week: Living without Religion (April 9-13)

      ii) has scheduled Dan Barker to speak on April 9th (we will have to pay for his travel and hotel accommodations)

      iii) threw out a few other ideas for the week:

         - perhaps have Beverly Earles Law give a speech

         - have an IF info table in the Union

         - conduct a non-scientific survey of religious attitudes in the area

         - wear something tangible (a ribbon or pin) to show that you're a freethinker

         - last but not least: Superstition Bash on April 13th, which just happens to be Good Friday

   b) Chelsea

      i) announced that people in one of her classes had negative comments about the Soul Auction poster

      ii) said that David and Charlie had approached her about hosting the next RI

      iii) thinks we have too many leader positions

   c) Paul

      i) wants Keiv to contact Paige about the shirts

      ii) is going to put more of the responsibilities on other officers this semester

      iii) told Keiv to ask Wildcat Spirit about the cost (per shirt) of buying in increments of 20, 30, 40, and 50

   d) Keiv

      i) said that he couldn't update the IF website because he didn't have the new password

      ii) will ask around about selling T-shirts on our website

   e) Jason

      i) is concerned about funding Dan Barker

      ii) announced that we have $187.50 in the IF account to spend

   f) John

      i) wants IF to tap its potential resources in the area

2) Darwin Day

   a) It's on Monday, Feb. 12th.

   b) We have reserved Union 212 from 7:00-8:30 for a speaker, but we don't have one yet.

   c) Do we want just one speaker or a panel of three?

   d) People whom we discussed possibly asking to speak:

      i) Bruce Glymour

      ii) Keith Miller

      iii) Spencer Tomb

      iv) Tom Clarke

   e) Potential topics for discussion:

      i) historical impacts of evolution

      ii) new discoveries in the field

3) Plans for next Wednesday

   a) Next Wednesday is the 5th Wednesday of the month, and we don't usually do anything then, but Paul wants to reserve a room and

       show a video of the Lowder/Fernandez Debate.

   b) The video is about 2 hours long, so we are going to try to schedule a room for about 6:30 PM.