Individuals
for Freethought
(Informal)
Business
Meeting Minutes
July
19, 2003
Members
Present:
Sara
Hupp
Sarah
White
Stephanie
Fox
Erika
Shearer
Ben
Simmons
Leland
Turner
Josha
Foust
Additional
Persons present:
Sabrina
& Matt
1) Meeting Ideas
a) Free Thought/Free Speech
b) First General Meeting (8-28) should be a good one
i) What is Freethought? (Maybe)
ii) Kissing Hank's Ass Presentation
(3 people)
c) Save up for one good speaker
i) Towards end/middle of 2003/4
school year
d) Infidel Guy?
i) Webpage bookmark not working
- check
into (via Paul?)
- Erika
will check into while updating all pages (almost completed)
e) Video Nights?
i) 5th Thursday fill in
ii) Looking for tapings
(VHS) of the following:
-
Monty Python: Life of Brian, Meaning of Life, Search for Holy Grail
-
South Park: John Edwards, Cartman Televangelist, Ladder to Heaven
-
Futurama: Robot Hell
-
Simpsons: Lisa Buddhist
-
Various History & Science & Dis! covery (+ TLC) Channel
f) Sept 11 Meeting
i) 5 or 6 5-10 minute
speeches on various international cultural, economic, political
effects of
9-11 bombings and aftermath (officers and other IF members)
g) Banned Books Week
i) Matt will talk to
Professor Phil Nell about speaking (including Harry Potter
issues?)
h) Darwin Day
j) Religiously Incorrect
i) Dr. Wiley on
Psuedoscience?
- Erika
will check on available dates and possible candidates for opposing views
k) Another Debate of some sort
i) Panel Discussion?
-
Sex and Religion: Get people from various religions/stances
Judaism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Atheist, Protestant
m) Games
i) IF revamps of
Trivial Pursuit, HighQ, word games, etc.
n) Theme for Halloween Party
i) Another
"Sinners and Saints" suggested
ii) Coming up with a
new theme better idea
- The new theme will be decided upon at another business meeting
o) Superstition Bash
i) New posters - spoof:
updates of superstitions (with cartoon pictures)
-
Examples:
Bad luck to break a mirror - ...if you walk on it afterward
Bad
luck to cross the path of a black cat - ....if that cat is a hungry jaguar
Bad luck to walk under a ladder - ...if it's old and there's a really fat guy
on it
2) Saving/Making money ideas
a) Divide duty of printing flyers at home among officers
(No Eisenhower Hall printing)
b) Collect on delinquent 2002 Souls where possible
c) Hold Soul Auction
i) cash/check/Firstborn (ha ha ha)
RIGHT AWAY (24-48hrs) NO PAYMENT PLANS
d) Sell those T-Shirts!
i) Table outside Union or inside
first week of school
- Have info,
T-shirts, something amusing...calendar of events if possible
e) Increase Membership
i) Gear first few meetings toward
incoming students (freshmen)
f) Funding???!
i) How do we get this??!?!