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??!?!