I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break, and is ready to get back to the "daily grind". I had a few important things to go over with respect to our student organization.
Presentation Materials:
It is a high priority of mine to get the business cards and banner finished. The newest version of the banner (v.1.4) will include making the empty set symbol small and in the bottom corner (like in the other handouts), and removing the spear from the hand of homo sapiens sapiens. This has dragged on for a while partly due to lack of SG funds and partly due to my own indolence. Both will be remedied this semester.
IDEAL SOF:
We did this once in September. Now, IDEAL is offering another Student Org. Fair, Jan 17-18th. I need some people willing to tell me, "I'll be there one of those days for at least 30 mins," before I sign us up. For one thing, I need to know which day works best for people. Therefore, please signify this in the comments section.
Money (Article VI):
Although the SG has the old GF group -- AASA, listed as a recipient of funds, we have not yet begun the process of receiving monies from them (since March 06). That process was interrupted in part by their transition from the old SAC to the new CSI, in which they lost our old registration. I am going to initiate the process to get us money both regularly, as a budget for our student organization, and via "special allocations" in the meanwhile, in order to host campus-wide events.
Campus-wide Events:
I am presently working with the CFI to bring Eddie Tabash to campus some time during the week of March 17-24. He will be in the state of Florida on other CFI-related business, visiting the new regional centers of the CFI-Florida. He has a great overview of church-state separation, especially relevant given the recent developments in nearby Dixie County.
There are two main options, with a few subsequents:
1) Lecture:
(1a) - "Why There Really Is No God" -- a pretty self-explanatory lecture title
(1b) - "Separation of Church and State" -- ditto
(1c) - OTHER -- he has many titles in his oratory archives
2) Debate:
(2a) - Involve the Campus Crusade, or some other theistic campus organization, to attempt to get a debate challenger
(2b) - GF will try to find and set up arrangements for a debate opponent
(2c) - Put the burden on the CFI/Eddie to find one and arrange it
I'll keep you posted on developments as they occur. I prefer the debate, mainly because of the crowd draw and community impact.
Elections (Articles VII, VIII)/Succession:
According to our constitution, it is time to start looking at the leadership of AAFSA. We will hold our first election during the first regular meeting of February. We do not yet have a solid schedule for the spring semester, but this should occur during the first or second weeks. Please consider running for an officer position. There is very little responsibility, but much that one can do if they are willing and have the time. For myself, I plan to be involved in GF for a while to come (until I graduate). However, I feel that I do the officer position of President a disservice due to my somewhat unrelenting schedule as a married graduate student with my own home and bills to pay. I am not going to resign the position, but I strongly encourage others to consider taking it on. I took the time to set up this website, the LISTSERV, even a succession guide, and thus those persons who take the reins will have an easier job than I did. Please consider running for an office with AAFSA. And, those of you who were involved during the early part of fall, but found yourselves swamped with work or other concerns, please consider your ability and desire to be involved this semester in order to decide whether or not you should run for reelection.
Spring Stuff to Do:
The standard fare of --
That's all I have for now. Again, please comment as to when you can get involved with respect to the SOF on Jan. 17 - 18th.
Looking forward to GF's growth and developments this new year!
It is a high priority of mine to get the business cards and banner finished. The newest version of the banner (v.1.4) will include making the empty set symbol small and in the bottom corner (like in the other handouts), and removing the spear from the hand of homo sapiens sapiens. This has dragged on for a while partly due to lack of SG funds and partly due to my own indolence. Both will be remedied this semester.
IDEAL SOF:
We did this once in September. Now, IDEAL is offering another Student Org. Fair, Jan 17-18th. I need some people willing to tell me, "I'll be there one of those days for at least 30 mins," before I sign us up. For one thing, I need to know which day works best for people. Therefore, please signify this in the comments section.
Money (Article VI):
Although the SG has the old GF group -- AASA, listed as a recipient of funds, we have not yet begun the process of receiving monies from them (since March 06). That process was interrupted in part by their transition from the old SAC to the new CSI, in which they lost our old registration. I am going to initiate the process to get us money both regularly, as a budget for our student organization, and via "special allocations" in the meanwhile, in order to host campus-wide events.
Campus-wide Events:
I am presently working with the CFI to bring Eddie Tabash to campus some time during the week of March 17-24. He will be in the state of Florida on other CFI-related business, visiting the new regional centers of the CFI-Florida. He has a great overview of church-state separation, especially relevant given the recent developments in nearby Dixie County.
There are two main options, with a few subsequents:
1) Lecture:
(1a) - "Why There Really Is No God" -- a pretty self-explanatory lecture title
(1b) - "Separation of Church and State" -- ditto
(1c) - OTHER -- he has many titles in his oratory archives
2) Debate:
(2a) - Involve the Campus Crusade, or some other theistic campus organization, to attempt to get a debate challenger
(2b) - GF will try to find and set up arrangements for a debate opponent
(2c) - Put the burden on the CFI/Eddie to find one and arrange it
I'll keep you posted on developments as they occur. I prefer the debate, mainly because of the crowd draw and community impact.
Elections (Articles VII, VIII)/Succession:
According to our constitution, it is time to start looking at the leadership of AAFSA. We will hold our first election during the first regular meeting of February. We do not yet have a solid schedule for the spring semester, but this should occur during the first or second weeks. Please consider running for an officer position. There is very little responsibility, but much that one can do if they are willing and have the time. For myself, I plan to be involved in GF for a while to come (until I graduate). However, I feel that I do the officer position of President a disservice due to my somewhat unrelenting schedule as a married graduate student with my own home and bills to pay. I am not going to resign the position, but I strongly encourage others to consider taking it on. I took the time to set up this website, the LISTSERV, even a succession guide, and thus those persons who take the reins will have an easier job than I did. Please consider running for an office with AAFSA. And, those of you who were involved during the early part of fall, but found yourselves swamped with work or other concerns, please consider your ability and desire to be involved this semester in order to decide whether or not you should run for reelection.
Spring Stuff to Do:
The standard fare of --
One major thing to keep in mind is the CFI Leadership Conference, which 5 of us attended last July. This opportunity is well worth the effort, and the officers, especially, will gain a lot from it.
- Student Org. Fair Jan 17-18 (see above)
- Tabling (for at least a few weeks at the start of the semester)
- Hand out business cards and flyers
- Posting flyers and use sidewalk chalk (check out rules)
- Contacting newspapers and doing promotion for campus-wide events
- Spread the word generally, invite friends to meetings
- Join the blog as a contributor, and write posts to pass along news and events of interest to our group
- Consider becoming an administrator/officer
- Joining our Facebook group and/or Myspace group
- Subscribing to the blog via RSS, and/or receiving new posts via email (see the function in the sidebar)
- Joining the LISTSERV
- Meetings!
That's all I have for now. Again, please comment as to when you can get involved with respect to the SOF on Jan. 17 - 18th.
Looking forward to GF's growth and developments this new year!
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