Manitoban Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists

• Time: 4:35 - 5:41 p.m.
• Location: Degree’s
• In attendance: Trevor Bekolay, David Wesst, Brian Latour, Katie Higham, Katie Hamilton, Jarrod Sumlak, Heather

1. Read minutes of last meeting.

2. Movie Night

• Went well!
• 17 people attended, most participated in discussion at the end.
• Dave collected receipts for applying for funding from UMSU.
• Venue and movie seletion was good.
• Things to improve on:
  • Plan further in advance for people that need to book days off of work.
  • Need to advertise better:
    • Can we put our event on the main UManitoba events page?
    • Some faculties/buildings were poorly flyer’d
    • Possible solution: have members in that faculty put up flyers (know the buildings better)
    • Another possible solution: have members gather together to split up into groups and flyer together (social event)

3. Bank account

• We can open up an account at a credit union like Cambrian without having to register as a non-profit organization
• Even with service fees, we’ll save more than the $85 it would take to register the organization.
• Dave will open the bank account soon.

4. January Recruitment Table

• “Business” side: What materials should we have available?
  • Business Cards (not for the table, but in general)
  • Pamphlets/Flyers
  • Poster board: make connection between superstition and religion.
  • Donation box
  • Small trinkets: Buttons, candy, bookmarks, condoms
• “Fun” side: How can we attract people and get their interest?
  • Superstition bash
    • Get a mirror to write on and later break. Take donations for spaces to write on. Charge ‘penis tax’ for the more vulgar things people might be likely to write/draw.
    • Possibly debunk some other stuff - magic tricks, things like that. Check Bullshit & Mythbusters for things that might be demonstratable.
    • Have the small trinkets under a ladder so that people must go under the ladder to get free stuff.
    • If we do multiple days, would be nice to have storage:
      • Talk to UMSU about storage (pottery salespeople store their wares somewhere)
      • Arthur Mauro has storage rooms
      • 102N in University Centre is a possibility for small stuff

5. Meetings for next semester

• Frequency: go from biweekly to weekly? Reasoning: meetings are fun, we usually run a bit long, weekly means less pressure to come to every meeting
  • Vote: All in favour
• Location:
  • Possibilities: small room in Engineering, many rooms in UC (4th-5th floor), Helen Glass boardroom, etc
  • Trevor will talk to UMSU about rooms available, compile a list, then decide on forums or early January

6. December break

• All correspondence will be done through email, the forums, phone, etc. No official meetings until January.

7. New Business

• When we have storage, create a donor wall. Donors get some space for a polaroid, small message, something like that. Possible link with donuts…?
• Fundraising
  • Bake sales
  • T-shirts - have a contest for witty slogans

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