Meeting wrapup: another great time, plus more poster news

[hjhornbeck]

If the owners have to force you out by shutting off the lights, you know you've done good! Not only did we have to juggle chairs and steal most of the tables in order to make room for everyone, at least half of the crowd stayed for a full four hours! Even a complete stranger joined in, sharing stories of East Coast booze and living.

Perhaps we should change our club name to "the Conversation Addicts"? Nah, there's no wit there.

Ooo, and on wit: We've approved four new posters to circulate! About half of the ones I brought forth hit the cutting room floor, though; many were just too long to be effective. One in particular will probably show up in another round:

"If Atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby."

but it was temporarily shelved due to disagreement over the best metaphor. Other suggestions included:

"If Atheism is a religion, then bald is a hair colour."
"If Atheism is a religion, then OFF is a TV channel."
"If Atheism is a religion, then silence is a language."
"If Atheism is a religion, then sitting is an exercise."

The use of coloured paper was also brought up; it'll raise the cost of printing a bit, but might lead to more eye-popping results. I'll give it a whirl, if I can track down some non-hideous shades. Colour printing is too expensive to keep up, but in short bursts and one-offs it could make sense.

An activity I didn't bring up was hosting an "Ask an Atheist" table in Mac Hall. It's something of a mini clubs-week, only we deliberately put ourselves out there to be converted! It's been a blast in past semesters, but I want to throw it past all you before the Executives fire up their email accounts.

So: opinions? Knee-jerk reactions? Accidental drunken emails?

HJ Hornbeck