Minutes, Meeting 1/26/13

[Nabil Khan]

Present: Paul, Ian, Nabil

Noon Service

• Updated noon service document with image, titles, order, songs (decided on Forever in Motion - "And the King Would Say" as an additional one)
• Everyone speaking has 3 mins, so should write about 1.5 pages each by Monday evening so others can take a look and so we can be in conversation with each other
• Paul will provide the frame of how Humanist don't have a tradition in a sense and are trying to create a new beginning
• Seanan/Ian will figure out when to do a short pitch for the liturgical calendar

Liturgical/Humanist Calendar

• 1 hour once a week of collection, with each based on/arising from the theme of the week
• First one will be this FIRST week of classes, probably in the morning before classes start, after Ian sends out a doodle for this
• Given this new activity, we are thinking of having fellowship meetings once a month and business meetings twice a month
• We may have our first unofficial fellowship mtg this Tuesday for dinner at Ian's place (details TBD)

Symposium

• Call for Papers: Paul will write pitch by next Sunday and will disseminate widely in academia as well as humanist organizations
• Website: Paul and Chris will be working on this
• Paul, Ian will be meeting with Greg Epstein on Monday at 3 to discuss funding, "national exposure"
• Sponsorships: Nabil will draft a letter for sponsors by next Sunday and send out for feedback, then to actually send out. Please send any suggestions for food/drinks sponsors to him. 
• Venue: Seanan, can you possibly come up with a list of 5 possible venues for the symposium that can seat at least a min. of 50 folks? At Harvard or churches in Harvard Sq. area most ideal.
• Paul suggests using a rubric and system for reviewing submissions from Cult/ure (details to follow)
• We are thinking Michael Jackson for the keynote speaker

[Seanan Fong]

Hey guys,

Venues:

HDS -- best choice

Science Center auditorium -- I know the HCP uses them; we can ask them how they schedule it and the cost

First Parish Cambridge -- a UU church. Probably not very good for a symposium. I don't think churches are ideal for this sort of thing.

Do you want me to take further action? I need the symposium's date as soon as possible.

--Seanan