A successful first meeting

We had our first meeting last night and I want to thank everyone (about 15 people) who came out.

After some discussion, we came to the agreement that going ahead with a civic political party dedicated to reason and secularism is a novel and much needed approach.

We are thus beginning to craft policy outlines, and investigating the prerequisites to get this idea off the ground.

If you want to help out in the planning stages, join our Google and Facebook groups or email me for more information.

Finally, our next meeting is scheduled for 6:00 PM on September 21st at the Railway Club, again before the next downtown Skeptics in the Pub.

First preliminary meeting – Aug 17

The time has come to get this ball rolling.

We’re planning to hold our first preliminary meeting on Tuesday, August 17 at the Railway Club in downtown Vancouver (on Dunsmuir and Seymour, above the 7/11) at 6:00 PM.

This is right before the monthly Skeptics in the Pub that also occurs there, so stick around for that if you’re interested in meeting other freethinkers and skeptics (this edition may be a joint meeting with Vancouver Cafe Scientifique).

On the (informal) agenda:

• What’s wrong? Political challenges for secularism
• How to fix it? The need for an advocacy group or political party
• Who’s going to do it? Establish roles and delegate tasks
• What will we stand for?

Nothing has really been decided yet, but I think we can establish a direction at this meeting and see where people want to go (civic, provincial, federal) and in what form to go (political party, think-tank/lobby group, etc) or a combination of the above (civic party and federal lobby group).

Please invite anyone else who you think might be interested in contributing.

I hope to see you all there!