We will now meet at the Tidal Creek Cooperative store Community Room. This space is located at 5329 Oleander Dr., Suite 204. This small shopping area is located just to the West of the old Cinema 6 movie theater, across from Jungle Rapids park and Eddie Romanellis restaurant. Great Harvest Bread Company is also here. Go up the stairs outside, or use the elevator to get to suite 204.

Our Program for this kick off meeting of the official chapter of AHA will be a talk by Mike Werner. He will speak on the topic " The Evolution of Humanism in the 20th Century"

MICHAEL WERNER has been devoted to Humanism for thirty years while raising a family and being successful in business. Fighting for civil rights at an early age and later working in most all the Humanist organizations, much of his life has revolved around promoting our lifestance. He has been head of the Chicagoland Humanists; on the board of the Unitarian Universalist Humanist group, HUUmanists; member of the North American Committee for Humanism; an adjunct faculty member of the Humanist Institute; and board member and past president of the AHA. Werner has spoken and taught widely in the cause of Humanism and humanistic programs such as Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. He started and led a Self Management and Recovery Training recovery program for addictions in Chicago. With his graduate background in chemistry he also runs a successful business while enjoying the love of his partner and three children.
Your new (temporary) board of directors is very excited about our plans and prospects going forward, and hope to see as many of you as possible at this first meeting in our new venue. We hope you will all want to be a part of the events we are planning.

We will now meet at the Tidal Creek Cooperative store Community Room. This space is located at 5329 Oleander Dr., Suite 204. This small shopping area is located just to the West of the old Cinema 6 movie theater, across from Jungle Rapids park and Eddie Romanellis restaurant. Great Harvest Bread Company is also here. Go up the stairs outside, or use the elevator to get to suite 204.
Thanks to the AHA, our parent organization, a copy of "A Brief History of Disbelief" has come into my hands. This is a BBC documentary, hosted by Jonathan Miller, which traces the origins of atheism, or disbelief, from earliest times to the present day. The first episode, which will be our program, begins by exploring the nature of belief and disbelief, calling upon the expertise of present-day philosophers, historians and anthropologists.

I think this video is a much better choice then what I had planned, and I hope to see you all there. For any of you that were looking forward to watching Zeitgeist, I will bring along a couple of copies.

Your new (temporary) board of directors is very excited about our plans and prospects going forward, and hope to see as many of you as possible at this first meeting in our new venue. We hope you will all want to be a part of the events we are planning.

Todays meeting will be another important step for our group. We will have the first ever elections for the first Officers and Board members of the official new organization, The Humanists and Freethinkers of the Cape Fear" (HFCF for short!) The first officers will serve from
June '07 until January of '08. We will conduct regular elections each year in October as stipulated by the newly approved Bylaws of this group to choose officers for a full year term.

Nominations and volunteers will be solicited from the attendees at the June meeting. If you are interested in being an officer and cannot attend this meeting, please notify Suzanna, the current Coordinator of this Meetup group.

After the election, we will socialize, celebrate and plan our "entrance" into Wilmington and surrounding area as an official chapter of the American Humanist Association! Please bring a snack to share - light lunch fare, desserts, etc would be great!

Todays meeting will be another important step for our group. We will have the first ever elections for the first Officers and Board members of the official new organization, The Humanists and Freethinkers of the Cape Fear" (HFCF for short!) The first officers will serve from
June '07 until January of '08. We will conduct regular elections each year in October as stipulated by the newly approved Bylaws of this group to choose officers for a full year term.

Nominations and volunteers will be solicited from the attendees at the June meeting. If you are interested in being an officer and cannot attend this meeting, please notify Suzanna, the current Coordinator of this Meetup group.

After the election, we will socialize, celebrate and plan our "entrance" into Wilmington and surrounding area as an official chapter of the American Humanist Association! Please bring a snack to share - light lunch fare, desserts, etc would be great!