BASS Meeting II is this Friday.
An important part of this meeting will be OFFICER POSITIONS. We will be preparing for our officer elections and ask that if you are interested in being an officer, participate in the election!
A rough agenda:
- Mention some news about BASS and in general.
- Finish up the discussion on changing minds.
- Discuss BASS and what we can do and go over some of the suggestion cards.
- Short report on the 2008 Skeptics Society conference.
- Discuss the question “Does science make belief in God obsolete?”
- Some business to talk about officer positions.
- Have people fill out membership forms (and pay the dues, which are optional but help buy the snacks we have at meetings).
- If there is time, watch a video.
I was extremely pleased with the first BASS meeting of the quarter. Things went rather smoothly and I learned quite a bit about running good meetings. Here are some pictures:
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This is BASS’s first meeting of the quarter and year!
A Rough Agenda:
- Introduce ourselves
- Introduce what BASS is and does briefly
- Mention some news from the world of science and skepticism
- Have a discussion on what it means to change someone’s mind and how you go about to do that. Have you ever had a discussion with someone about politics or religion and you think your reasoning is crystal clear and yet the other person just doesn’t get it? We will discuss why this possibly happens and other related issues.
- If time permits, we will watch some interesting video clips and then discuss them.
There will be FREE SNACKS AND DRINKS.
See you there!
It is hard to believe BASS has been in existence for 3 years now! Those are 3 years all of us here at BASS are proud of.
Welcome to our award winning site! Here you will find all sorts of info about BASS, its philosophies, and member posted content such as commentaries.
If you are visiting our site because you visited our table at the Student Activities Fair this year, thanks for coming! It was a pleasure meeting so many interested and enthusiastic people. We hope you enjoy BASS this upcoming quarter and year.
We are planning several events for this year. In fact, we have the first one already set up. BASS will have a group outing to Melnitz Hall to see Bill Mahr’s new documentary Religulous (Click to see event info).
You can get e-mails about BASS events and meetings by subscribing to the BASSnews listserv. We try to e-mail you as little as possible and strive to keep e-mails at about one per week.
We also have a Facebook group. We send invites through Facebook for BASS events and post pictures of our activities on the group wall.
Thanks for your interest in BASS! Be sure to come to our first meeting on Friday, October 3 at 5pm in Ackerman 2412. If you are interested in what we do at meetings, read this informative post by one of our members.
Come to BASS’s first informal event this Tuesday! It is a movie screening then discussion afterwards.
THE PLAN: Meet up at Melnitz Hall at UCLA, then watch the movie there and then afterward head over to the coffee shop next door in Broad Art Center and have an informal discussion about the movie. (Please read the important note below).
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