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here's the formatted version of what we hammered out yesterday. i've tweaked a few more minor bits, corrected grammar, reconciled bits relating to changes elsewhere, and rearranged the sections better than we could in a noisy pub at the end of four hours of work. i've also taken the public officer out of the category of officebearers where we put it yesterday, as  with my understanding of the position as we were discussing it, none of the clauses under that heading actually apply to it. this is borne out in the existing rules.

The next meetup is Sunday October 11th 2009 at 6pm at The Clarendon Hotel  156 Devonshire St, Surry Hills.

The guest of the evening will be Peter Bowden, from University of Sydney. Peter Bowden’s research is primarily concerned with individual and institutional ethics. He is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at Sydney University, working on institutional ethics, runs with others a Philosophy Cafe (Philo Agora) in Sydney and is on the National Committee of Whistleblowers Australia.

Abstract: "The New Atheists - A Near-Total Failure?"

SBS has posted a pro-creationist blog entry here: www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/113372/t/Darwin%27s%20Dangerous%20Idea in response to the documentary Darwin's Dangerous Idea which is being shown on SBS1. The text has obviously not been through a spell-checker, and is unashamably apologetic creationist. Blogger Mark Jones advocates creationism and attacks "Darwinism" as unscientific.

"Surely God is big enough to account for a world that is continually in a state of being created."

"Id like to know if every aspect of evolution can be definitively proved in the modern lab."

Max Wallace at the Sydney Atheists meetup explaining how much the deficit could be filled with taxes unpaid by Churches.

Alan, Dave, and Jason in the studio

Anthony has just announced that the special meeting for which the scheduled meeting was cancelled, has been moved from his home to the Clarendon hotel at 12pm. The agenda has not been seen, but we're assured its something to do with future events.