We will be having our 2009/10 Annual General Meeting to wrap up the year. Details of the meeting are below:

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Room 250 (Lounge), Student Centre

This meeting will include: A review of this years events, financial review, plans for next year, and voting in of new executive members!

We are looking for bright, outgoing, organized, and enthusiastic people to continue running the Mississauga Freethought Association. The following executive positions are available for the 2010/11 year:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Publicity and Media Relations
- Community Relations

If you are interested in running for an executive position, send us an email with your name, year of study at UTM, position you’re interested in, and a brief (3-5 sentences) statement on why you would be the best person for the job.

Some reasons to consider being part of the MFA executive:

- Great way to get involved in Campus Life!
- Great way to meet new people!
- Looks great on a resume!
- Ability to bring important issues to the student body!
- Encourage critical thinking!
- Promote science!
- All the cool kids are doing it!

We hope to see you there!

Tom Ulanowski,
President

Please take 5 minutes of your time, and fill out our quick survey at:
SurveyMonkey

It’s only eight questions, but allows us to collect valuable information about what we are doing wrong, and what we are doing right. All results are confidential, and will only be used to plan future events more efficiently.

Also, a heads up… A guest speaker might be visiting UTM within the next 2 weeks… Keep your eyes pealed!

President - Tom Ulanowski

Vice President - Mitchell Kerr

Media/PR - Derek Przybycien

Treasurer/Secretary - Lipishree Nanda

Also, thank you to our founding member, and last year’s President Christopher Reume, who is leaving the exec staff. He has done a tremendous job at getting the MFA off the ground, from it’s intial club recognition two years ago. Chris has decided to focus on completing his Ph.D. at UTM, but will remain in the background as much as he can.  Taufik Al-Sarraj (Treasurer) has also left the MFA committee, to pursue his Ph.D and career in computational chemistry.  Thanks for a great few years guys!

Check back for upcoming events. The MFA is busy in planning some intersting and thought-provoking events for next year. Meanwhile, check out CFI Ontario for any local freethought events in the GTA, or download and listen to some podcasts.

-Tom Ulanowski, President

The MFA is holding its second AGM on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm at the Fireplace Lounge in the Student Centre.  All current members (and non-members) are encouraged to come and participate in this meeting.  Below is a list of topics we will discuss:

• New MFA exec positions available (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Media and P/R and Community Relations).  If you want to be a pro-active in our club,  then come out and run for one of the positions!
• Upcoming Events
  • Summer Events?
  • Next September- new lecture speaker series, movie nights, etc..
• Anything else you would like to talk about!

After the voting, and depending on participation, an open discussion period will take place.

If you have any questions, contact one of the exec’s

See you on Monday!

-Tom Ulanowski, VP

The panel will address important issue surrounding the broad topic of religion and personal freedom. The speakers were chosen based on the fact that they have all had unique personal experiences relating to the confluence of religion and personal freedom. Thus, it is expected that each of these speakers will bring such experience to bear on the issue at hand. In this regard, the topic is likely to revolve around political issues of religion, personal freedom and secularism. However, we hope that the topic will evolve into more philosophical topics of humanism versus theology and the relative pros and cons of these worldviews in living one’s life. To meet all of these goals, we will follow a specific format. Each speaker will be allotted 15 to 20 minutes (maximum) for an opening statement. This way, each speaker can incorporate their own personal experience with the topic and set it in light of their own personal beliefs or worldview. Following this, the floor will be open to questions from the audience. Although audience members may ask questions about your personal experience, deeper issues are sure to surface that will address more philosophical issues. Further, and within reason, panelists will have the opportunity to redress other panelist’s opinions by way of a rejoinder. The question and answer period will continue for roughly 60 to 80 minutes.

Welcome to the new MFA Website.