On Wednesday, September 26, Chris Tindal will be speaking to us about the new voting system in the Ontario referendum this fall. Mixed Member Proportional can change the way we vote, and we invite the public to learn about this new system.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 7PM
Zehrs Markets Community Room
Second floor of Zehrs
Yonge St. and Big Bay Point Road
Barrie, ON

The Central Ontario Humanist Association meets at the Zehrs Markets Community Room at 620 Yonge St. on the last Wednesday of the month. All meetings are from 7PM ~ 9PM. Admission is free for the public, but please bring some spare change for the refreshments provided.

The Humanist Association of Canada is having it’s annual meeting this fall. For more information, visit http://www.humanists.ca/news/2007/hac-agm-and-awards-banquet. Following the AGM, where we vote on our board and vote on the proposed HAC Federation Model. Sent out to all COHA members via email was the Federation Model Draft II document—outlining the proposed changes to HAC and the relationship between HAC and COHA, as well as other members. This document (.DOC) is the same file you may have received in your email in the early summer by Pat O’brien, as well as in the Canadian Humanist Newsletter that is mailed to all HAC members.

If you cannot attend, you can vote by mail or proxy. This Wednesday, September 27, we will have proxy forms for the voting process. Included in this email is the Federation Model Proposal. Please review it and come ready to fill out a proxy form if you cannot make the Annual General Meeting.

View the above website to pay online or print out and mail your cheque. The event will be held in Milton, Ontario

The COHA Social is a time to let our hair down, relax, and enjoy good company, as opposed to the structured monthly meetings. We welcome all Humanists, atheist, agnostics, freethinkers, skeptics, those who are just curious, and anyone Humanist-friendly. We are going to meet at William’s Coffee Pub on Bryne Dr.

Monday, September 10, 2007, at 7PM EST
William’s Coffee Pub
501 Bryne Dr., Barrie, ON

Click for a map of William’s Coffee Pub. The Central Ontario Humanist Association’s Social meets on the second Monday of the month at 7PM. Please visit our website or join our mailing list for exact dates and locations.