Meetup details changed: Louisville Atheists and Freethinkers August Meetup

I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing:
http://atheists.meetu...

Our guest for August will be Congressman John Yarmuth, who will be joining us at 8 pm on August 25th at the Fox and Hound restaurant to say a few words and engage in a question and answer session with us as respresentatives as the secular voice of Louisville. In 2006 John Yarmuth was the only candidate on any Louisville ballot who came out making a strong statement in defense of the wall of separation of church and state. Since that time we've seen many gains in this area on the local and national stage, and also some setbacks. Now, in 2009 we're going to take a moment to hear from him about the secular state of our community and of the nation.

Our meetup would normally be on the 18th of August, but we are moving it to the 25th of August in order to accomodate the congressman's schedule. The day of the week (Tuesday night) and the time (7 pm if you are getting dinner, 8 pm for the guest presentation) are the same as always. Congressman Yarmuth won't be able to join us for dinner, so he'll be arriving at 8 for his remarks and question and answer session.

Also, we're having this meeting at the Fox and Hound restaurant behind Oxmoor Mall. They've given us about ideal terms (our own space, anyone can order whatever they want off the full menu, no minimums or anything), so we'll try them out.

Fox and Hound Pub & Grille - Louisville
302 Bullitt Lane
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: (502) 394-7620

I'm setting this meetup up a little differently than normal.

• There are no "Maybe" responses for this one. You can either be there or you can't. Please don't say you are going to be there unless you really intend to be there.
  
• I'm setting an upper limit of 60 people. I believe that's the upper limit of space at Fox and Hound. If I find out differently I'll change it.
  
• To the extent that it's possible, if we start approaching the limit I'm going to set up a waiting list, and give first preference to people who have attended the meetups in the past. That may not be necessary, though. We'll see what happens.
  

In order to keep things organized I think it's going to be necessary to have the session be moderated. There are lots of concerns and questions we could voice to the congressman. I'd like to have an agenda planned out in advance and have people on the list here suggest things they'd like to hear from the congressman about in order to keep things on topic and make sure the most significant comments and questions get heard. I'll post more on that in a couple of days. If you have any thoughts about the best way to make it work, send them to the list.

More discussion will come on this in the next few days, for now I just wanted to make sure people knew who the guest is going to be, and that you are all aware of the change in location and date.

When: August 25, 2009 8:00 PM

Where:
Fox and Hound Pub & Grille
302 Bullitt Ln
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 394-7620

RSVP limit: 60 "Yes" RSVPs

If the changes affect your plans to attend, please take a moment to update your RSVP. (You can RSVP "No" or "Yes".)

You can always get in touch with me through the "Contact Organizer" link on Meetup: http://atheists.meetu...