📰 Lincoln Atheists Newsletter - September 2016

September 2016 Lincoln Atheists Newsletter View this email in your browser Member Meeting Calling all Members. October 10th we will be holding a Member Meeting at Itty Bitty Musik - 3120 O St, Lincoln, NE 68510. Parking is in the rear and can be accessed from the alley. On the agenda: Amendment Voting Board nominations This is a great time to discuss how you want Lincoln Atheists to move forward. To entice you the board will provide food for those attending. Disqus Added to News If you are a person that likes to comment on articles you find online. Perhaps you have came across Disqus. It is a commenting service that is widely used across the internet. Real-time discussions Photos and videos support Notifications One profile for all sites Sign-in with Facebook, Twitter, or Google So if you visit Lincoln Atheists news articles you can engage with other commenters.   Fall Roadside Cleanup Lincoln Atheists are the proud "parents" of Highway 79, Mile Marker 2 to 4! We will meet at Raymono's Pizza parking lot to begin our roadside cleanup. Carpooling is highly encouraged to reduce number of vehicles at the site. Children under 15 must be supervised. Safety vests and trash bags will be provided. Jeans, work gloves and good footwear are highly recommended as there are often some sharp items to be picked up. After we have finished the cleanup, we'll have lunch at Raymono's Pizza Plus. They have a great lunch buffet – all you can eat for around $7.00, including drink. Rain Date will be October 30th if necessary. Events Weekly Coffee and Conversation on Sunday at Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso Tabletop Gaming Oct 8th and 21st at Gauntlet Games Fall For Pride Oct 9th at Antelope Park Member Meeting Oct 10th at Itty Bitty Musik Monthly Meetup Oct 12th at The Eatery Discussion Group Oct 15th at Rock Island Social Club Bar Trivia Oct 20th at Brewsky's South Lost In Fun Oct 22nd at Lost in Fun Roadside Cleanup Oct 23rd at Raymano's Campfire Gathering Oct 29th Clements' House Unapologetic Atheists Oct 30th at Gere Library For more details visit lincolnatheists.org/events We are planning a campfire gathering. So, bring your favorite campfire cooking items, chair, blanket and a good topic for conversation. Check the events for Details. Donations If you are pleased with the way Lincoln Atheists is developing, help support us by donating. Donate Get Involved We are always looking for members to help with individual events or brainstorm with one of our committees. If you're interested in getting more involved, send us an email. Website Email Meetup Facebook Google+ Twitter Copyright © 2016 Lincoln Atheists, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because all new members are opted in or requested to subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Our mailing address is: Lincoln Atheists 2022 N. Cotner Blvd. Lincoln, NE 68505 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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2016 Send Hunger Packing Results

Lincoln Atheists' Community Service Committee held its "Send Hunger Packing" backpack drive again this year as school has pledged in a new generation of learners. We set our goal higher than last year's total, hoping to deliver at least 30 backpacks or 500 lbs to the Food Bank of Lincoln's BackPack program.

Carra McClelland created a worthy wish list on Amazon of affordable backpacks and non-perishable food items that could be purchased and delivered straight to her. Thank you to those who contributed that way, and we thank Carra for all her work and care to make contributing easy. Don't forget to use Amazon Smile and designate LA as your favorite non-profit org, every purchase helps.

54 Backpacks, 600 lbs

Carra was available at several meetups during the 3-week drive, and also accepted drop-offs at home. We thank Service Master Clean, and Goldenrod Printing for their generous contributions, as well as our community of Atheists. This year Lincoln Atheist's Send Hunger Packing Backpack Drive resulted in 54 backpacks (600lbs) and 2 boxes of diapers, more than double the amount we donated last year. The BackPacks will be filled each Friday for students in need of food over the weekend, and the food and supplies donated will stock the LPS Emergency Pantry.

As a bonus to help us reach our goal, Carra donated a $20 Amazon gift card for every 15 full backpacks she collected. All who contributed to the drive were eligible. Our 3 winners are: Ryan and Lori, Matt Alschwede, and Dennis Young. 

Billboard Voting Results Report

May of 2016 the Marketing Director requested design ideas for Lincoln Atheists billboard campaign. Multiple submissions were entered. The board narrowed down the submissions to 3 entries. Design tweaks were made by board members resulting in the 3 ideas good-standing members would vote for Lincoln Atheists will be displaying on the billboard rental.

Voting Process

A form created in Google Forms would request the members for 4 information:

• Member ID number. This was used to keep track of who voted and if they voted more than once. 
• First choice. Their favorite choice for the billboard. 
• Second choice. Their second choice if their first choice results didn’t reach enough votes to place it in second. In other words, if my first choice doesn’t win I want this one. 
• Comment. Any sort of input they want to give. 

Members in good-standing were sent emails which provided a personalized link to the voting form with their member ID number pre-populated in the form, and instructions.

Voting Results

Adjusted. (Adding last place votes to their second choice.)

Let Go

19

It's Possible

5

Great w/o God

Intial Voting Results

Let Go

19

It's Possible

3

Great w/o God

2

Votes

First choice	Second coice
It's Possible	Let Go
Let Go	Great Without God
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	Great Without God
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	It's Possible
It's Possible	Great Without God
Let Go	It's Possible
It's Possible
Let Go	Great Without God
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	It's Possible
Let Go	Great Without God
Great without God	It's Possible
Let Go	Great Without God
Let Go	Great Without God
Let Go	Great Without God
Let Go	It's Possible
Great without God	It's Possible
Let Go	Great Without God