Leeds Atheist Society Blog

Summer Socials

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:24:00 -0400

Well, it is official!

A-Soc is the best attended society on campus. The Tuesday socials are turning out to be the highlight of many people's summer calendars. Our attendence for our weekly meet in the Terrace/Old Bar has been rising steadily all summer with numbers reaching into the twenties on some weeks.

Thanks to all our members who make the effort to come along and get involved with the society and to any one else in Leeds over the summer you should get yourselves down to Leeds University Union, 7pm every Tuesday!

New website launched

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:45:00 -0400

Our new website has now officially launched! We're still working on it and there will be some more changes before September but for now I will talk about the changes that we have already made.

New features: we have a photo gallery! With photos from some of our best events over previous years that will bring back lots of memories for our long standing members, I know they did for me.

We also have the store launched now so if you fancy a t-shirt or hoodie then head over there.

Improved features: we've added an RSS feed for our events which you can find on our all new RSS feeds pagge which links to the new and easier, more memorable URLs.

We've rewritten the about us page and added loads of new information about the society. We've now got links going all over the place too to things such as our Facebook group and Secular Portal.

Indeed we have rewritten most of the site and updated all the page content to bring it up to date.

New website

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:53:00 -0400

We're currently working on re-doing the website given that summer is upon us and we will have a fresh intake of students joining the society in September.

The new website will not really change design wise, we won't be altering the layout or design too much, we will more be playing with the content as that is the most important part after all.

The new site will focus on providing more information on what the society actually does and will feature a few more rich media sections too. We'll keep you posted on development.

Perspective

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:40:00 -0400

We have got an exciting new course planned for next year called Perspective. Details are still being bashed out by the boffins but we will be releasing the details very soon.

Summer is here

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:30:00 -0400

Well that's it folks, term has finished and Atheist Society has officially ended for the year.

Don't worry though, we will continue to run our weekly socials in the Terrace every Tuesday from 7pm. Come along and enjoy the summer with A-Soc.

Remember summer camping is only a few weeks away now so if you fancy joining us for some outdoor fun then get in touch with Chris or Norm.

Good luck for all those getting results and have a great summer!

AGM results

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:30:00 -0400

Yesterday was our 2008 AGM and as a result we have a new committee. Congratulations to everyone who got elected, details will be posted on the website soon.

Our new executive committee is composed of Norman as president, Nicola as secretary and Charlie as treasurer.

Riley Awards 2008 nominations

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:35:00 -0400

The nominations of the 2008 Riley Awards have been announced and A-Soc has been shortlisted for the best publicity award.

Unfortunately the union has decided not to shortlist us for best new society or indeed any other category despite the fact we are clearly the best society around but that is how it goes :P.

I'm a (non) believer!

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:01:00 -0400

Head over to the homepage of BBC Leeds and you will currently find a feature on the society. El presidente Chris Worfolk was down there chatting to them yesterday.

The (Mis)uses of Violence

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:02:00 -0400

Next Tuesday there is an interesting talk happening at Leeds University which you may want to check out.

Professor Slavoj Zizek will be talking about his latest book "The (Mis)uses of Violence). Full details can be found here.

Mike Lake confirmed for Rationalist Week

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:03:00 -0500

First of all the provisional timetable for Rationalist Week 2008 is now online! This will probably change a bit as we haven't got into the full swing of planning meetings with the whole society yet but we have a complete timetable provisionally (not all of it has been announced yet).

Along those lines, our first guest speaker, Mike Lake has now be confirmed. Anyone who was here last year will remember Mike gave a fantastic talk back in April so it's great news he has agreed to come up once more.

More details will hopefully be coming soon. We will be having a meeting before the end of term for people wanting to get involved and if anyone is around over Easter there will be some planning meetings too.