Annual General Meeting 2017

The Humanist Society (Singapore) invites all our members to our Annual General Meeting (AGM).
If you want to find out more about HSS and our activities, our past events in 2016 and our future plans for 2016 and beyond, do join us on 4 March 2017.
We will also be electing several key appointment holders for 2017 (see below) and we would certainly appreciate your support.

Date
04/03/2017

Time
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Location
OnePeople.sg
381 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh S319758
Singapore

AGENDA
  1.  Introduction by President
  2. Events and Activities in 2016/17
  3. Press and media coverage in 2016/17
  4. Auditor and Treasurer’s report
  5. Constitutional ammendments
  6. Election of New committee members
    1. Vice-President
    2. Secretary
    3. Committee Member

To attend the AGM, you must be a member of HumanistSG. You can sign up https://humanist.org.sg/membership-faq/membership/ on the day of the AGM or renew your membership to attend the AGM.

For members who wish to vote for committee members, but are unable to attend the AGM, please e-mail secretary@humanist.org.sg to request to vote by proxy. We will forward details concerning the nominees and further information about proxy voting to you by further e-mail.

Join the Humanist Society! (Video)

Our founding President, Paul Tobin, introduces the Humanist Society (Singapore), a community of humanists, freethinkers, atheists, agnostics and other like-minded people. Since our founding in 2010, we have held many public talks, social networking events and community work activities.

Our thanks and appreciation goes to That Moment Studio for filming and to photographer Ruey Loon for post-production.

Have you watch our short introduction to Humanism?

If you are ready to join us, find out the different ways of supporting the society and the membership here (free for students!).

LoveSingapore’s troubling Wear White message

This statement was first published on 23 May 2016 as a note on our Facebook page. It was picked by Independent.sg and TODAY on the same day.

LoveSingapore’s Wear White message is troubling in a multi-cultural, diverse Singapore

On May 19, the LoveSingapore Christian network released a Facebook post launching the Wear White movement for 2016, calling on churches in its network to wear white. While the Wear White movement was founded two years ago by a Muslim religious teacher as a counter-movement to Pink Dot, LoveSingapore, as a Christian group, appears to be taking the lead this year. This year, the Wear White movement is scheduled on the same weekend (June 4-5) as Pink Dot, which will be held on June 4 at the Speakers’ Corner. [Read more…]

A Glimpse into the Life of an MSF Field Worker

Dr. Marlene Lee from MSF

Dr. Marlene Lee from MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (English: Doctors Without Borders), is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. MSF provides much needed medical care and humanitarian assistance in war-torn areas and developing countries.

In the past few years, MSF has been one of HSS’ charities of choice. We donated the proceeds of book sales to MSF’s offices in Hong Kong. HSS would like to share more about MSF and their fantastic work in the following article, featuring MSF field worker Dr Marlene Lee.

 

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Nominate for Annual General Meeting 2015 now!

Dear members,

In preparation for the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Humanist Society (Singapore), we would like to invite fellow members to run as members of the coming year’s Executive Committee. The following posts will be available this year for a 2-year term: [Read more…]