Hello Members and Friends!

Welcome to our October 2021 update. 

Most memberships expired on September 30th

The SHoWLE Board changed the terms of membership in order to help us in maintaining our database of members. All yearly memberships expire on September 30th to match the end of our fiscal year. If you recently joined or renewed (in August or this month), your expiration will be 9-30-2022.

You may have received a note or two about your membership expiring. Don't worry too much about the automatic emails the system sends out. During this transition time we can adjust memberships manually. If that happens you will get an email about that as well.

If you haven't renewed yet, go to our join page and choose either the individual membership or the one for your Household. 

We have moved to a different membership database application that is integrated with our website. Once you choose what membership to purchase then the process has you entering your payment information and your contact information such as mailing address and phone number. We really would like your mailing address and phone number so we can contact you outside of email should we need or want to do that. We also use the mailing address to plot our members on a map to help us choose where to locate our meetings.

You will also have the option to opt-in into two questions which include allowing your contact information to be used in a future member's only directory and asking if you don't mind us sharing your information with the American Humanist Association as part of our obligation as a chapter. The third question asks if you are currently a member of the AHA. That question is used for census purposes.

We will never share or sell your contact information beyond what our obligation is as an AHA chapter.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please reach out to us using the contact form on the website or emailing President Doug (president@humanistswle.org) or call him directly at 567-215-2694

Doug created a video explaining the process: New SHoWLE Member Onboarding

Member's meeting October 22nd

This note is to formerly notify you that our annual members meeting will take place on October 22nd at 7 PM online. Invites to the online room will be sent a day or two before the meeting.

One of the main functions of the members meeting is to elect our Board of Directors for the coming fiscal year. SHoWLE is authorized to have 7 Board members and this year 5 seats are open for election. Of the four current Board members whose terms are expiring this year, Shawn, TK, and Mylinda have decided not to stand for reelection. We thank them for their service this year.

The only requirement to serve on the Board is to be a voting member - those who pay dues. Board members can also spend extra time and in some cases donate to help the group but neither are required to serve.

If you would be interested in serving on the Board then please read over the Bylaws and fill out the form at this link: Board Interest Form

SHoWLE Bylaws

Nominations (and you can nominate yourself) are due by 5 PM on October 10th.

Another part of the members meeting is to make changes to the SHoWLE Bylaws. Submit any suggested changes to me, in writing, by 5 PM October 10th.

Finally, I will give a presentation about the concluded 2020-2021 Fiscal Year and any thoughts and plans for 2022.

I hope you can join us but if not please make sure you vote in the election when that material arrives after October 10th.

Website Form Problem

While working on moving to the new database system noted above, we discovered that some forms were not being sent out from the website. We think our webhost was blocking mail sending from the website since our email is handled through Google Workspaces and not the host. 

We have added a plugin that uses an outside service to send emails from the website bypassing the webhost.

If you used one of our forms in the past few months and never got a response please let Doug know. We are sorry for the oversight.


Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021 pass the US House

There is a bill in the US Congress called “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021” introduced by Rep. Judy Chu that would finally codify the Roe v Wade decision. The law would "protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services" and would invalidate laws like Texas' and the burdensome regulations like we have here in Ohio.

The bill passed the House and now moves onto the Senate.

We highly recommend you contact your Senators and demand that H. R. 3755 be passed immediately.



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We will continue to share accurate information as often as we can on social media channels and if members and friends need assistance (like you've lost a job or have to deal with family members being ill) check out our Community Outreach Resources and Education page.

https://is.gd/showlehelp

Our guest will be Megan Rahm. She’s the quintessential Midwest mom but also is  a very passionate atheist.

From her childhood in rural Ohio to her present-day life in Toledo, she tells her  story of struggles and triumphs through poetry.

We will be meeting in Community Room A

Unless otherwise noted, all our meetings and events are open to the public and we adhere to the SHoWLE In-person Meeting Policy

Annual Members Meeting
Friday October 22, 2021 at 7 PM via Zoom

Our Podcast: Glass City Humanist