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VISION PROJECT
As spelled out in the HOH Five Year Plan, voted in at the November 2007 gathering, HOH has definitive plans to get a building space of its own. This Vision Project is designed to make you aware of our goals so we may all help to do our part to make them a reality. What we are thinking of is a rented space, preferably somewhere such as a strip center with cross foot traffic. This space would be shared with our fellow Houston Freethought Alliance member, the Houston Church of Freethought. Below is a description of what this building space will be, and after that an outline of how we plan to achieve it.
The Houston Humanist & Freethought Center will be a facility funded and operated jointly by HOH and HCoF. Its purpose will be to serve as a locale for most of our regular and special events and activities. Its purpose will also be to serve as a base of operations for helping to promote rational and ethical causes in the Houston-area and in the neighborhood of the building - a true base of operations for Humanism and freethought in Houston. Activities and events at the center will likely include the following:
HCoF is already in a position to fulfill their part of the financial and activity obligations for such a center. As for HOH, we must move toward being capable of funding our half of the obligation. This means we will need more members and more Patrons. There are two stages to our plan to reach the level needed. Stage 1:
Regional Gatherings
The first step of stage 1 will be to call for volunteers. These volunteers would help to organize the gathering closest to where they live. Once we have such volunteers, the next step will be for them to find a suitable location near the geographic areas represented on the map below. This could be a community center, library room, rented room in a UU church, hotel club house, or some other facility that is either free or extremely cheap. The next step will be for the organizers to plan the program for the gathering. Meanwhile, HOH officers will assist the regional organizers with overall announcements and getting out the word.
Each Patron increases our monthly intake, and substantially effects our annual budget. We have estimated that at least 40 Patrons will be needed in order to be at the level of revenue necessary to support our end of the center and begin realistically looking into details and properties. As of November 26, 2007, the original posting date of this page, we had 10 Patrons - already 25% the way there. We cannot achieve this without the support of people right here in Houston just like yourself. If you would like to learn more about the ways you can help make this vision a reality, please click here.
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