Meet the Candidates & Discussion of HCSV
Program to Meet the 2014 HCSV Board of Directors Candidates
January 26, 2014
The five candidates pictured above and listed below are running for our 2014 Board elections to be held 2 February 2014.
They will introduce themselves and share their thoughts about what they hope to accomplish on the Board.
The candidates are:
Dominic Borg: “My foremost desire is to support HCSV in continuing to facilitate a great community and great events. Additionally, I hope to work with fellow Bay Area organizations planning events, and sharing knowledge and resources symbiotically. I would like to explore new things we could do that reflect our mission statement. I look forward to helping to get the word out about HCSV events and welcoming new people to the community.”
Hilton Brown: Hilton U Brown III: I’ve been a member of the Humanist Community for over twenty years. I served as treasurer for more than eight years, and I have served in several other offices in the HCSV. I want to help the community grow and fulfill the promises of our Values, Vision and Mission.
Jonathan Figdor: I was the first Humanist MDiv who graduated from Harvard Divinity School where I pioneered the Humanist Chaplaincy Training Program co-developed with Greg Epstein from the Humanist Community at Harvard. I served as the Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard, and am now the Humanist Chaplain at Stanford. I’m interested in pursuing connections between HCSV and younger Humanists in Silicon Valley.
Laura Mappin: I spent almost 10 years looking for this community. I’ve been an active member for one year and a self-identifying humanist for over 30 years. I was particularly drawn in by the variety of topics you discuss at your forum. I’m particularly interested in getting more visibility for HCSV and in reaching out to many whom I believe are already looking for this kind of group so that this great resource you have built here can thrive.
Martin Squibbs: I have been a member of the HCSV since the late 1990’s, and a board member for the last 2 years. I believe the HCSV is of great value in providing a secular, welcoming and open minded community for people to come, make friends and explore the essential questions of life. What values to best hold and live by; how to better treat one another, and how to better protect and respect our home, planet Earth. I want to play whatever part I am able to in supporting this community and joining with its members to seek answers to these questions and to live by them as best I can.
There will be an opportunity for Q&A after their presentations as time permits. This will be followed by a general discussion with audience participation of HCSV as time allows.
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