{"id":2388,"date":"2016-01-08T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2016-01-08T12:22:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:22:54","slug":"florida-citizens-for-science-agm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"Florida Citizens for Science AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are now confirmed for the FCS 8th<\/sup><\/span> AGM to be held on January 23rd inside the Hollis Center Classroom at Stetson University, Deland, 10am to noon.<\/span><\/span> The purpose is to consider the organizations plans for the coming year.\u00c2\u00a0In light of the current situations with the looming text books issue and the introduction of the “new” Florida Science Standards (which contain evolution and global warming) I am sure our opposition\u00c2\u00a0will be just as intense and organized as it was in 2008. We need to be ready. If you would like to be\u00c2\u00a0more involved in our work, please consider becoming an active member or even serve on the board.\u00c2\u00a0 You can contact one of our current board members or just make it to the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are now confirmed for the FCS 8th AGM to be held on January 23rd inside the Hollis Center Classroom at Stetson University, Deland, 10am to noon. The purpose is to consider the organizations plans for the coming year.\u00c2\u00a0In light … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-Cw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2368,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2368","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":0},"title":"Florida Citizens for Science AGM","author":"Jonathan Smith","date":"December 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"FCS will hold their 8th AGM early next year (date and location yet to be determined) The purpose is to consider the organizations plans for the coming year 2016.\u00c2\u00a0 With the introduction of the \"new\" Florida Science Standards(which contain evolution and global warming ) I am sure the opposition\u00c2\u00a0to these\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1539,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1539","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":1},"title":"Upcoming stuff","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"For those of you keeping score at home, we have a few interesting Florida science-related issues coming up this week. 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