Women's Argument of the Month Club - LIFTOFF!

I'm watching "Fight Club" right now as I wind down from the first meeting of the "board" for the Women's Argument of the Month Club.

We started by establishing a few ground rules:

1st RULE: You do not talk about AOTM CLUB.

2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about AOTM CLUB.

3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the argument is over.

4th RULE: Only two women to an argument.

5th RULE: One argument at a time, ladies.

6th RULE: No weapons except rosaries, Church Documents and other theological academic sources

7th RULE: Arguments will go on as long as they have to.

8th RULE: If this is your first night at AOTM CLUB, you HAVE to argue!

Oh, wait...no....maybe not...

In all seriousness it seems we all attended this meeting with the serious goal of really getting this thing going. Naturally, we realized we have more questions that need resolution before anything can move forward, so we adjourned with another date set to meet in December, and a tentative goal of starting an actual event in January.

We agreed on one thing; making sure we have a firm foundation, mission, and ground rules is key, so we are going to take the time needed and plan carefully. We would LOVE to see the success enjoyed by the men's AOTM club, but that kind of success takes time, it takes planning, and it takes MASSIVE numbers of volunteers.

I know from experience that volunteers are hard to come by. Everyone wants the events, but no one wants to do the work. So we're not going to even TRY to start with that. To do so would be disastrous and we think this would sink immediately.

We talked a little about starting with a discussion group, but in actuality, we don't think that would draw many people, and might be a little too low key. Our general feeling is that we'd like to start off with a speaker, but with an "edgy" topic of some sort, something certain to draw interest, and which would open the floor for those who may truly want to debate the topic during the Q&A.

We want hard-core theology, hard-core apologetics, so want to be sure we start off on the right foot. The venue will very likely be a local restaurant so that we won't have the issue of needing volunteers or any organization other than finding the place, the speaker, and getting the word out. It is most likely going to take place on a Friday night. Who doesn't love theology on a Friday?

Of course we have yet to choose a topic, and getting a speaker on short notice might be impossible. But then again, if God is in charge of this, He will provide; we have only to ask and do the legwork.

So! For all you women out there who have been watching the men go to argue theological topics every month, your chance is coming!

I just want to add one thing:

We have been informed that the husband of one of our board members had this bit of encouragement to offer us all:

FAITHFUL CATHOLIC WOMEN ROCK!

We concur, and thank you!

Ladies, there ya have it. We shall keep you updated on this adventure as it develops!