Sober Philosophy: Celibacy (Huyen presents)

celibacy *(noun)* 1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. 2. (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations. Symptom-free (of potentially contagious disease) people with the capacity to listen considerately to diverse viewpoints are invited to attend after successfully RSVPing. We begin the meeting at 1:00 pm sharp at the mezzanine above the lobby of the Graduate Hotel in the University District: 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105. Directions for first-timers at the Graduate Hotel: From the front hotel entrance go to the right. Turn left around the corner to enter through the north valet entrance. If the valet questions you just say you're here for the philosophy group. Go straight to the main lobby and turn right behind the large bookshelves before the elevators. Enter the stairway on your left, go up one flight, and go through the first door you encounter to enter our meeting area. 2-MINUTE OPENING ROUNDTABLE FORMAT (2ORF): 1. The topic presenter begins the discussion by taking up to two minutes explaining why they are interested in the topic and some introductory thoughts on it. 2. Each participant in turn going clockwise from the presenter has up to two minutes to describe their general thoughts on the topic. 3. If one is not ready to speak they can just say “pass” and the next person speaks. 4. After we've gone around once anyone who passed will get a second chance to comment. 5. Once everyone has given opening remarks or passed twice, Opening Roundtable is completed and the meeting shifts into TDRF>4 below. TIMED DIRECTION FORMAT (TDRF>4): If there are 4 or less people present we will have unstructured discussion, otherwise we will use the format below. 1. We will divide up the timed direction discussion time by the number of participants plus one (for a buffer). A timer will be set for this amount of time. 2. Each participant in turn will become a Discussion Director and lead the group…