The goal of A|N has always been to connect atheists, and organise atheist groups / events in the world. The point of being non-profit would be so we could collect donations and have worldwide conferences, bringing people together.
I'm not sure where you get the impression A|N doesn't represent atheism, because it does, is as much as it only allows atheist members. You seem to be implying that A|N is claiming it represents *every* atheist and therefore cannot be a non-profit, but if this were true, how can any Christian charity exist? Of course there are differences of opinion, but it was my understanding that you don't have to be representative of all atheists, just the ones that are in your organisation to be non-profit.
A|N isn't a political group either, and it is neutral. Non-profits are forbidden from interfering with elections, although they are allowed to lobby in favour of certain decisions. The only decisions we'd lobby in favour for would be secular ones though, and I'm pretty sure every member of A|N would agree with those.
No offence taken. I'm well aware I'm probably the only far-right-winger (and probably the only right-winger) on the board of advisors. I'm part of the conservative atheists group on A|N and they only have 4 members
A|N hasn't claimed to be the largest atheist forum, but the largest social networking site. The A|N forum is less active than this one (from my observation), primarily because all the talking goes on in the events and groups.
I'm not sure where you get the impression A|N doesn't represent atheism, because it does, is as much as it only allows atheist members. You seem to be implying that A|N is claiming it represents *every* atheist and therefore cannot be a non-profit, but if this were true, how can any Christian charity exist? Of course there are differences of opinion, but it was my understanding that you don't have to be representative of all atheists, just the ones that are in your organisation to be non-profit.
A|N isn't a political group either, and it is neutral. Non-profits are forbidden from interfering with elections, although they are allowed to lobby in favour of certain decisions. The only decisions we'd lobby in favour for would be secular ones though, and I'm pretty sure every member of A|N would agree with those.
No offence taken. I'm well aware I'm probably the only far-right-winger (and probably the only right-winger) on the board of advisors. I'm part of the conservative atheists group on A|N and they only have 4 members
A|N hasn't claimed to be the largest atheist forum, but the largest social networking site. The A|N forum is less active than this one (from my observation), primarily because all the talking goes on in the events and groups.
