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Join the club: SFU Agreement Society

JOIN THE CLUB is a feature that highlights SFU’s lesser known clubs and non-existent organizations.

This week we highlight . . .the SFU Agreement Society

Founded by disgruntled members of SFU’s Debate Society who just wanted everyone to get along, the SFU Agreement Society is a group of students who get together weekly to practice saying “yeah, that sounds about right.” The club tackles all sorts of issues except any that are in anyway controversial or could possibly cause members to have a disagreement, which might lead them to give reasons for why the other is wrong in an organized and civilized fashion. Due to this policy, the club has never  brought up the issue of setting a time for meetings fearing it would cause unwanted “debate.” Although they’ve never formally gotten together to agree on things, they all concur that this is probably for the best.

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