 The local chapter consented to become members of A of F.

The Miami chapter eventually dissolved while the Tampa Bay chapter continued to grow.Increasingly, the majority of board members came from the Tampa Bay area, and eventually the Tampa chapter obtained space in a commercial building in South Tampa, which evolved into the headquarters of the organization.On July 29, 2004, a member of Atheists of Florida (Michael R. Harvey) was scheduled to give the invocation to the Tampa City Council.