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Get registered

We're about to top 800 registrations. Here's the deal, we haven't done any local advertising yet. None. Zilch. Zero. No posters. No media appearances. Nada.

But we're about to. And when we do, we're going to get a huge local rush.

I've also found out today that the number of seats I was given for the new venue was incorrect. It's 1,800 seats if there is no stage set up...but there's going to be a stage, what with us having speakers and everything. That means there will be 1,500 seats. We will fill all those seats.

This means that this year there will be no walk-ins. If you want to get into Skepticon 3, you must register.

The good news is that the event is almost paid for. We're about $4,000 away from being in the black. If you've got some bucks lying around, please consider donating it.

We should have the Skepticon calendars to the printer this weekend and be able to ship them about a week after that. Sales from those will help tremendously. I'm sorry it's taking so long, but the calendars are a monstrous undertaking. They're still available for pre-order - just swing by the Skepticon shop. T-shirts will be arriving there shortly as well.

If you've got a blog or web site, or even if you just want to share them on facebook, there are promo vids for this event that would help us to get the word out. They are on our youtube channel.

Thanks everybody. We never dreamed this could get so big and we're working around the clock (literally, some nights) to make this event spectacular.

-JT

Share the word!

Good news! Thanks to a chap by the name of Adam Brown, Skepticon has some fliers that can go up in your neck of the woods!

Just head over to the Share Us page. Hand them out at skeptic meetings or put them up at your school!



And don't forget to check out the next Skepticon promotional video!

-JT

Registration

Last year we did not fill the venue for Skepticon 2. Because of that, people could just walk right in (hey, it's free, right?).

That will not be the case this year. We're on pace to have 1,600 registrations, which allows room for 200 walk-ins - and that's if our rate of registration doesn't increase (we anticipate that it will).

The long and short of it is that if you plan to attend Skepticon 3, you NEED to register. We are aware that we are probably going to have to turn some people away and we want to minimize this.

Thanks everybody!

-JT

First Commercial and General Update

The first commercial for SK3 is out. Head over to the video on youtube and post it to your blogs and otherwise disseminate it across the interwebs.



We're about to crest 700 registrations.

Thanks to everybody who has pre-ordered calendars (you can pre-order yours here)! They're about to go to the printer and we should start mailing them out a week after that.

-JT

History of Skepticon and the MSU Church of the FSM

The MSU Church of the FSM has a long, five-year history populated with great leaders such as co-founder Dr. David Burger, Skepticon co-creator Lauren Lane, Rob Lehr (have you voted for Give a Damn today?), and Jeffrey Marcus. Countless people have contributed to this growing phenomenon. Indeed, that's the only way it could have gotten to this point.

At the Secular Student Alliance annual convention last month, I gave a brief talk on the history of our college group, which also covers the short history of Skepticon.

Enjoy.

-JT