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... and that is how a new bylaw is made! Oh, hello, I didn't hear you come in. I was just teaching my kid all about the fascinating world of non-profit corporate governance. They're asleep with joy! Hey, this stuff is actually very important! If we don't do the things...

At Skepticon we have a dedicated ally, a person whose job is specifically to advocate for the needs of the lovely humans who visit us. That's you! You are coming to Skepticon this year, aren't you? Of course you are, and we can't wait to see you. You're quite a...

Last time we checked in at the Skepticon ranch (our brand is the Lazy X!), we were fighting over speaker choices. The next order of business is to pick a theme, and brainstorm ideas for fundraising. Skepticon's themes aren't really about the talks. We don't try to get...

Many have tried to define "art"... "Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus." – David Hockney "We have our Arts so we won’t die of Truth." – Friedrich Nietzsche “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso...

Second meeting of the year, and it's time for the speaker fight! If you're imagining PZ Myers punching out Matt Dillahunty, you're seriously on the wrong track. (Plus you've clearly never met either of them. They're super awesome, and would never hurt a fly. Okay, PZ...

After Venue, the next Skepticon division to get busy at the beginning of the year is Speakers. We look through all of the suggestions made by attendees and previous speakers. (And we're sorry, but Neil deGrasse Tyson is not going to come speak to us for free, ever....

Subtitled: A Committee, a Plan, a Canal, Paeettimmoca! Planning by committee can make it so hard to get what you hoped for in the end. On the other hand, doing it all yourself is a recipe for utter disaster. There's just too much work, and too many skills needed to...

Hello again, Skepticondoleers! The work of making a Skepticon is divided up into 12 roles. Let's take a good, close look at one of them: the Venue role. From the job description: The Venue role is responsible for finding and booking an adequate venue within...

Hiya Skepticonderites! On this episode of Inside Skepticon, I want to talk about how Skepticon makes decisions and gets work done. The structure of Skepticon is something that has changed in the last year, in ways that we hope will make life easier, and I'm going to...

For our first adventure in making a Skepticon, let's take a look at the contract with the hotel and convention center that we sign (not in blood, honest!). Exciting! After choosing a weekend to party, this is the first real step in getting this show on the road. In a...

Hiya, Skepticontown! Skepticon 10 is a mere seven and a half months away, and already the organizers are hard at work making it a reality. What's that you say? You always assumed that we hibernated from December to October, stirring occasionally to ask for donations?...