One month out from kicking the randomised speaker selection process into gear, there's still plenty of time to put your name in the hat.
Are you an atheist?
Do you have something you would like to tell an audience of theists?
Are you able to do so at Embiggen Books in Melbourne, Australia on the 7th of June?
If so, please let me know. We have enough potential speakers to run the event but the more we have in the hat, the better the randomisation will perform in selecting a representative cross section of the atheist demographic. Also, if the event is a success, there's scope for further events. You only have to write your presentation once, but this project has the potential to get some meaningful dialogue going between atheists and theists at the grass roots level.
The awesome RMT got a facebook page going http://www.facebook.com/AverageAtheists?ref=hl
And remember, you don't have to be able or willing to attend to find value in writing your presentation. The exercise itself has merit, and there's nothing to stop someone kicking this off in their own area. Well, nothing on my side. There might be tremendous bigotry where you are and people willing to kick your arse for speaking up like this, in which case I advise you keep your head down, but there's definitely no copyright or intellectual property claim at this end to prevent other people taking this idea up.
Are you an atheist?
Do you have something you would like to tell an audience of theists?
Are you able to do so at Embiggen Books in Melbourne, Australia on the 7th of June?
If so, please let me know. We have enough potential speakers to run the event but the more we have in the hat, the better the randomisation will perform in selecting a representative cross section of the atheist demographic. Also, if the event is a success, there's scope for further events. You only have to write your presentation once, but this project has the potential to get some meaningful dialogue going between atheists and theists at the grass roots level.
The awesome RMT got a facebook page going http://www.facebook.com/AverageAtheists?ref=hl
And remember, you don't have to be able or willing to attend to find value in writing your presentation. The exercise itself has merit, and there's nothing to stop someone kicking this off in their own area. Well, nothing on my side. There might be tremendous bigotry where you are and people willing to kick your arse for speaking up like this, in which case I advise you keep your head down, but there's definitely no copyright or intellectual property claim at this end to prevent other people taking this idea up.
