Thanks PZ!

PZ mentioned us on Pharyngula and kindly asked folks to pitch in. Thanks PZ!

As I wrote before...

We live in an area with over 340 in-town churches. James River Assembly has both a Starbucks and an ATM inside. Suffice that dredging up money for an event like this locally is not the easiest thing to do. Imagine walking into a local business and saying, "Hi. We're inviting a bunch of famous atheists to Springfield to criticize religion and explain how it's very dangerous. If you give us a donation, we'll put your business's name on the flyer." Yeah...

So we need help from everybody. We want five of your dollars. That's it, five. Let's imagine that we wanted to raise $5,000 to pull this off...I think it will be easier finding 1,000 people to donate $5 than five people to donate $1,000. Most people have five bucks to spare. Of course, you can send us more if you feel so moved.

You can either send it to skepticonevent@gmail.com via paypal, or click the shiny button below.

It's very true! My university has shown some reticence to giving us full funding for this, so we will need some outside assistance. Make it happen! This are really needs this kind of event.

Thanks everybody!

Donate to Skepticon II

I had a comment on my personal blog yesterday asking how people can donate to Skepticon II. We're gonna launch our fund-raising campaign in about a week, and you'll have the ability to donate when the web site goes live. However, here's the means for all of you who are just chomping at the bit to send us money. We have set ourselves up as a not-for-profit, which means we can now start taking donations. Here's the deal...

We want five of your dollars. That's it, five. Let's imagine that we wanted to raise $5,000 to pull this off...I think it will be easier finding 1,000 people to donate $5 than five people to donate $1,000. Most people have five bucks to spare.

You can either sent it to skepticonevent@gmail.com via paypal, or click the shiny button below.

Also, if this is a cause you support, write a blog on it and ask your readers to donate $5! Link this post. If they have questions, send them to me. I'll happily answer them.

Also...get down here in November for the event! It won't cost you a thing to get in, and we have lots of couches and sleeping bags.

Thanks guys.