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CSICon 2017 - The Best Thing We Have for Bringing Back TAM Today!

Well, don't all of y'all respond at once!!

I just realized I have another good window of time to doing things after 3:30 PM on Thursday. I don't know why I didn't notice that one, before! It's after my first volunteer shift is over, and I won't need to be back until close to 7 PM, when the Reception begins.

So, here is a rough draft of an events schedule. No tickets have been purchased yet, so nothing is carved in stone. If anyone wants to join me, they can. If you have a suggestion for another time for something, let me know and we can probably do that instead.

4:00 PM Thursday - Visit South Point. I would probably be back before 5:00 PM. But, if it takes a bit longer, that's fine. I will probably take a cab unless someone else volunteers a car.

9:30 PM Thursday - Insanity: The Ride. I will probably take the Monorail most of the way up there, and back. We should call ahead, first, to make sure it's open. Sometimes they close because of high winds or... accidents.

During a Break on Friday: ISF Group Photo: We'll work with management to choose which break, and to have the MC make an announcement for it.

10:00 PM Friday - Insanity: The Back-Up Plan. If the ride is closed on Thursday, we'll see if we can do it Friday, instead. The ride's hours run until 2 AM.

(11:30 PM on Saturday, after the Halloween Party, could be another possible back-up time for Insanity. But, I'd rather avoid that if possible.)


9:00 PM Sunday - Penn & Teller ? - Since my flight doesn't leave until early Monday, I think I could do this. However, I might prefer an earlier show of some sort, to be safe. And, this one is almost sold out, anyway. By the time we get our acts together, it might be gone.

So... if you're REALLY aiming to see P&T get your tickets NOW! Don't wait for me!!!

I miss the old days, when Forum activity schedules would take up whole corkboards.

I noticed the web site for Insanity: The Ride says this: "This ride is not recommended for guests with physical, mental, and/or medical limitations." So, in other words, you can't actually be insane to go on it.... huh...
 
Wowbagger said:
Hello, everyone! With CSICon coming up in only a couple of weeks, I will start paying more attention to this thread!

Here is an Updated Summary for y'all:

There are 4 Activities I would like to do, that other ISFers can join me on:

1. A Group Photo of ISFers

2. Visiting the South Point for a little while, just to see what it's like these days

3. Insanity the Ride, on top of the Stratosphere

4. Seeing a Show of Some Sort: Perhaps Mindfreak, because I heard it was slightly better than Believe, and I didn't get to see Believe because I heard that was terrible.
But, it doesn't have to be that one. If there's another show someone is aiming to see as a group, I might join you, possibly.


And there are 3 Windows of Time in which I would be most available to do them:

1. Thursday Evening, after 9:30 PM (after the Lawrence Krauss "Connections" thing.)

2. Friday Evening, after 10:00 PM (after the movie screening)

3. Sunday, after 12 Noon (after the end of the whole conference)

So pick a few from Column A and match them with a time from Column B, and perhaps we'll have some semblance of an ISF Group Activity Schedule!
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None of the above. Come up with a better list.
 
But it’s in October again. Someone asked a panel how can we get younger generations involved in the skeptic movement. How about scheduling the con during the summer to allow teachers and students to attend? That’s what JREF did.
 
Attached are some ISF group photos Susan Gerbic took for us.

They have been somewhat color-corrected and shrunken-down in size from the originals. The ones she has on Facebook were not color corrected at all.

It's not perfect, but it's much better than last year's group photo, which had only two people in it!
 

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I agree about moving it to the summer. I couldn't attend due to a conflict in my schedule, and it will always be a conflict in October.
 
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