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Dates set for major 2014 skeptic (& related) events

CFI announced dates for their 2015 national conference today. I think I might break the 2015 dates out into their own thread soon so this one can die later this year.

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
The Amaz!ng Meeting 2014|7/10/2014|7/13/2014|Las Vegas, NV|United States
Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference - East|7/11/2014|7/13/2014|Columbus, OH|United States
2014 All-Star Conference & Atheist Baseball|7/11/2014|7/12/2014|St. Paul, MN|United States
Humanism at Work 2014 (FBBCon)|7/18/2014|7/20/2014|Chicago, IL|United States
Brisbane Skepticamp|7/19/2014|7/19/2014|Brisbane, QLD|Australia
2014 CFI Leadership Conference|7/24/2014|7/27/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
North Texas Secular Convention|7/26/2014|7/27/2014|Denton, TX|United States
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
The Skeptics of Oz|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
SkeptiCamp Tampa|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|9/20/2014|9/20/2014|Lexington, KY|United States
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
If you're going to start over, I think it's worth seeing if using the forum's Events function is going to be any harder. If it is no more work to create events there, then you might as well use it rather than listing everything in a recurring table.
 
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Ah, I see they fixed the problem where it wouldn't display any dates past December 2010 - that was a showstopper before.

I'm reluctant to spend a bunch of time dealing with the data entry issues on that unless I feel people are actually using it. It does not bode well that it doesn't even default to showing "today" most of the time. It seems to like December 2010 or April 2007 in most modes.

Usability issues like that are killers. Now, if the events were surfaced somewhere in the forum UI like in one of the widgets on the home page, I could be convinced.
 
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[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
Humanism at Work 2014 (FBBCon)|7/18/2014|7/20/2014|Chicago, IL|United States
Brisbane Skepticamp|7/19/2014|7/19/2014|Brisbane, QLD|Australia
2014 CFI Leadership Conference|7/24/2014|7/27/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
North Texas Secular Convention|7/26/2014|7/27/2014|Denton, TX|United States
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
The Skeptics of Oz|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
SkeptiCamp Tampa|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|9/20/2014|9/20/2014|Lexington, KY|United States
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
krelnik said:
I'm reluctant to spend a bunch of time dealing with the data entry issues on that unless I feel people are actually using it.
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That's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy though. People aren't using it because, well, people aren't using it. There's no events there to use. If people started adding events, then others might start to use it more.

krelnik said:
It does not bode well that it doesn't even default to showing "today" most of the time. It seems to like December 2010 or April 2007 in most modes.
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I'm not seeing this. It seems to open to "today" by default.

krelnik said:
Usability issues like that are killers. Now, if the events were surfaced somewhere in the forum UI like in one of the widgets on the home page, I could be convinced.
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I agree, it could look a lot nicer. It just seems a waste not to use a facility which already exists, and which might have additional currently-unused functions such as reminders. And I know it's a pain in the bum to format tables in vbCode.
 
Well the tables aren't that hard once you get them started.

As for today, there seem to be half a dozen ways to end up in the calendar, and I swear for me several of them drop me into 2007 or 2010. (I'm mostly using the menus in the top bar, not the mini-calendar on the right side of the forum home page).

But I know what you are saying about chicken and egg - I had to do a TON of work in Lanyrd to pre-enter a bunch of stuff for this very reason. Nobody would want to use it if there weren't already some useful data in there.

Tell you what, I'll run an experiment with the Forum calendar and see what happens. I'm not going to say how it will work so that nobody tries to game it.
 
Found the dates of SkepKon 2015 and Sexy Secular 2 on their respective blogs:

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
Humanism at Work 2014 (FBBCon)|7/18/2014|7/20/2014|Chicago, IL|United States
Brisbane Skepticamp|7/19/2014|7/19/2014|Brisbane, QLD|Australia
2014 CFI Leadership Conference|7/24/2014|7/27/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
North Texas Secular Convention|7/26/2014|7/27/2014|Denton, TX|United States
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
The Skeptics of Oz|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
SkeptiCamp Tampa|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|9/20/2014|9/20/2014|Lexington, KY|United States
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
Sexy Secular 2|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Akron, OH|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
SkepKon 2015|5/14/2015|5/16/2015|Frankfurt|Germany
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
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A couple of American Ethical Union events in November, and their FES conference in May 2015. North Texas Secular event weekend of July 26/27 has been CANCELLED.

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
Humanism at Work 2014 (FBBCon)|7/18/2014|7/20/2014|Chicago, IL|United States
Brisbane Skepticamp|7/19/2014|7/19/2014|Brisbane, QLD|Australia
2014 CFI Leadership Conference|7/24/2014|7/27/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
The Skeptics of Oz|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
SkeptiCamp Tampa|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|9/20/2014|9/20/2014|Lexington, KY|United States
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
Sexy Secular 2|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Akron, OH|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
Ethical Education Weekend|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Stony Point, NY|United States
Youth of Ethical Societies Conference|11/14/2014|11/16/2014|New York City, NY|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
SkepKon 2015|5/14/2015|5/16/2015|Frankfurt|Germany
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
Future of Ethical Societies Conference|5/22/2015|5/25/2015|Washington, DC|United States
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
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Removed past events.

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
2014 CFI Leadership Conference|7/24/2014|7/27/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
The Skeptics of Oz|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
SkeptiCamp Tampa|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|9/20/2014|9/20/2014|Lexington, KY|United States
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
Sexy Secular 2|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Akron, OH|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
Ethical Education Weekend|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Stony Point, NY|United States
Youth of Ethical Societies Conference|11/14/2014|11/16/2014|New York City, NY|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
SkepKon 2015|5/14/2015|5/16/2015|Frankfurt|Germany
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
Future of Ethical Societies Conference|5/22/2015|5/25/2015|Washington, DC|United States
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
Skeptics of Oz moved their date to October 18

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
2014 CFI Leadership Conference|7/24/2014|7/27/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
SkeptiCamp Tampa|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|9/20/2014|9/20/2014|Lexington, KY|United States
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
The Skeptics of Oz|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
Sexy Secular 2|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Akron, OH|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
Ethical Education Weekend|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Stony Point, NY|United States
Youth of Ethical Societies Conference|11/14/2014|11/16/2014|New York City, NY|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
SkepKon 2015|5/14/2015|5/16/2015|Frankfurt|Germany
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
Future of Ethical Societies Conference|5/22/2015|5/25/2015|Washington, DC|United States
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
Reed informed me last night there was a Skepticamp in Tallahassee, Florida on Sunday. Apparently it snuck under the radar because they put it together in a month and there wasn't much publicity outside their local Skeptics-in-the-Pub group. I've entered it retroactively in Lanyrd so you can see it in the list of Skepticamp events.

Ergo Tampa is going to be the SECOND Skepticamp in Florida, not the first.
 
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The Winnipeg Skeptics have announced the date of their 5th annual Skepticamp in September. Next Kentucky Freethought Convention moved to May 30, 2015. Removed past event.

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
Tampa Bay CoR SkeptiCamp|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
SkeptiCamp Winnipeg 2014|9/27/2014|9/27/2014|Winnipeg, MB|Canada
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
The Skeptics of Oz|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
Sexy Secular 2|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Akron, OH|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
Ethical Education Weekend|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Stony Point, NY|United States
Youth of Ethical Societies Conference|11/14/2014|11/16/2014|New York City, NY|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
Skepticamp Monterey|1/1/2015|1/1/2015|Monterey, CA|United States
American Atheists|4/3/2015|4/5/2015|Memphis, TN|United States
American Humanist Association 74th Annual|5/7/2015|5/10/2015|Denver, CO|United States
SkepKon 2015|5/14/2015|5/16/2015|Frankfurt|Germany
Imagine No Religion 5|5/15/2015|5/17/2015|Kamloops, BC|Canada
Future of Ethical Societies Conference|5/22/2015|5/25/2015|Washington, DC|United States
Kentucky Freethought Convention|5/30/2015|5/30/2015|Lexington, KY|United States
CFI’s 2015 National Conference|6/11/2015|6/14/2015|Amherst, NY|United States
American Ethical Union 100th Assembly|6/25/2015|6/28/2015|Stamford, CT|United States
IncreduCon 2015|8/14/2015|8/16/2015|Eau Claire, WI|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|9/3/2015|9/7/2015|Atlanta, GA|United States
16th European Skeptics Congress|9/10/2015|9/13/2015|London|United Kingdom
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention|10/9/2015|10/10/2015|Madison, WI|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 39th Annual National Convention|10/7/2016|10/9/2016|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
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Just a data point on using the embedded calendar in this forum software - on July 15 I entered about 8 dates in there and each one has a link you can click for more information. I created the links so I could track clicks (using bit.ly).

In the two weeks since I posted those 8 events, there has been exactly ONE click of those links. Seems to indicate that people have learned there is nothing in that calendar and don't go there.

Unless the Mods want to revamp it and make it a bit more visible, I'm going to stick with posting in threads. One thing I would suggest they do is get rid of the three calendars in there - there's one for JREF, one for "Member Created" events and one called "General". I'd suggest deleting two of those and keeping the one that has all the birthdays in it.

The other thing would be the widget idea arthwollipot mentioned so current or upcoming events would be called out for easy access somewhere on screen.
 
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I found a couple more 2015 dates (total of 16), so I think it's time to break out next year into another thread over here.

[table=head]Event|Start|End|City|Country
Skeptics on the Fringe 2014|8/2/2014|8/23/2014|Edinburgh|United Kingdom
The Skeptic's Toolbox|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Eugene, OR|United States
Atheist Alliance of America|8/7/2014|8/10/2014|Seattle, WA|United States
World Humanist Congress 2014|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|Oxford|United Kingdom
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track|8/8/2014|8/10/2014|London|United Kingdom
FreeOK 2014|8/9/2014|8/10/2014|Tulsa, OK|United States
3rd Colorado Secular Conference|8/15/2014|8/17/2014|Aurora, CO|United States
Robert Ingersoll Museum Mini-Conference|8/16/2014|8/17/2014|Amherst, NY|United States
FtBConscience 3|8/22/2014|8/24/2014|Online|United States
DragonCon Skeptrack|8/29/2014|9/1/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference|8/29/2014|8/31/2014|Pittsburgh, PA|United States
2014 Conference of Reason (South Dakota)|8/30/2014|8/30/2014|Rapid City, SD|United States
NZ SkeptiCamp 2014|9/6/2014|9/6/2014|Wellington|New Zealand
Denkfest|9/11/2014|9/14/2014|Zurich|Switzerland
Zeteticon (North Dakota)|9/12/2014|9/14/2014|Fargo, ND|United States
Tampa Bay CoR SkeptiCamp|9/14/2014|9/14/2014|Tampa, FL|United States
Apostacon|9/19/2014|9/21/2014|Omaha, NE|United States
SkeptiCamp Winnipeg 2014|9/27/2014|9/27/2014|Winnipeg, MB|Canada
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass)|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Oslo|Norway
Carolinas Secular Conference|9/26/2014|9/28/2014|Charlotte, NC|United States
Florida Secular Rally|10/5/2014|10/5/2014|Tallahassee, FL|United States
Free Flo 2014|10/10/2014|10/12/2014|Orlando, FL|United States
Freethought Day|10/11/2014|10/11/2014|Sacramento, CA|United States
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights|10/11/2014|10/12/2014|London|United Kingdom
Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|London|United Kingdom
The Skeptics of Oz|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Wichita, KS|United States
Sexy Secular 2|10/18/2014|10/18/2014|Akron, OH|United States
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention|10/24/2014|10/25/2014|Los Angeles, CA|United States
International Freethought Film Festival|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Atlanta, GA|United States
Ethical Education Weekend|11/7/2014|11/9/2014|Stony Point, NY|United States
Youth of Ethical Societies Conference|11/14/2014|11/16/2014|New York City, NY|United States
XX. Országos Szkeptikus Konferencia|11/15/2014|11/15/2014|Székesfehérvár, Budai|Hungary
Skepticon VII|11/21/2014|11/23/2014|Springfield, MO|United States
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014|11/28/2014|11/30/2014|Sydney, NSW|Australia
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014|12/5/2014|12/7/2014|Auckland|New Zealand
[/table]

You also can find most of the above and more (videos!) in my guide to skeptical events at Lanyrd. There is also a list of just Skepticamp events here. For the benefit of Skepticamp organizers and anyone who is forum-phobic, a version of this list is also posted at the Skepticamp Wiki.
 
By the way, if anyone reading this is dead set that the Events calendar is a better place for this, there's nothing stopping you from simply going in there and copy/pasting these events one at a time in there in the right place.

It's an easy project that you could do in under an hour. Please include the hyperlinks I've included here so readers can find more information about each event.

And if you are inclined to reply: "Why don't you just do that yourself, Tim?"... Please read the rest of this thread carefully and then don't post that reply.
 
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