The Atheist Convention Conflict

Here is the list of atheist (and skeptic) conventions occurring in 2009:

Convention	Location	Dates
American Atheists	Atlanta, GA	4/9-4/12
Center for Inquiry’s 12^th World Congress	Washington, D.C.	4/9-4/12
American Humanist Association	Phoenix, Arizona	6/5-6/7
The Amaz!ng Meeting 7	Las Vegas, NV	7/9-7/12
Freedom From Religion Foundation	Unknown	Unknown
Atheist Alliance International	Unknown	Unknown
Secular Student Alliance	Unknown	Unknown

What do you notice?

CFI and AA’s conventions overlap on Easter Weekend.

Atheist Alliance International used to have their main event on that same weekend but moved it in 2007 for the sake of cooperation. Why isn’t CFI doing the same thing? Who knows.

Most atheists weren’t going to attend either convention, but I still think this type of conflict — where atheists who are interested would have to choose one event over another — is all the more reason to have a Unity conference in the near future.

Shelley Mountjoy

A large portion of my group will be heading down to GA for the American Atheists conference… of course, CFI’s conference in Bethesda, MD is right down the street. Had they not been on the same weekend, we would have seriously considered attending both.
BTW – AAI’s location here is listed as “unknown.” I thought it the location was announced – Colorado.
Elles

Oh, is AAI going to be in Colorado?

So I will have no excuse not to go. And if it doesn’t overlap with another convention Hemant will have no excuse not to come. Excellent!