Welcome Letter

Dear Member,

Welcome to the Minnesota Skeptics Society! The Minnesota Skeptical Society is a non-profit organization based in the Twin Cities to promote critical thinking and skeptical inquiry in Minnesota and among our members worldwide. We strive to debunk paranormal claims and provide information about pseudoscience to better inform and equip our society. Our society's goals include:

• Creating a new generation of critical thinkers through lively discussions, demonstrations, and lectures at various venues throughout the Twin Cities
• Demonstrating to the society the consequences of accepting paranormal and supernatural claims without questioning.
• Discussing current events and using critical thinking to rationally analyze claims made by the media and other organizations
• Fostering and nurturing a community, online and otherwise, where skeptical inquirers can meet and discuss ideas

We have recently acquired the domain http://www.minnesotaskeptics.org and also will be posting on our blog at http://minnesotaskeptics.blogspot.com/. We will be launching our website soon and we will be setting a monthly time and date where and when the Minnesota Skeptical Society will meet. The society can be reached at MinnesotaSkeptics@Gmail.com. We are also pleased to announce that the Society is currently recruiting volunteer employees as well as new members. We especially need help with getting the website up and operating. I have business cards for whoever wants them, and the society is, as always, encouraging members to reach out to non-members and try to encourage them to join or participate. Many people are already skeptics at heart, but just do not know it yet. Some people just need a little extra push in the right direction. We are still in the beginning stages, so things are moving slowly as of yet. We would also like to extend many warm wishes to our former head, Robert W McCoy, who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and is no longer able to head our Society. We cannot stress enough how much volunteers would be appreciated at this point, as every skeptic has some valuable skill to offer, and hopefully, a little time. Please please please forward the Gmail address to anyone who you think might be interested and we will make sure to get them added to the mailing list and the register. Also, here are a few links to enjoy and peruse until we get our sites up and operating at full speed and thank you very much for your interest!

http://www.randi.org/
http://skeptoid.com/
http://skepchick.org/blog/
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
http://www.csicop.org/

Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,
Jason Brisson
Minnesota Skeptics Society
Head
MinnesotaSkeptics@GMail.com