JREF Swift Blog

A NEW & PROMISING YEAR

With Dr. Phil Plait giving a sigh of relief and our new President D.J. Grothe stepping up to the plate, we at the JREF enter 2010 with enthusiasm. New plans, some important and welcome changes in the Swift presentation, exciting fund-raising opportunities, and some office reorganization will be initiated, all to the improvement of our efficiency and effectiveness. I, along with Jeff, Rich, Alison, Bart, Brandon, and the indomitable Linda are braced for the year with confidence and evidence-based faith in our members, our friends, our sponsors and our executive board.

We're working on certain affiliations with others in the skeptical community that will enlarge the scope and influence of the entire movement. Stay tuned.

Project Gamma is well underway. With the past success of projects Alpha and Beta, we can anticipate equal success for Gamma, details of which must of course remain Top Secret for now. The Isaac Asimov Library is moving up on 4,000 volumes, and we've expanded it out of the library room and into the JREF hall. TAM Australia and a second TAM UK are forming up for this year, and in 2011 it appears that we'll have a TAM Switzerland! Plans for a surge of videos to hit YouTube have Rich -- our Media manager -- working up a production schedule that I'll launch into as soon as my personal appearance improves somewhat, following the chemotherapy ordeal.

That reminds me: My own eager embrace of this 2010 adventure is enhanced by the happy fact that I've finished my six-months of chemotherapy, and I'm awaiting the prognosis of my physicians, which appears as if it will be very favorable. Medical Science has done it again -- no chanting, homeopathy, incense, or acupuncture were invoked. Just Science. My sincere thanks to those of you who have supported me with your good wishes and encouragement. It was very helpful, I assure you.

So, stand back! The year 2010 is very promising, and we've just set sail. I'm rarin' to go!