At 3:00 pm on Friday, April 21, the AAI Conference officially opened.
Hank Kocol, conference coordinator gave the first welcome.
He was followed by Marie Castle, President of AAI,
whose speech was "We Don't Have Time to Whine..."

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Richard Russell of Atheists and Agnostics of Wisconsin
created the "atheist flag."
"0" for the number of gods and
an infinity sign... a converted eightball?



Then the atheists had an open microphone...
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The diversity of folks with admirable knowledge
and honorable ethics became apparent...

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