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American Atheists thirtieth national convention.

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The thirtieth annual national convention of American Atheists was held at the idyllic Shelter Pointe Hotel and Marina on Shelter Island in San Diego, California, on April 9-11, 2004. It was boats, ships, sunshine, and balmy temperatures the entire weekend. The hotel is located between San Diego Bay and the marina at the tip of Shelter Island.

California State Director Dave Kong opened the convention by welcoming everyone to his home state and to the convention. He gave a brief summary of Atheist activism there. American Atheists President Ellen Johnson gave her annual convention speech with her evaluation of past events for American Atheists and goals for the future. Some of the convention speeches are being reprinted in this issue of American Atheist. Johnson's speech begins on page 9.

We are so proud of the work that all of our state directors do all year long that we bring them up on stage to introduce them to everyone and present them with a token of our appreciation. Our Director of State and Regional Operations, Bart Meltzer introduced those directors who were in attendance and they were, Michigan State Director, Arlene-Marie, Assistant State Director, George Shiffer, Kentucky State Director, Edwin Kagin, North Carolina State Director, Wayne Aiken, New Jersey State Director Chad...

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