International Network of Skeptical Organizations

ARGENTINA

Argentina Skeptics, Juan De Gennaro, Enrique Marquez, Alejandro Borgo, Jose Marti 35, Dto C, (1406) Buenos Aires Argentina

AUSTRALIA.

National:

Australian Skeptics, Karen Stollznow, Executive Officer, P.O. Box 438, Collaroy Beach, NSW 2097 (Phone: 61 2 9417 2071, Fax: 61 2 9417 7930, E-mail: editor@skeptics.com.au.

Regional:

Australian Capital Territory, P.O. Box 555, Civic Square, 2608.

Hunter Skeptics (formerly Newcastle), P.O. Box 166, Waratah NSW 2298

Darwin Skeptics (Northern Territory), P.O. Box 809, Sanderson NT 0812

Queensland, P.O. Box 6454, Fairfield Gardens QLD 4103

South Australia, P.O. Box 91, Magill, 5072.

Victoria, P.O. Box 5166AA, Melbourne, VIC 3001

Western Australia, P.O. Box 899, Morley WA 6062.

BELGIUM.

Committee Para, J. Dommanget, Chairman, Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Avenue Circulaire 3, B-1180 Brussels.

SKEPP, W. Betz, Secretary, SKEPP Lecharlierlaan 44 bus 10 B-1090 BRUSSEL.

BRAZIL.

Chave da Cidadania, Luis Gutman, Rua Rita Ludolf 78 apto 203 - Leblon. CEP:22440-060. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil

CANADA.

Skeptics Canada, Address: 873 Broadview Ave., Suite 100A Toronto, Ontario Canada M4K 2P9. Tel: 647-341-7041 Eric McMillan, Chair: chair@skeptics.ca, Lisa Johnson Coordinator: office@skeptics.ca

British Columbia Skeptics, Lee Moller, contact, 1188 Beaufort Road, Vancouver V7G 1R7.

Manitoba Skeptics. Contact John Toews, President, Box 92, St. Vital, Winnipeg, Man. R2M 4A5.

Ottawa Skeptics, info [at] ottawaskeptics.org

Sceptiques du Quebec: Jean Ouellette, C.P. 202, Succ. Beaubien, Montreal H2G 3C9. 24-hour skeptics' hotline: (514) 990-8099 (for meeting location, etc.)

CHINA

China Association for Science and Technology, Contact Shen Zhenyu, Research Center, CAST, PO Box 8113, Beijing, China.

Chinese Skeptics Circle, Contact: Wu Xianghong, Box 4 - doctor, Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing 100872.

COSTA RICA

Iniciativa para la Promoción del Pensamiento Crítico (IPPEC-CR)
Contact e-mail: Adolfo Solano
Contact phone: 826-0775
Group e-mail: ippeccr@yahoo.com
Group URL: http://www.geocities.com/ippeccr
Postal address: A.P. 478-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Club of Skeptics, Dr. Ivan David, Vozova 5, Prague 3, 73000, The Czech Republic

DENMARK

Association of Independent Danish Skeptics. Contact: Mogens Winther, Nydamvej 10, 6400 Sonderborg, Denmark, 2836@po.ia.dk; or Willy Wegner skeptica@skeptica.dk

ECUADOR

Prociencia, Contact Gabriel Trueba PO Box 17-11-6064 Quito, Ecuador (2-894 320). E-mail: gabriel@mail.usfq.edu.ec

EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF SKEPTICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

ECSO c/o GWUP, Arheilger Weg 11, D-64380 Rossdorf, (Phone: +49 6154 695023) (FAX: +49 6154 695022). E-mail: ecso@gwup.org

FINLAND

Skepsis, PL 483, 00101 Helsinki, Finland. Chairman: Matias Aunola. WWW: http://www.skepsis.fi, E-mail contact: info@skepsis.fi

FRANCE

Association Française pour l'Information Scientifique (AFIS), administration@pseudo-sciences.org, 14 rue de l'Ecole Polytechnique, PARIS F-75005, France

Association Nantes Atlantique Pour L'Information Scientifique (ANAIS), afis44@free.fr, p/o OFP, rue rene fonck, F-44860 Saint Aignan de Grand Lieu

Cercle Zététique, Contact: Paul-Eric Blanrue, 12 Rue David Deitz, 57000 Metz

Observatoire Zététique, Président Nicolas Vivant, secretary Richard Monvoisin, 41 rue du Maréchal Randon F-38000 Grenoble, France Tel : 04 76 18 02 21 - 06 32 66 10 81, E-MAIL

Union Rationaliste, Contact: Jean-Paul Krivine, 14, Rue de l'Ecole Polyytechnique, 75005 Paris

Zetetics Laboratory of the University of Nice, Professor Henri Broch, Director, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Sciences, Parc Valrose, F-06108 Nice cedex 2

GERMANY.

Society for the Scientific Investigation of Para-Science (GWUP), Attn: Dr. Martin Mahner, Arheilger Weg 11, D-64380 Rossdorf (Phone: +49 6154 695023) (FAX: +49 6154 695022)

HONG KONG

Hong Kong Skeptics. Contact: Kevin Ward, P.O. Box 1010, Shatin Central Post Office, Shatin, NT — E-mail: kaward@gmail.com

HUNGARY

Hungarian Skeptics, Gyula Bencze, Termeszet Vilaga, P.O. Box 25, Budapest 8,1444. (Fax 011-36-1-118-7506).

Szabadgondolkodó (Hungarian Freethinkers): http://www.szabadgondolkodo.hu

INDIA.

Indian Skeptics, B. Premanand, Chairman, 10 Chettipalayam Rd., Podanur 641-023 Coimbatore Tamil nadu.

Indian Rationalist Association, Contact, Sanal Edamaruku, 779, Pocket 5, Mayur Vihar 1, New Delhi 110 091.

Maharashtra Superstition Irradication Committee, Contact: Naredra Dabholkar, 155 Sadashiv Peth, Satara-415 001

Dravidar Kazhagam, K. Veeramnani, General Secretary, Periyar Thidal, 50, E.V.K. Sampath Road, Madras - 600 007, Tamil Nadu

ISRAEL.

Israel Skeptics Society, Philip Marmaros, Chairman, PO Box 8034, Jerusalem, Israel (Phone: 972-2-567-0694)

IRELAND

Irish Skeptics, Peter O'Hara, Contact, St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick.

ITALY.

Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sul Paranormale, Massimo Polidoro, Editor, Scienza & Paranormale, P.O. Box 60, 27058 Voghera (PV).

JAPAN.

Association for Skeptical Investigation of the Supernatural (ASIOS) (English / Japanese)

JAPAN (Japan Anti-Pseudoscience Activities Network), Ryutarou Minakami, Chairperson, c/o Rakkousha, Inc., Tsuruoka Bld. 2F, 2-19-6, Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. skeptic@e-mail.ne.jp

Japan Skeptics, Jun Jugaku, Chairperson, Business Center for Academic Societies Japan, 16-9 Honkomagome 5-chome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113.

KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhastan Commission for Investigation of Anomalous Phenomena (KCIAP), Contact: Sergey Efimov, Astrophysical Institute, Kamenskoye Plato, Alma-Ata 480068, Kazakhstan

KOREA

Korea PseudoScience Awareness, Dr. Gun-Il Kang, Director, 187-11 Bukahyun-dong, Sudaemun-ku, Seoul 120-190, Korea. E-mail: KOPSA@chollian.net

MEXICO

Mexican Association for Skeptical Research (SOMIE), Mario Mendez-Acosta, Chairman, Apartado Postal 19-546, Mexico 03900, D.F.

NETHERLANDS

Stichting Skepsis, Rob Nanninga, Secretary, Westerkade 20, 9718 AS Groningen. Email: skepsis@wxs.nl

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Skeptics, Vicki Hyde, Chairperson, South Pacific Information Services, Ltd., Box 19-760, Christchurch 5, N.Z., Phone: (64) 3-384-5137, Fax: (64) 3-384-5138. E-mail: chair@skeptics.org.nz

NORWAY

Skepsis, St. Olavsgt. 27, N-0166, Oslo.

PERU

Comite de Investigaciones de lo Paranormal lo Seudocientifico y lo irracional CIPSI-PERU, Lima Peru, contact Manuel Abraham Paz-y-Mino, Tel: +51-1-9215741 siperu@yahoo.com

POLAND

Biuletyn Sceptyczny, contact Adama Pietrasiewicza adpiet@polbox.com

PORTUGAL

CEPO; Ludwig Krippahl, Praceta Pero Escobar, N 2 R/c Dto 2675-599 Odivelas Portugal. E-mail: cepo@interacesso.pt

RUSSIA

Contact: Dr. Valery A. Kuvakin, Zdravyi Smysl (Common Sense), 117421 Russia, Moscow, Novatorov 18-2-2 Moscow.

SOUTH AFRICA

Assn. for the Rational Investigation of the Paranormal (ARIP), Marian Laserson, Secretary, 4 Wales St., Sandringham 2192.

Sceptic South Africa, Dr. George Claassen, 5 Pinewood Road, Stuart’s Hill, Somerset West 7130 South Africa, sceptics@gmail.com

SPAIN.

Alternativa Racional a las Pseudosciencias (ARP). Carlos Telleria, Executive Director, Apdto. 1516, 50080 Zaragoza.

Círculo Escéptico. Fernando L. Frías, chairman. E-mail: informacion@circuloesceptico.org. Apartado de Correos 3078, 48080 Bilbao, Spain. http://www.circuloesceptico.org.

SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka Rationalist Association, contact: Dushyantha Samaiasinghe, Promethean Home 192/D Dawatagahawatta Rd., Kesbewa, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka

SWEDEN

Vetenskap och Folkbildning (Swedish Skeptics), c/o Sigbladh Administration, Box 10022 S-181 10, Lidingö, Sweden. E-mail address: info@vof.se URL: http://www.vof.se/ Chairperson: Jesper Jerkert

TAIWAN

Tim Holmes, P.O. Box 195, Tanzu, Taiwan

UKRAINE

Perspective, Oleg G. Bakhtiarov, Director, 3-B Khmelnitskogo St., 252001 Kiev.

UNITED KINGDOM

The Skeptic magazine. Editors, Toby Howard and Steve Donnelly (E-mail: toby@cs.man.ac.uk).

The Association for Skeptical Enquiry(ASKE) — Skeptical Inquirer Representative, Michael J. Hutchinson (europe@csicop.org), 10 Crescent View, Loughton, Essex IG10 4PZ.

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA

Alabama Skeptics, Emory Kimbrough, 3550 Watermelon Road, Apt. 28A, Northport, AL 35476 (205-759-2624).

Arizona

Tucson Skeptics Inc. James McGaha, Chairman, 7049 E. Tangue Verde Rd., Suite 370, Tucson, AZ 85715.

Phoenix Skeptics, Michael Stackpole, Chairman, P.O. Box 60333, Phoenix, AZ 85082.

California.

Independent Investigations Group, Center for Inquiry-West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 323-666-9797 ext 156 - www.IIGWest.com

Bay Area Skeptics, Eugenie C. Scott, BayArea Skeptics, 1218 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94709-1933.

East Bay Skeptics Society, Daniel Sabsay, Pres., P.O. Box 20989, Oakland, CA 94620 (510-420-0702).

Sacramento Organization for Rational Thinking (SORT), 4024 Knoll Top Court, Carmichael, CA 95608 - kitray2@comcast.net

Sacramento Skeptics Society, Terry Sandbek, 4300 Auburn Blvd. Suite 206, Sacramento, CA 95841; 916-489-1774; terry@sandbek.com

San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry (SDARI), PO Box 623, La Jolla, CA 92038-0623

Colorado.

The Denver Skeptics Group, Elaine Gilman, 965 S. Miller St., 302, Lakewood, CO 80226

Connecticut

New England Skeptical Society, P.O. Box 185526, Hamden, CT 06518-5526 ( Connecticut Chapter)

D.C. Capital Area

National Capital Area Skeptics, c/o D.W. "Chip" Denman, 8006 Valley Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Florida

Tampa Bay Skeptics, 5201 W. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 124, Tampa, FL 33609 (813-849-7571)

Georgia

Georgia Skeptics, Becky Long, President, 2277 Winding Woods Dr., Tucker, GA 30084.

The Sagan Society of the University of Georgia

Illinois.

Midwest Committee for Rational Inquiry, Danielle Kafka, President, P.O. Box 2792, Des Plaines, IL 60017-2792.

Rational Examination Assoc. of Lincoln Land (REALL), Bob Ladendorf, Chairman, P.O. Box 20302, Springfield IL 62708.

Indiana

Indiana Skeptics, Robert Craig, Chairperson, 5401 Hedgerow Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46226.

Iowa.

Central Iowa Skeptics, email: ciskeptics@hotmail.com

Kentucky

Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics 880 Albany Road Lexington, KY 40502; Tel: 859-276-3343; E-mail: kases@kases.org; URL: www.kases.org

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Proponents of Rational Inquiry and Scientific Methods (BR-PRISM), Dick Schroth, Director, 425 Carriage Way, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4828 (504-766-4747).

Massachusetts

Skeptical Inquirers of New England. Contact Laurence Moss, Ho & Moss, 72 Kneeland St., Boston 02111.

Minnesota

Minnesota Skeptics, Robert W. McCoy, 549 Turnpike Rd., Golden Valley, MN 55416.

St. Kloud ESP Teaching Investigation Committee (SKEPTIC), Jerry Mertens, Coordinator, Psychology Dept., St. Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN 56301.

Missouri

Skeptical Society of St. Louis c/o Michael Blanford 2729 Ann Ave. St. Louis, MO 63104

Nebraska

R.E.A.S.O.N., Jim Bechtel 3524 Hawthorne Omaha, NE 68131

New Mexico

New Mexicans for Science & Reason, David E. Thomas, President, P.O. Box 1017, Peralta, NM 87042; John Geohegan, Vice president, 450 Montclaire SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108

New York

Central New York Skeptics, Contact, Lisa Goodlin, info [at] cnyskeptics.org

New York City Skeptics, Contact: New York City Skeptics, PO Box 5122 New York, NY 10185-5122

Ohio.

South Shore Skeptics, PO Box 5083, Cleveland, Ohio 44101. Page Stephens, 4534 Grayton Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44135, 216-676-4859, hpst@earthlink.net

Association for Rational Thought (Cincinnati area), Roy Auerbach, raa@one.net

Oregon

Oregonians for Science and Reason. George Slusher, President. Tel.: (541) 689-9598; e-mail: gslusher@comcast.net. 3003 West 11th Ave PMB 176, Eugene, OR 97402 US. www.o4sr.org

Pennsylvania

Paranormal Investigating Committee of Pittsburgh (PICP), Richard Busch, Chairman, 8209 Thompson Run Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237 (412-366-4663).

Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT), C/O Ray Haupt 639 W. Ellet St. Philadelphia PA 19119

Tennessee

Rationalists of East Tennessee, Contact: ledendecker@earthlink.net

Texas

Houston Association for Scientific Thinking (HAST), Darrell Kachilla, P.O. Box 541314, Houston, TX 77254.

North Texas Skeptics, John Blanton (NTS Secretary), P.O. Box P.O. Box 111794, Carrollton, Texas 75011-1794. 972-306-3187, jblanton@mindspring.com

Washington

The Society for Sensible Explanations, P.O. Box 24124, Federal Way, WA 98093-1124 (Webpage: seattleskeptics.org)

Wisconsin

Madison Skeptics, Jennifer Bunner, 2111 Carver St., Madison, WI 53713, madisonskeptics [at] gmail.com

West Virginia

West Virginians for Science and Reason, Shawn K. Stover, Ph.D., Dept. of Biology & Environmental Science Davis & Elkins College 100 Campus Drive Elkins, WV 26241

VENEZUELA

Asociación Racional Escéptica de Venezuela (AREV), Caracas Venezuela, contact Sami Rozenbaum, Tel: (+58 212)763-5098 samirozenbaum@yahoo.com The organizations listed above have aims similar to those of CSICOP but are independent and autonomous. Representatives of these organizations cannot speak on behalf of CSICOP.

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