Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all, and thank you for your support over the last year. We had a very successful conference late last year, and our membership has been slowly increasing, which is great! If you're a paid-up member, thank you for your financial support and you should be receiving a reminder to pay your (very reasonable) subscription soon. And if you're not currently a member, you can always rectify that situation by joining us.

This year we're continuing our monthly national Skeptics in Cyberspace meetings, where we all jump into a Zoom meeting together - and the next meeting is this Friday evening. If you would like to join us for a chin wag and some BYO beer, just ensure you're a member of one of the Meetup groups below and RSVP to the next “Cyberspace” meeting:

https://www.meetup.com/Auckland-Skeptics-in-the-Pub/events/283005439/

https://www.meetup.com/Wellington-Skeptics-in-the-Pub/events/283005428/

https://www.meetup.com/Christchurch-Skeptics-in-the-Pub/events/283005445/

First up in this week's newsletter we have another great Why are You a Skeptic segment, this time from Lance Kennedy. Please keep them coming! I for one am finding the telling of your Road to (Skeptical) Damascus moments fascinating, and each of them so far has included at least one topic that's been new to me and I've enjoyed reading up on. With that, over to Lance and some UFO photos.