u/BrucePerens

There are some problems with the way we teach ICS today. It's based on boring powerpoint presentations. It doesn't scale well. I decided to address that. This is a compelling graphic novel for adults that takes the facts of the ICS-100 course, and presents them in a more interesting way. Note the actual ICS forms at the end of each chapter. The first intended audience is radio hams, but I think it would work for everyone. There are a few bugs but it's ready to show people. The final version is an interactive web training, all free.

https://hams.com/teachers_guide/ics100/

I will be doing a talk about this at the Pacificon ARRL conference in a couple of weeks.

I've been thinking about a markting program that would bring Humanism to the broader community. If you haven't noticed, 30% of US respondents list their religion as "None". This _should_ be a huge, vital, and organized humanist community. It's anything but. To say that it punches below its weight in political and social forums would be a vast understatement.

One reason is clear: when we walked out of the church, we left the mechanism of community behind us, as the sole monopoly of the religionists. They own marriage and the ceremonies around life cusps. We have humanist celebrants, but they are more of a dial-an-officiant service than an actual operating community.

So, can we take back what we left? I wrote up a way to do so. Please look at noesian.org . Criticism desired.