IRVA Concludes a Successful 2010 Conference
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the International Remote Viewing Association, we would like to
express our appreciation to each conference attendee, speaker and volunteer for helping to make the 2010
Conference a success. Our attendees and speakers came from many cities and countries, and their participation
in the sessions, workshops and events contributed to making the conference a fun and educational experience.
Based on our 2010 conference survey everyone loved the Green Valley Ranch Resort, and we are pleased to
announce that the next IRVA conference will be held at the same hotel, June 17-19, 2011.
IRVA's Board Elects Stahler and Hopton
The IRVA board would like to announce that Paul H. Smith is stepping aside after serving four years as President.
John P. Stahler is the newly elected President, and Cheryle L. Hopton, IRVA's current Secretary, was elected
Vice President. Sandy Ray was re-elected as Treasurer.
John has served as IRVA Vice President and Secretary. He studied controlled remote viewing with IRVA directors
Paul H. Smith, Ph.D. and Lyn Buchanan, and with Ed Dames and David Morehouse. Formerly the president of a San Diego
electronic design and manufacturing firm specializing in digital video-processing devices, he has been awarded several
domestic and international patents. His designs have flown as experiments in NASA's Space Shuttle Program.
Cheryle has served as IRVA Secretary, moderator for the IRVA members forum, and the conference coordinator for
several of IRVA's past conferences. She studied controlled remote viewing with IRVA director Lyn Buchanan and was
the webmaster for the on-line Newsletter of the Hawaii Remote Viewers' Guild (HRVG). She has been a self employed
graphic artist and webmaster since 1995, after having worked in the securities industry for many years in various
management positions, and also as a consultant for James McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area
Free ESP Trainer for iPod, iPhone, and iPad Now Available
The ESP trainer was developed under a NASA program by IRVA Board Member and President Emeritus, Russell Targ,
while at Stanford Research Institute. The trainer is designed to help improve your ability to recognize your
intuitive impressions. It has now been adapted for the for iPod, iPhone, and iPad and be found in our
"Online PSI" section.
Jim Channon Announced as IRVA 2010 Keynote Speaker
Jim Channon, Lt. Colonel, US Army (Ret.), will present on the First Earth Battalion, Task Force Delta, and his
charge "to think the unthinkable." Jim will discuss how the techniques he developed for the Army can be applied to
the challenges of remote viewing, including improving sketching and drawing skills, and the capture of perceptual data.
IRVA's 2010 Remote Viewing Conference
IRVA's 2010 Remote Viewing Conference will be held in Las Vegas over the weekend of June 18-20, at the Green Valley Ranch Resort, Spa, Casino.
Up-to-date information on the conference, including specific details concerning speakers and their presentations, can be found at the
IRVA 2010 Conference website.
Derren Brown's Remote Viewing Event
British Entertainer Derren Brown Believes He Can Duplicate Remote Viewing Without ESP.
Twitter Remote Viewing Experiment
The International Remote Viewing Association Questions Details of
Twitter Remote Viewing Experiment.
Remote Viewing Code of Ethics
Please review and comment on the IRVA-proposed Code of Ethics.