Re: [SLUG] Slashdot Meetup

From: Ian C. Blenke (icblenke@nks.net)
Date: Fri Oct 25 2002 - 10:06:53 EDT


On Friday 25 October 2002 08:41, Ronan Heffernan wrote:
> >>Ronan, too bad I already made plans earlier. What's that site called
> >>with the schedule? I'd like to put it repeating far ahead on my
> >>planner so I can religiously make these things.
>
> The site is slashdot.meetup.com (meetup.com seems to exist to facilitate
> this kind of event for many different groups/cliques). The Slashdot
> MEETUP is the 4th Thursday of every month at 7pm. The venue changes
> (you can vote on it at the web site). This date/time is the same for
> the entire world, so the Los Angeles, London, Tokyo Slashdot MEETUPs are
> the same day as ours, but it is always 7pm local time.
>
> Seven people RSVP'ed last night's meetup, but it looks like no one
> showed (unless they were more than 40 minutes late). We have had 2 good
> meetups and 2 dud-ish meetups. If this keeps up, the Tampa Slahsdot
> MEETUPs will just shrivel up and die. Maybe if we get 20 RSVPs, we will
> have a sustainable event even if there is a high per-person failure rate.

I didn't RSVP.. couldn't make it, had a dentist appointment. The first two
were simply too loud. Haven't made it to the last two now. Keeping a busy
schedule can be a real pain :)

 - Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> <ian@blenke.com> http://ian.blenke.com



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