Based on private messages and experience, I do expect the meetup to have at least two and no more than five participants. Based on the last time, I expect that we will meet around 14:00 (the posted time) and will stay around 15 minutes within the line of sight of the specified meeting place, with the sign visible. Afterwards, no promises about not putting away the sign, and no idea if we move to a different part of the park / to a neaby place (depends on weather and mood). I won't have access to email there (so as posted PM me a number if you want an SMS when we decide on further movements).
A follow up to this year's Meetups Everywhere in Bordeaux Metropole (Gironde, France). This time in the center of Bordeaux.
Day and time: Saturday 09 December, 2023-12-09, 14:00 local.
Location: Espalanade Charles de Gaulle (the above-ground park in the middle of Mériadeck), between fountain and Hôtel du Département https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/44.83732/-0.58601 , on Saturday the administration should be closed, so we can use their open but roof-covered terrasse before the entrance as the meeting point in case of a rain.
Send me your phone number if you expect to be late and want an SMS when we decide which direction we shift. I will bring an A4 sign with «ACX Meetup» on it. I usually wear a mask in high-stranger-density settings.
Please RSVP on LessWrong so I know that someone is indeed coming. This will be a small meetup with no fixed topic, so whatever you want to discuss, we can discuss it!
End time put as a minimum-commitment option: after an hour we'll see who wants to wrap up, and if anything quick needs to be done or said at the end-of-full-group meetup, we'll do it then. If anyone wants to stay, I will almost surely stay at least one more hour, and I will personally try to have the entire afternoon flexible.
Most probably everyone will be fine with both English and French, and we will choose the language based on expressed preferences.