After the date, please mention how it went. Atlanta (where I am) had a few attempts to start meetups, but none were successful as far as I know. Information on cold-start meetup attempts (successful or otherwise) would be nice.
I have a hypothesis that the karma of the prospective starters has a noticeable impact on the willingness of people to come.
Short summary of the first Frankfurt-Meetup:
We were five adults and one child. We had no strict program; in the span of 18 30 to 21 30 we exchanged among others the following things: lifehack-tips; the impressions we get from the LessWrong-community; interest in further meetups, with potential themes; a startup german cryogenic firm. All five of us would be interested to meet again, and we undertook concrete steps to ensure this. It seems as if a more-or-less permanent meetup could be possible.
This concludes the not-last and not-final transmission of the impossible-possible-meetup.
hat mir tripitaka per pm geschickt. ich dachte eigentlich, dass ihr alles Bescheid wüsstet
Hi ich hab jetzt auch die Doodle-Umfrage gefunden. So wie es aussieht, können wir den 15. festhalten. http://lesswrong.com/lw/gly/meetup_first_meetup_in_frankfurt_main/8kzr http://doodle.com/rx8xs7u4366tbyim3y6ytkp8/admin?tmail=poll_added_participant_admin&tlink=adminbtn#table
The marker on the map seems to have wrong latitude and longitude. When I enter Café Albatros or Kiesstraße 27 in google maps it points to a different place. http://imgur.com/4XRiYjW
Discussion article for the meetup : First meetup in Frankfurt (Main)
WHEN: 22 February 2013 06:30:27PM (+0100)
WHERE: Café Albatros, Kiesstraße 27, 60486 Frankfurt am Main
This is an attempt to start a regular meetup in Frankfurt (Main). Since its also the first meetup in Frankfurt, we should get to know each other a little bit and maybe discuss what we would want out of a regular meetup.
I will be sitting at a table in the Cafe Albatros from 18 20 to at least 20 00. Of course I will have a LessWrong-sign so there won´t be any confusions. See you soon!
Discussion article for the meetup : First meetup in Frankfurt (Main)