If Scott is only posting the meetup times and dates on Aug 25th, the first week of September seems too early to schedule a meetup without leading to a significant number of people to already have plans.
Also worth noting, if you are organizing a meetup anywhere where Jews live, Sept 15-16 and Sept 24 should likely be skipped over due to the high holidays.
In case anyone lives somewhere off the beaten path and is interested in potentially meeting other ACX readers, it may be worthwhile to post your "meetup" here, even though nobody may show up, so you can be googleable in the future.
I travel a lot and while travelling in less conventional places, I always google to see if there are any ACX meetups/readers in the place I am visiting.
If there are any ACX readers in Tunisia, please reach out!
For those in the Boston area (yes, I know there's a tradition of meetups there, especially in Cambridge, and I also know that someone called "Ed" according to the spreadsheet who is already planning a meetup there, but...)
I've filled out the form to very tentatively host a meetup at the MIT campus on Saturday, September 9. If needed, I'll relocate it to Newton instead which is my hometown (if so, spot me in the park at the heart of Newton Centre). Please feel free to prod me to attend either my own meetup or the official™ meetup in the area, since I failed to do so last year.
Thank you, Scott. You were wonderful at our (West LA) meetup, and people (regulars in our Wed group) really appreciated how you made an effort that night (with a pretty big crowd) to go around and try to talk to as many people as you could -- and then talked to us as a group for anybody who had questions. So...I/we can also understand why it might be exhausting!
I did not know about these and I’m overjoyed to learn there’s one close to me. Time to grab my board games and Magic the Gathering decks and see what happens.
So I'm hosting a meetup again. (3rd yr.) And I'll send out emails to the few people who have come previously. (I always invite some family, so we've always had at least a foursome.) So my question is; why do we have to wait to post dates and times? The sooner the better, no? I'd be happy to change the time... maybe even the date. (Java Center, Western NY.)
I am attempting to organize a meetup in in Westlake, TX which is a suburb of Dallas. My assumption is that someone who is hopefully more experienced will have organized one for Dallas as a whole. However, I also hope that my particular portion of the metroplex (Southlake, Grapevine, Roanoke, Denton, Keller, Alliance, etc.) has handful of people interested in an event which does not neccessitate 30-45 minutes of driving each way on a weekend evening. If anyone else is in this area I would love to collaborate and hear suggestions.
Also, to those of you who have experience in hosting these events. What methods of pre-event communication and coordination have you found most helpful? For myself I think a group text would be the method I would be the least likely to miss details in, and it doesnt seem problematic assuming there aren't more than ten or so people in the loop. I'd appreciate any adivce you can give.
For the Bay Area, would it be helpful to have a limited number of meetup cities? We already have SF, Oakland, and San Jose. Adding more cities in between is likely to split the audience. Wdyt?
Looking forward to hosting more meetups in Miami and around south Florida!
re: scheduling
If Scott is only posting the meetup times and dates on Aug 25th, the first week of September seems too early to schedule a meetup without leading to a significant number of people to already have plans.
Also worth noting, if you are organizing a meetup anywhere where Jews live, Sept 15-16 and Sept 24 should likely be skipped over due to the high holidays.
In case anyone lives somewhere off the beaten path and is interested in potentially meeting other ACX readers, it may be worthwhile to post your "meetup" here, even though nobody may show up, so you can be googleable in the future.
I travel a lot and while travelling in less conventional places, I always google to see if there are any ACX meetups/readers in the place I am visiting.
If there are any ACX readers in Tunisia, please reach out!
Will fill out form later, but we’ll make one happen again in Christchurch, New Zealand!
For the “RSVP on LessWrong”, do I need to go in and create a LW event?
For those in the Boston area (yes, I know there's a tradition of meetups there, especially in Cambridge, and I also know that someone called "Ed" according to the spreadsheet who is already planning a meetup there, but...)
I've filled out the form to very tentatively host a meetup at the MIT campus on Saturday, September 9. If needed, I'll relocate it to Newton instead which is my hometown (if so, spot me in the park at the heart of Newton Centre). Please feel free to prod me to attend either my own meetup or the official™ meetup in the area, since I failed to do so last year.
I will organize a meetup in Bangkok, Thailand if anyone at all replies and says they are (or will be) here!
Is there typically alcohol at the meetups? Is it more of a party or networking event? Anybody in here go to Philly meetups in the past?
Thank you, Scott. You were wonderful at our (West LA) meetup, and people (regulars in our Wed group) really appreciated how you made an effort that night (with a pretty big crowd) to go around and try to talk to as many people as you could -- and then talked to us as a group for anybody who had questions. So...I/we can also understand why it might be exhausting!
Not saying I will host one, but does Hermann Park sound like a good place in Houston? Looks like they allow alcohol, but it isn't mandatory.
Great, I missed the last meetup in Bremen, but I hope it is hosted again and this time I will definitly come around!
Tentative event in Madrid (Spain) created for Saturday 23 September 2023 at 11:00 in El Retiro park.
LessWrong: https://www.lesswrong.com/events/Cn6YH4EiggefDAgWS/acx-everywhere-autumn-2023-in-madrid-spain
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/effective-altruism-madrid/events/295190256/
Will be picking a place/date in Bordeaux soon (might take into account suggestions…)
I did not know about these and I’m overjoyed to learn there’s one close to me. Time to grab my board games and Magic the Gathering decks and see what happens.
I'll tentatively do one in Tampa, Florida ('Midwest Florida').
I'd appreciate suggestions for venue options! A few years ago, the meetup here was at a café, which was fine.
Oh hey, good timing, I was about to put out the call for the Paris meetup.
So I'm hosting a meetup again. (3rd yr.) And I'll send out emails to the few people who have come previously. (I always invite some family, so we've always had at least a foursome.) So my question is; why do we have to wait to post dates and times? The sooner the better, no? I'd be happy to change the time... maybe even the date. (Java Center, Western NY.)
Is there anyone at all in or near the Sarasota-Bradenton, FL area?
I am attempting to organize a meetup in in Westlake, TX which is a suburb of Dallas. My assumption is that someone who is hopefully more experienced will have organized one for Dallas as a whole. However, I also hope that my particular portion of the metroplex (Southlake, Grapevine, Roanoke, Denton, Keller, Alliance, etc.) has handful of people interested in an event which does not neccessitate 30-45 minutes of driving each way on a weekend evening. If anyone else is in this area I would love to collaborate and hear suggestions.
Also, to those of you who have experience in hosting these events. What methods of pre-event communication and coordination have you found most helpful? For myself I think a group text would be the method I would be the least likely to miss details in, and it doesnt seem problematic assuming there aren't more than ten or so people in the loop. I'd appreciate any adivce you can give.
For the Bay Area, would it be helpful to have a limited number of meetup cities? We already have SF, Oakland, and San Jose. Adding more cities in between is likely to split the audience. Wdyt?