From within the Bay’s vantage point (and I think also for basically every city that’s stuck at the “small meetup stage”), a related thing I’m worried about is what to do about the smaller group structure. i.e. meetup-esque things tend to scale to around 12-20 people before they get awkward.
I have more thoughts on this, still mulling it over. Some of it is relevant to the REACH post and I may write the rest of the thoughts there.
The last meetup that I ran that had that people before they get awkward.
Running a meetup with 15 people is different than running a meetup with 30 people but I see no reason why 30 is awkward.
The last meetup that I ran that had that attendance of around 30 people went well. I see no reason why that format wouldn’t scale to 40 people as well.
Sure, but if people ever want the intimacy effects of a 15 person meetup, you either can’t do it, or weird social dynamics come into play about who gets to be in those 15 people.
I also often haven’t had access to spaces that fit more than 20 people, or getting them is at least more work.
From within the Bay’s vantage point (and I think also for basically every city that’s stuck at the “small meetup stage”), a related thing I’m worried about is what to do about the smaller group structure. i.e. meetup-esque things tend to scale to around 12-20 people before they get awkward.
I have more thoughts on this, still mulling it over. Some of it is relevant to the REACH post and I may write the rest of the thoughts there.
Running a meetup with 15 people is different than running a meetup with 30 people but I see no reason why 30 is awkward.
The last meetup that I ran that had that attendance of around 30 people went well. I see no reason why that format wouldn’t scale to 40 people as well.
Sure, but if people ever want the intimacy effects of a 15 person meetup, you either can’t do it, or weird social dynamics come into play about who gets to be in those 15 people.
I also often haven’t had access to spaces that fit more than 20 people, or getting them is at least more work.