Raemon, did you write something about organizing meet-ups? I can’t remember. If not, I think you should. I’m moving to Chicago for college next year and their meetup group seems much less active than it could be, so if there are tips on how to make things like this (and consistent meet-ups in general) happen, I would like to have them.
Interesting fact: I’m good at doing the plans for this sort of thing, but I’m approximately average at actually presiding over it during the execution. (Maybe a little above average, just from having a small amount of experience during which I rapidly learned some basic concepts). The skills are related but don’t automatically transfer. Some of the problems that arose during the Solstice night stemmed from the fact that I can’t identify people-related-problems and think strategically about them in realtime. At least not well. (At the Solstice, certain logistical issues ended up being solved by having other people nearby who were better at that).
I organize smaller, goal driven meetups for the NYC group rather than the general audience discussions with mass appeal. (Drawing workshops, running meetups). My few attempts at organizing a general meetup, apart from this one, were not very successful. I think I can learn to become good at it but wouldn’t consider myself a reliable source of knowledge.
Raemon, did you write something about organizing meet-ups? I can’t remember. If not, I think you should. I’m moving to Chicago for college next year and their meetup group seems much less active than it could be, so if there are tips on how to make things like this (and consistent meet-ups in general) happen, I would like to have them.
Interesting fact: I’m good at doing the plans for this sort of thing, but I’m approximately average at actually presiding over it during the execution. (Maybe a little above average, just from having a small amount of experience during which I rapidly learned some basic concepts). The skills are related but don’t automatically transfer. Some of the problems that arose during the Solstice night stemmed from the fact that I can’t identify people-related-problems and think strategically about them in realtime. At least not well. (At the Solstice, certain logistical issues ended up being solved by having other people nearby who were better at that).
I organize smaller, goal driven meetups for the NYC group rather than the general audience discussions with mass appeal. (Drawing workshops, running meetups). My few attempts at organizing a general meetup, apart from this one, were not very successful. I think I can learn to become good at it but wouldn’t consider myself a reliable source of knowledge.