Soon. Ben (roommate) and I were going to come up next tuesday to go to Scott Young’s meetup, but the Quantified Self meetup happens on the same day, and I would prefer to go to that, but I’m not sure what Ben wants to do.
But, I would like to give my presentation on fashion when I come up, but I need your help to organize. Mostly any weekend would work. I have a video of half the presentation when I gave it in Seattle and the slides to help sell it.
Each Megameetup has been different so far. The minimum you actually need is:
1) A large venue (can be a public park, a rented room, or a large house)
2) Refreshments
3) Advertise on Less Wrong
We’ve had successful Megameetups that didn’t have any special theme. But we have tried to make them distinct.
1) Our first Megameetup (last summer) was just renting a room and talking with lots of interesting people. 2) The February Megameetup had several presentations throughout the day, which were also broadcast over a google hangout. 3) The Summer Megameetup did not have any special events, but was held as an outdoor picnic in central park. 4) The Winter Solstice has a lot of shared performance art and communal singing.
If you have a central activity, it should be something that lots of people can participate in, but also ideally allow people to enter and leave if they need to get food or want to wander off and have private conversations.
Usually between 30-40. Although a lot of those were from NY. I think approximately 10-15 who were either from out of state, or who didn’t normally come to NY meetups but were in the area)
Just want to say you’ve inspired me and nyan_sandwich to start talking about a Cascadia megameetup.
Speaking of which, when are you coming up to meet us all?
Soon. Ben (roommate) and I were going to come up next tuesday to go to Scott Young’s meetup, but the Quantified Self meetup happens on the same day, and I would prefer to go to that, but I’m not sure what Ben wants to do.
But, I would like to give my presentation on fashion when I come up, but I need your help to organize. Mostly any weekend would work. I have a video of half the presentation when I gave it in Seattle and the slides to help sell it.
Good luck! We definitely need Megameetups in places other than NY, and it’ll only happen if local people make it happen!
Thanks! Do the NY organizers have things they’ve learned how to do this? I remember a post about the first one, I guess I should go look at that.
Each Megameetup has been different so far. The minimum you actually need is:
1) A large venue (can be a public park, a rented room, or a large house) 2) Refreshments 3) Advertise on Less Wrong
We’ve had successful Megameetups that didn’t have any special theme. But we have tried to make them distinct.
1) Our first Megameetup (last summer) was just renting a room and talking with lots of interesting people.
2) The February Megameetup had several presentations throughout the day, which were also broadcast over a google hangout.
3) The Summer Megameetup did not have any special events, but was held as an outdoor picnic in central park.
4) The Winter Solstice has a lot of shared performance art and communal singing.
If you have a central activity, it should be something that lots of people can participate in, but also ideally allow people to enter and leave if they need to get food or want to wander off and have private conversations.
How many people attended?
Usually between 30-40. Although a lot of those were from NY. I think approximately 10-15 who were either from out of state, or who didn’t normally come to NY meetups but were in the area)
Thanks!