In Toronto, our average attendance has shrunk a bit, at least partially due to some of our regulars being busy with school/work, and others dropping out of sight for no given reason. We also haven’t done anything in particular to connect with other like-minded groups or recruit new attendees—we have seen some new faces now and again..
Generally, casual, no-stated-purpose get-togethers have had between 3 to over a dozen attendees. Well-attended meet-ups also included focused discussions (on, for example, nuclear power just after Fukushima), and games (Paranoid Debating, Gnomic, board games).
Our least well-attended meets were for indoor rock climbing.
Currently, we do alternating weeks of casual meets and Singularity-focused discussions, which is working well for us.
I’d regard our Toronto meetups as something of a “null” result. No disasters, nothing spectacular yet either. Singularity discussions are a new thing so too early to say how they’ll play out (I think we’ve had 3 so far?). Lack of attempt to connect with like-minded groups I think can only be explained by akrasia.
In Toronto, our average attendance has shrunk a bit, at least partially due to some of our regulars being busy with school/work, and others dropping out of sight for no given reason. We also haven’t done anything in particular to connect with other like-minded groups or recruit new attendees—we have seen some new faces now and again..
Generally, casual, no-stated-purpose get-togethers have had between 3 to over a dozen attendees. Well-attended meet-ups also included focused discussions (on, for example, nuclear power just after Fukushima), and games (Paranoid Debating, Gnomic, board games).
Our least well-attended meets were for indoor rock climbing.
Currently, we do alternating weeks of casual meets and Singularity-focused discussions, which is working well for us.
So far, we’ve been disaster-free.
I’d regard our Toronto meetups as something of a “null” result. No disasters, nothing spectacular yet either. Singularity discussions are a new thing so too early to say how they’ll play out (I think we’ve had 3 so far?). Lack of attempt to connect with like-minded groups I think can only be explained by akrasia.
Also, pretty much 100% male.