organize a 43T meetup in Portland OR

Nursefusion, Balut, and I met at ChaCha! on Hawthorne St. in Portland (um, over 2 weeks ago now) and enjoyed fine conversation and excellent, cheap Mexican food. We were accompanied by my sister and my two-month-old niece, who highly recommends the mole burrito. What a kick to see two of my imaginary electronic friends come to life in flesh and blood!

Suggestions for others who want to do this: the tough part was in the coordination. Definitely post a notice on the Local Groups list. Then I highly recommend collecting real email addresses from interested people, because the Groups area in 43People is hard to navigate, and setting up a goal (like this one) and inviting people to join it is unreliable. You don’t want, as I did, to be trying to hunt down old posts and emails while hoping that everyone will read your updates in two or three different places.

Here’s a photo of Nursefusion (on the left) and me…

...hope to be invited to the next one! :)

We are meeting at Cha! Cha! Cha! (3433 SE Hawthorne St.) on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 7 pm. Casual, inexpensive, tasty Mexican, I’m told. I’ll let the servers know there’s a group and maybe put up a little sign, but shouldn’t be too complicated, right?

Weds. Sept. 20th is the day. Probably around dinnertime and we will try and find a place somewhere between downtown (because it’s central) and North Portland (because that’s where several of us are coming from). We’re also trying for something on the inexpensive side that has drinks/beers as well as food. Smoke-free is also key. Suggestions?

have any thoughts on the best way to go about this? Should I just put the goal out there and wait for responses, or is there something more active I can do?