Okay, I'm getting progressively worse at remembering to post event announcements here.
😛 I'm delegating this task to SpiffyTickler, so you'll likely see announcements from him in the future.
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Anyway, our next party is coming up fast, this Saturday, August 21, chez catstoes in San Mateo. RSVP to
[email protected] to get details on where and when to meet. Also e-mail me if you want event announcements delivered straight to your inbox, as soon as we set the dates! No more finding out too late on the TMF! And more time hanging out with your new favorite group of people.
Hope to see you soon!
This was an awesome event thanks to all who came and were involved in it. The memory of tickling and chocolate covered bacon will remain in people's minds for some time to come (I made the ccb).
Also it is amazing that 1/3 of the guests to this event are or were not from the TMF, but through networking on other sites and events.
If you want to know "how do I get people to my event" especially from outside the TMF here is the secret...
"Talk to people like a human being and not a desperate predator and they will come." Be nice, be polite, be a cool person. Then one of the people you contact may be uber social with mad contact skills and the beat will go on and soon you will have a plethora of cool people you never met before.
Then you achieve closer gender balance.
Then you have more and more fun because you have new people to play with, talk to, geek out with, etc.
Gatherings are about being social first and the play just naturally happens. This is why I really have come to enjoy our gatherings. This is why they are going strongly and have momentum behind them.
I made one connection to someone from Fetlife and suddenly after good experiences with good people she has "spread the gospel" and we have more new people. With hosts like Lindyhopper and Catstoes making people welcome and putting out a positive environment with welcoming energy things have been strong.
I have talked about "days of old" where we had really good energy and a flow of new and cool people. That momentum is easy to lose and hard to rebuild. Lindyhopper and Icycle have had a rough time of bringing that back and have hit potholes and flat tires on the journey, but they were persistent. It has not been easy. I fully admit there were times when I didn't think this was going to be like it was before. I am happily proven wrong and am glad that things are back to the level of awesome from the "old days."
This is not to say that gatherings in the past year have been terrible by any stretch. I am simply stating that things have only gotten better and refined.
Thanks again for a wonderful time. For those of you who sit in the shadows and wonder "should I go." GET OUT OF THE SHADOW and frickin' join the revolution of awesomeness.
