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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI saw something about DU meetups
Do we have them?
I live in the sticks, but I'd love to meet fellow DUers. This is such a great community - I meet up with some of you via gaming, some via email, it's wonderful. I'd love to have a barbecue with many of you.
Just having fond thoughts of DU and wondering about whether or not we could have a DU party where *I* am
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,753 posts)It is so cool to put faces to names!
So.....just where are you?
I'm in SoCal...
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)We used to set up the Triangle ones just by posting in our state forum and arguing about when/where to meet until we reached agreement
Always fun!
NRaleighLiberal
(60,028 posts)ready to have the gang to your neck of the woods???
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Twice. Under different names of course. A great person and we remain friends.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)silly reasons at the time.
Still do, but so it goes.
Had great parties while it lasted, though.
curious as hell!
handmade34
(22,759 posts)chances are I will be in your neck of the woods someday...
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I want to have a chance besides D3 to meet my fellow DUer's
handmade34
(22,759 posts)drove from Miami to San Antonio (via NOLA) this past week...
note the alligators swimming at the left
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)I've only ever met Blue in AK.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)I think we need to recruit more Alaskans to DU.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Besides you, I think Ken Burch is the only other Alaskan who posts regularly, although I know there are a few others registered here.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I need more air.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I have friends in Canada, and ya'll send such gorgeous pictures, and seem like we do down here. *I* would walk into the grocery store in shorts when it is above 1F, if you would go outside in a leather dress when it is nearly 100f.
we adapt that quickly.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)I've never actually met a DU member (I'm stuck in GA 30084, against my will) but would love to find others to befriend and discuss issues with, without being told I'm th' antichrist, "Devil worshipper," race traitor, stupid, or "commonist." That would be great!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)You know what it is like in MS. Fuck anyone that calls you anything but a great person. If you are able to withstand that, then you are able to step up to the plate and do your own thing without concern.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)It would be great to have local DU Meetups. I just have no idea how to coordinate one. Anybody in the ABE area of PA any better than me at planning one?
AC_Mem
(1,979 posts)I would LOVE to make new friends of like minds! Oh, and I got hired by the VA...
Shine on,
Annette
GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)...Monrovia, Sierra Madre, Arcadia.
I put together a couple of pretty cool SmirkingChimp meetups in Old Town Pasadena, back in the day.
I especially like Monrovia, Old Town.
Any interest, pm me.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)and express your interest in meeting local people.
That's how we do it in Minnesota. We just had one last month at a restaurant in Minneapolis, and we have met up for several out-of-state DUers who have passed through the city.
I also attended a couple of meet-ups in Oregon and have met up with people in Orlando and Japan.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Just one of those areas on DU that I had never clicked on and didn't know existed. Great idea.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I'm going to check in with my state.
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)when I started a meet up for Kansas/MO back in 07, I started a thread in the MO/KO state groups to get it going, had around 7 folks show up. It was interesting, first time I ever met online folks, in person.....
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Now mind you, I'm very close to New Orleans and Mobile because I live on the coast, but... blah. MS kind of sucks for openminded people.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Rowdyboy lives there, and when I volunteered after Katrina, I spoke with merh on the phone.
Lars39
(26,117 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)We game, too, if you want to join us in playing around
MichaelMcGuire
(1,684 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)I do Diablo 3, Inferno, Runes of Magic, and SWToR
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)It seems as if no one entered any of their information in their profile on DU3.....which means when someone says "there are severe storms here" or "have a DU party where I am", we can't determine "where" you are. This happens so often to me that I give up.
No one has to get us all the details of their life, but please give us something to go on!
Other than that, I think it is a nice idea.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)With not being able to post my information, probably because I was a former mod.
It's probably because I was a mod at the time, is my only conclusion. I'm not a person that is not transparent whatsoever.
I play with at least 6 different players and we chat off-DU for fun. Many of them have long been associated with the site.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)It is common here. Next time you are location specific in a post, just give a hint. And thanks for listening.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)a group to, well, meet up.
That way, like-minded politicos who are searching for folks to meet up with can find each other. And you can introduce these folks to DU if they are not familiar with the site.
I joined a local Meet-up group here in Kansas City in the spring of 2004 just so I could rub elbows with other Democrats ready to do something. We would meet-up once a month and exchange contact info and take turns handing out leaflets at public events mostly to let people know that we Democrats still existed.......
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I'll check it out !
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)i was recognized in traffic court........
but seriously when you go to a dem event it is great to spot a kindred face.