Great turn out!
20 people.
Certainly enough to say "Ya. This could work..."
Thanks to Jim for suggesting it in the first place and to Christy for seeing it through.
Thanks to Scott for the hospitality.
Thanks to Tyler for the carpool transportation.
Thanks to Jim, again, for the vinyl backing.
I'd also like to thank my parents, ....and the Academy, ....and the guy who bagged my groceries the other day. :cry:
HaHa. Just kidding, of course.

Seriously, though, one thing I learned from the meet is that no way am I a "Stage 6".
Maybe on the fun poll from a few days ago, but in reality a Stage 6 seems like a pretty high number to me.
I humbly admit that I am still a stage 2 or 3 newbie, on a scale of ???
It's somewhat intimidating, being around such knowledgeable people, but I get that you're all more than happy to share that knowledge.
Having said that, looking forward to the next one.

Cheers,

I had an a great time as well. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. I think that if planned right, these meets can only get bigger and better. I look forward to the next one.

That was cool to meet everyone even if I showed up late... :redface:

Thanks to Scott & Christy for organizing and providing a nice neutral place to meet.

I too look forward to the next one and I hope we can extend this a little further than an informal meet & greet/frag swap. I'm going to put forth some suggestions and I ask that anyone with any further ones please contribute... :mrgreen:

At future meetings we could possibly do:

Seminars - fragging & mounting, cookie & rock making.

A mentorship program - an open armed greeting for newbies to help them along the way.

Films - Reef dives and anything else we can dig up to further inform ourselves... (I dunno about you guys... but I'm partial to fishie porn... :razz: )

And I dunno what else...? :question:

Some good ideas, Jim.
Why, just the other day I was talkin' to some people about fraggin'.
Never done it. Not sure how.
A "Fragging 101" demo by someone would be great.

As well, maybe we all could do the "Guest Speaker" thing ourselves, so to speak. Haha, pardon the pun. You know. Doin' small presentations on different topics.

How about book/magazine/article reviews? Everybody reads the same article and then all review it at the next meet.

Also, I heard that libraries are a possibility for a meeting place. Just have to book in advance. Maybe there would be access to audio-visual equipment at such a place as well.

Great fun great turn out nice to meet some new ones and see others again. Thanks to Christy and Scott. Look forword to the next one.

Cheers
Tyler