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[edit] 2005 meetup

[edit] Missed it

Thanks for the invite, however I hadn't logged on for a while and just saw it. I'm sure it was fun, and I wish I could have been there. I'll keep a better eye out for next time! --Jeremy Hipp 06:54, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

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There's a backup of the image at [1] for when this one gets deleted. I don't think this was really what the fair use policy was meant to be about. :( Angela. 05:15, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 meetup

[edit] Discussion

(Section moved from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Minnesota)

We are nearing the anniversary of the first Minnesota Meetup. Is there any interest in making this an annual event? Jonathunder 22:19, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm in (assuming baby stuff doesnt get in the way) you planning it? -Ravedave (help name my baby) 02:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd be interested in meeting you folks Appraiser 05:09, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Absolutely... What day of the week? I'm available this Saturday and the 21st. I assume you want weekends. Grandmasterka 06:17, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm interested. I'm very tentative for this weekend, though -- it's very likely I may have plans for this weekend (at least during the daytime), related to the new userbox on my page. The 21st should be no problem for me, though. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 13:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
The 21st works for me, and it gives us some time to contact all the Minnesota contributors. Jonathunder 15:37, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm oncall that weekend, so I'm out. No biggie though. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 16:36, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I hope we can find a time when you can make it, Dave. When I get home tonight, I'll move this whole section to Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minneapolis and then SPAMpolitely notify those likely to be interested on user talk pages. Jonathunder 22:33, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I can't do this weekend, but I can next. This weekend I'm going north too. ~ AaronF 07:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I believe that's MEA weekend, and so I will be Up North. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 01:31, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Yup that is MEA weekend... ([2]) -Ravedave (help name my baby) 02:46, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
What do you guys usually do for these? Rx StrangeLove 04:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
MEA weekends or meetups? For meetups I wouldn't know (never been to an intarweb meetup), however I am informed that they usually consist of beer, appetizers and conversation. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 04:25, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry...the meetups. I've never done the super informationway thing myself...Rx StrangeLove 04:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I think I could do the last weekend of October or the first weekend of November. (Preferably October.) This page shows when I am out of town (I try to keep it updated.) I'm more available the next month than I thought! Grandmasterka 07:18, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I would like to meet everyone. I am in St. Louis park and would prefer a Twin Cities Venue. Any semantic wikipedians out there? --Dan 13:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
OK, how does last weekend of October work for people? (Works for me.) Jonathunder 13:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The last weekend in October works well for me. In the interest of specificity, I would like to suggest Friday evening at 7:00. I work in Burnsville and would prefer a location somewhere in the south metro if that would be convenient for others. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 14:53, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The last two weekends in October are a smouldering crater of busyness for me. Bad early-morning analogies aside, I have basement boxing on the night of the 20th, a roller derby bout on October 21st that will occupy me all day, and I'm skating in a parade on the 28th followed by much drinking that night for the derby league I'm dropping in on. So if we do late October, Sundays are best; Saturday mornings are fine too. Blah @ me. --Marumari 15:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
It would be cool to go. What would we talk about? What typically happens at these meetups? I live in Bloomington, about a 30 minute walk away from the Mall of America. NIRVANA2764 23:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
I think I may be interested in coming to one of these. :) I'm in Bloomington as well. --Patteroast 02:11, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I attended the last meetup, a year ago, as well as a Slashdot meetup. Both were informal meet & greet events. The Mall of America is a good suggestion for venue, I think; there's lots of free parking and easy public transit access as well. I suspect when we meet is going to be the hard thing to nail down. Jonathunder 23:50, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm in shakopee, I'm willing to drive anywhere south of the northern suburbs. I think the mall of america is a pretty good place or block E. There are several locations that have food n drink at both places. Anyone else agree? -Ravedave (help name my baby) 00:00, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
The megamall is fine with me -- parking and transit are easy enough. Block E would also be okay (assuming I don't actually try to park there), but it might be a little bit harder to find each other at Block E. The megamall has enough landmarks that we could pick a meeting point. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 13:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Location

Where?

I vote the Mall of Excess America Appraiser 02:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I concur. The MOA is fairly central and has light rail access. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 04:11, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
My preference is for the megamall. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 13:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I prefer the Mall over downtown because of parking, tho I did enjoy Brit's last year. Jonathunder 13:58, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd love to meet at the Mall! (Yes, especially over downtown, I hate trying to park there). Estreya 14:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Either the Mall of Endless Consumption or the City of 10000 Unavailable Parking Spots is fine with me. --Marumari 21:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
The mall of the universe offends my highly-tuned open source sensibilities because they consider it a "copyrighted landscape" and are aggressive in pursuing any Criminal Photographers who deny them the Intellectual Property rights guaranteed them by law, the U.S. constitution, the Bible, the U.N., SALT II, etc. Otherwise, it is attractive from a purely practical standpoint. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 22:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Does it have a restaurant without Caesar chicken or hamburgers? ;-) Jonathunder 22:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
The MOA restaurant directory lists several in the restaurant-or-quick-serve category:
  • Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. (S396)
  • California Cafe (S368)
  • Famous Dave's BBQ (S321)
  • Hooters (E404)
  • Johnny Rockets (S370)
  • Kokomo's Island Cafe (S319)
  • Napa Valley Grille (W220)
  • Nordstrom Café (Level 3)
  • Rainforest Cafe (S102)
  • Ruby Tuesday (N234)
  • Stadium Club Sports Bar & Grill (Park)
  • Stampede Steakhouse (Park)
  • Tiger Sushi (W224)
  • Tony Roma's (S346)
  • Tucci Benucch (W114)
  • Twin City Grill (N130)
  • Wolfgang Puck Express® (N100)

Has anybody tried these? My experience elsewhere would say that Ruby Tuesday would be too loud. Bubba Gump's web info says that they have a variety of seafood (mahi-mahi, for example). And I know I'd enjoy some barbequed pork at Famous Dave's. Wdfarmer 03:52, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Oo, Hooters! Er... Any of those sound fine to me. I'm Pesco-vegetarian, but I doubt that would be a problem anywhere. Grandmasterka 04:03, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
I've been to several of these: Bubba Gump (good food, though I'm not a seafood fan; seems to go a little bit overboard with the movie theme), Famous Dave's (good barbeque with a lively atmosphere), Hooters (does anyone actually go there for the food, or just for the scenery?), Ruby Tuesday (kind of generic), Tucci Benucch (good Italian food -- I don't get to go there often enough), and Twin City Grill (kind of pricey steakhouse-type food; can take a while to get into). I think the Rainforest Cafe can take a while to get seated at -- or at least that's the way I remember it being; it may be different now. Johnny Rocket's is a malt shop-type place located on the edge of the food court, so they don't have much of their own seating. Out of this list, my favorites would be Famous Dave's, Tucci Benucch, and Bubba Gump, in that order. I don't have any serious objections to any of them, though. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 20:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Elkman, good choices, I'll go with those. The atmosphere of Tucci Benucch looks great on their web site. Wdfarmer 22:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
My vote is for Famous Daves, as they seem to have the best combination of atmosphere, food, and price. Still not as good as any restaurant outside the Mall of Regrettable Shoe Purchases, but it's really not that bad. --Marumari 05:02, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
My preference would be not Bubba Gump (not much for seafood) any of the others mentioned would be fine with me. -BenFranske 06:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date

when?

  • I'd suggest sooner rather than later. Once the snow hits I stop driving for the season. Hack-Man 02:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I vote 10/27 evening or 10/29 afternoon Appraiser 02:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I'm fine with the evening of 10/27 or the afternoon of 10/29. Friday evening (the 27th) is probably better for me. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 13:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Sunday, 10/29, noonish onward gets my vote. Estreya 14:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I'm available pretty much any weekday mid-day and I can probably make 10/27 afternoon (the later the better though). Grika Ⓣ 20:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I'll be driving up from Rochester, so Friday evening is difficult: a weekend is better. I don't know how many others there may be from Greater Minnesota, but I hope there will be some. There are suggestions above for Sunday afternoon, the 29th. I'd prefer that. Jonathunder 13:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
  • We should decide on a date soon so we can start spamming it out to other people. How about making the decision on the 11th? As for when, the afternoon of the 29th probably works better for me, I think we have a halloween party on the 27th. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 02:44, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I'm up for the 29th but I have a standing committment from 4:00 on so it would have to be early afternoon for me (depending somewhat on location of course)... -BenFranske 06:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Does very early afternoon of 29th at MoA work for you, Ben?

[edit] Agenda

What do we want to do? Just meetup and talk about random stuff or do we want to try and plan out stuff to do? -Ravedave (help name my baby) 01:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I vote - informal (no specific agendum) Appraiser 02:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Talk about those who aren't present? Hash out the highway naming thing some more? Nah, just an informal meetup with no planned activities would work for me. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 13:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Informal sounds good, though I am 100% sure the highway thing will come up. :)-Ravedave (help name my baby) 14:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Vote informal I would try to come to a informal meeting of MN wikipedians. It doesn't seem like there's enough organization to do anything but informal. Themissinglint 15:10, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the invite - I moved to the Twin Cities 9 months ago. Informal chat over food and drink would be my style, in a place that's quiet enough for conversation, but not so formal that we have to talk softly. :) See my entry above under "Location". Wdfarmer 03:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal

To try to summarize the above and add specificity: Meetup on Sunday, October 29, early afternoon (say 1 p.m.) at the Mall of America, for a social hour and general disscussion, at Tucci Benucch Italian restaurant (W114), or if that is full or meets disapproval, Famous Dave's. Does this work? Jonathunder 14:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who's coming?

Lets make this the attendance list so we can get a count for planning purposes, now that the proposal seems to be accepted. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 19:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
  1. It does for me. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 14:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. It works fine for me. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 15:08, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  3. Sounds good. I might make an appearance. Christy747 21:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  4. Yep. Grandmasterka 21:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  5. I plan to be there. Grika Ⓣ15:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
  6. I'd really like to come, but I work until 5:30 that day. How late do you think you'll go? McGhiever 16:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
  7. I'll be there. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:49, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
  8. I'll be there. Wdfarmer 19:38, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
  9. I plan to be there Appraiser 18:11, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
  10. Sounds interesting ˉˉanetode╦╩ 21:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  11. I'll be there!Estreya 19:30, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  12. Add me, and another. Jonathunder 16:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
  13. See you there. If there are gonna be a ton of us, do we need a reservation or something? - Meersan 16:20, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
    N/M, looks like Uninvited has it in hand - Meersan 16:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
  14. I'll do my best to be there, but can't make any promises. Sorry! --Marumari 21:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
  15. Thanks for the invitation, I'll be there. AxelBoldt 19:01, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  16. I shall try to be at Tucci's at 1pm, but it depends a lot on how much I get done in the morning. About 50/50 chance. David E Romm 22:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  17. I can be there, but there are 17 people listed here and Uninvited wrote that reservations are for ten. I'll check back here later tonight, but if nothing's changed with the reservations, then I can skip it and make it easier for the rest of you. Peter Gawtry 22:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    Please do come, if you can, and everyone else who wishes. I'll alert the restaurant. Jonathunder 22:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    OK. T.B. says for more than 14 people, we have to order from the corporate menu at $15 per person and almost certainly will be seated at two separate areas anyway. Famous Daves, which was our backup plan, doesn't do formal reservations, so there may be a "short" wait, but they will be happy to seat 17 (or even a few more) of us together, and we can each order whatever we want. I know this is short notice, but I propose going to the backup plan, Famous Daves. Jonathunder 23:32, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    I'd rather switch to somewhere we don't have to purchase food ... I wasn't planning on eating much at that hour. I'll second moving to Famous Dave's so more people can come without worrying about putting us over the 14 person limit. Estreya 23:42, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    Sounds good. Is there a way we can alert everyone? Is it possible (or necessary) to leave a notice at Tucci Bennuch? Grandmasterka 02:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    How about a sign outside T.B.'s saying #REDIRECT [[Famous Dave's]]? Just kidding, but I'll see if they can redirect people. Jonathunder 03:01, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    Sorry, but after a late change of plans, my parents are taking me back down to Gustavus in the morning rather than late afternoon. I REALLY wish that I could be there, but now it appears that I can't. I'll certainly try to be at later meetups - I love wikipedia and the community here is absolutely great. I hope you all get this message before this afternoon. Sorry again! I really wish I could be there :( Peter Gawtry 15:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I have made reservations for 1 p.m. (set your clocks back) Sunday the 29th. The reservations are for 10 people. Just tell them that you are the Uninvited party. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 14:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Famous Dave's expects about 17 or so of us, and though they said there may be a short wait, they will accommodate us as best they can. Jonathunder 02:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regrets

Those unable to make this event
  • I won't be attending due to other events taking place on the 29th. But, then again, maybe the meetup is better off without a high school junior present. Oh well; there's always next year. And 2008. And '09. Ourai т с 23:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad you are a contributer. My sophomore son has contributed, although he won't be there on the 29th. Maybe you can make it to the next one. Appraiser 00:09, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Sorry, I'm in London, England this year. dml 20:13, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I probablly will not be able to attend. Also as with Ourai, This event is probablly better off without High School Juniors... We're immature. SpookyPig 15:47, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Any serious contributor should be welcome. I was there just four years ago. ;-) Grandmasterka 04:53, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Seriously, don't discredit yourself because of age. Had Wikipedia been around when I was in High School (or the Internet for that matter) I would have been at least as prolific a contributer as I am now. Grika Ⓣ 15:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Ditto. Also WP:FPC has a very large # of photos from a 17 yr old, who is a better photog than I will ever be. Teenagers have a fire in their belly us old-uns don't have. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 00:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Sounds fun. Tom Ruen 04:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
  • It's my fault for not paying attention. Let's please schedule another meetup soon. Thanks for organizing this one. Unnyn 19:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Seeing this appear on my watchlist brings back great memories of the first Minneapolis meetup. I hope this one goes as well as last year's did. Sorry I can't be there! Angela. 14:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the invite. I probably can't make it. Wikipedia's False Prophet holla at me Improve Me 03:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks so much for the invatation. But, looks like I'm booked on that day. For sure next time though. Smoove Z 22:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Thank you for the invitation. Have fun. Rhelmerichs 00:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I wouldn't be able to make it, but I appreciate the invite. Have fun fellas! RyguyMN 17:50, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I was hoping to make it, but unexpected obligations popped up for the weekend. Maybe next time! --Patteroast 19:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • If I was extremely determined to make it, I probably would have been able to go, sounds like I'll miss a good time. Maybe next time, Wikipedia's False Prophet holla at me Improve Me 23:59, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Was hoping to make it, but won't be able to. Looking forward to the next one! Hack-Man 07:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: There are probably enough people for a second meetup if someone wants to organize it. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 00:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Oh noes! I totally forgot about the meetup. Also I'm really a bit of a noob here (read: I don't log in half the time), and I didn't get the reminder message until today :(. Hopefully another meetup can be scheduled soon. Bowmanjj 21:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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