The Meet-ups so far!
Having never been to a LifeSIGNS meet-up before, I surprised myself by volunteering to arrange this year’s dates and places. As with anything, one can never find something which will suit everyone, but the two meet-ups so far have been a success, and we still have Manchester to go.
A fairly large group of us met up in London on 12th August, including Wedge, Sarah, Cel and myself. The weather was typical for a British summer, so after not much deliberation we ended up in a pub! In Edinburgh on 19th August 5 LifeSIGNS members and myself met up – the weather was better and we ended up in a park!
It has been fantastic to meet so many LifeSIGNS members in real-life, and it has made the whole LifeSIGNS experience feel more real to me. Meeting Internet friends in real-life is always daunting, but every person I met at the meet-ups is even nicer in real-life! When subsequently asking message-board users how I came across, I was told that I was exactly how they expected. Whether this is because I never stop talking on the board and I don’t shut-up in real-life, or maybe the moose mascot stickers made people realise that I’m moose-mad in real-life too (see the picture at the top!) So I’ll choose to take it as a compliment!
I’m really looking forward to the Manchester meet-up on 2nd September, meeting new people and seeing familiar faces. Sometimes I wish there was more time – when I filled in my questionnaire I said that if LifeSIGNS had £1million, I would like an annual LifeSIGNS weekend retreat. So, we’d better start saving now, or hope for a windfall!
4 Comments
Em
August 23, 2006I’m loving the moose! Hopefully I’ll be able to go to a meet-up sometime…there’s always hoping!
Kirsty
August 23, 2006I cant remember now what I suggested for the £1,000,000 idea, but yours sounds great!
Glad everyone is enjoying the meets, I hope to be able to make it to one next year
And those stickers look cute!
Wedge
August 23, 2006Great to see the Moose sticker!
sarah
August 23, 2006I was really pleased with the London meet-up, it was fantastic to meet so many members. Events like this always leave me filled with enthusiasm as they generate so many ideas and it is a chance to talk more informally about what people want from LifeSIGNS, as well as just getting to know people we’ve met online.
I can’t remember now what I suggested for my million pound idea, but I do like the idea of a retreat!