ACX Meetups Everywhere

[Logan Stokols]

Sup, Research-Triangle rats and rat adjacents!

This is the official announcement of the Rat Meetup Of Unusual Size (also known as ACX Meetups Everywhere, or the megameetup for short). See the main ACX post for context

The megameetup is just over 2 weeks from today, hosted at the Ponysaurus Brewery in Durham. 

When: Saturday, 23 Sept, 1pm - ??? (Let's say it "ends" at 5pm, but that's fuzzy)

Where: Ponysaurus, 219 Hood St, Durham, NC 27701. Presumably on the north side of the lawn.

What: The plan, essentially, is to hang out at the picnic tables, eat some pizza, and socialize.

If you're reading this, I hope that you decide to come. If you're an ACX reader, a rationalist, an effective altruist, or involved in some adjacent community, or just interested in meeting people who fit that description, we'd love to have you. (Not an exhaustive list.) If you're expecting everyone else to be from some specific age range/demographic group/social background, or have some specific political persuasion/prior knowledge/personality type, you're probably wrong. All are welcome. 

Details:

• Officially the event will be 1pm-???.  I'm expecting attendance to peak around 2pm-4pm
• These things usually go 3-4 hours, but we're starting early this year so we'll see how long people stick around. After-parties aren't unheard of.
• If you're coming late and want to know if things are still going on, feel free to message this mailing list or email me directly (and/or message the discord)
• There will be food. Ponysaurus serves food, I'll be ordering a bunch of pizza and appetizers
• You're not technically supposed to bring outside food in, but if you're inclined to bring something that should be fine as long as it's not too brazen
• Feel free to message me about dietary restrictions. There will be some vegan options, but it's not their specialty
• Ponysaurus serves beer. It's pretty good beer.
• They are open to all ages though, for any minors or parents who are wondering. Small children won't be out of place
• There should be plenty of seating and shade
• If we're not obvious enough, look for an 8.5x11 sign that says "ACX Meetup" and a stack of pizza boxes
• Email this mailing list (or me directly if you prefer) with any questions

Who am I and what is this mailing list: 

This is the ACX/LW/Rationalist/etc Meetup Group for the Research Triangle area. I'm Logan, the "organizer." There is also an EA group that meets in Raleigh. We cover everything else. "Rat-adjacent" is my favorite catch-all term.

The mailing list is for communicating with the community. Anyone can use it, I'm just the admin.

If you're interested in meeting other ACX readers beyond the two megameetups a year, we meet most Thursday evenings at Ponysaurus.

Speaking of which, there will be a regular meetup tonight (Thursday) 7:30-9:30 at Pony. There will be pizza.

Hope to see you soon

-- Logan

[Logan Stokols]

We won't be holding a regular Thursday meetup tomorrow, since the megameetup is this Saturday (1pm).

I'm looking forward to seeing everybody this weekend! Full info is copied below

-- Logan

 

The megameetup is in a couple days, hosted at the Ponysaurus Brewery in Durham.