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Let us celebrate the transition from winter to summer.

uaudio — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:09:11 -0800

Quick, before it gets too hot! Can we have a spring Phoenix meetup? I joined MeFi two weeks after the last meetup so I don't know any of you. I'd like to! Unless I am shouted down, I propose Four Peaks Grill and Tap in Scottsdale sometime in the month of February.

By: lizjohn

lizjohn — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:43:44 -0800

What do you have against the Tempe location?

By: uaudio

uaudio — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:45:40 -0800

I have absolutely nothing against the Four Peaks in Tempe.

Unless you use caps lock, I will still consider my suggestion unshouted down.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:50:23 -0800

I would go to the Tempe Four Peaks. Name a date.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:01:57 -0800

I'd be down with Four Peaks Tempe as well.

By: uaudio

uaudio — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:22:13 -0800

If it works better, Four Peaks Tempe it is. I have no suggestions for dates. Midweek or weekend? I could probably do a Friday, but my Saturdays are usually shot. Midweek is fine unless I have to bail one of you out of jail.

By: uaudio

uaudio — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:17:50 -0800

I'll throw out a date range for maximum awesomeness: Feb 24 through - leapday!- Feb 29...someone pick.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:37:13 -0800

Feb 29th / March 1 , I'm running the Ragnar Del Sol relay, a 12 person team/182 mile run from Wickenburg to Scottsdale, so I'm out that day... (not that my presence is required or anything...)

Any of you other desert dwellers doing that event this year? Should be pretty epic...

By: notjustfoxybrown

notjustfoxybrown — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:32:36 -0800

Yeah!! Something might be happening here. Four Peaks, wherever the heck that is, sounds great. Count me in, please.

By: lizjohn

lizjohn — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:18:13 -0800

Uh, Wednesday and Friday nights are usually good for me.....27th or the 29th?

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:31:33 -0800

I'm down with the 27th.

By: uaudio

uaudio — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:17:12 -0800

OK! Wednesday, February 27th at Four Peaks Tempe (map). Try to get there around 7pm, more details to follow here.

I'll get it up on the meetup sidebar.

By: diocletian

diocletian — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:18:12 -0800

Any fellow Tucsonans wanting to make the trip to Phoenix? I've got no car but would be willing to split gas and buy a drink for a fellow MeFite!

By: !Jim

!Jim — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:33:44 -0800

I'm in for the meetup. I've really been meaning to go to these. We should put some kind of sign, or plate of beans on the table, so that there's no awkward wandering around and saying "Are you from the internet?" to strangers.

By: Exchequer

Exchequer — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:11:23 -0800

There's still people not from the internet?

By: disillusioned

disillusioned — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:04:44 -0800

I'm also down for this, and was having the EXACT same thought !Jim was having. Which is creepy... I'll have to ask him about it tomorrow at work...

By: disillusioned

disillusioned — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:06:44 -0800

Should we take to spamming the "users nearby you" with MeFi mail about this?

By: uaudio

uaudio — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:13:02 -0800

I MeFi mailed everyone who's posted here for confirmation. Please MeFi mail me back if you're coming, or post here. I'll be at Four Peaks right at 7pm.

As for identifying our group; For no particular reason other than I always have it in my bag, I will bring an instruction manual for my HP 12c Platinum Financial Calculator and place it on the table. It is blue and white, says "HP 12c Platinum Financial Calculator" on the cover, and features some important clip art businesspeople in a meeting, presumably discussing how smart they are because they use Reverse Polish Notation when calculating.

See you all there.

By: Roundball

Roundball — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:12:00 -0800

Just found this page. Maybe I can meet you all at the next one. I'm at the NW corner of the loop and don't think I can make it down to Tempe on the 27th.

By: notjustfoxybrown

notjustfoxybrown — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:45:13 -0800

Hey all:
Judging from the biographical info in the handles, I'm going to be the only girl at the meetup. I'm sure you all are lovely guys but could you all perhaps persuade your wives/SOs/female friend in the next cubicle to join us? Thanks.

By: lizjohn

lizjohn — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:26:24 -0800

I'm a girl!

By: uaudio

uaudio — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:14:28 -0800

Thanks for the responses, we're looking at about 8 people coming as of now.

By: yeolcoatl

yeolcoatl — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:25:56 -0800

Four Peaks is about 1km from me, so I guess I have to show up.

By: lizjohn

lizjohn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:56:00 -0800

If anyone is looking, we're in the very back west corner. By the tanks.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:41:10 -0800

We had a great time at the lurker end of the table. Grant and Scott: if you're reading this, just get a damn account already.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:20:44 -0800

Yeah... it was nice meeting you folks.

By: uaudio

uaudio — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:31:46 -0800

It was nice meeting everyone, and wish I could have talked to everyone longer. We'll have to have another one soon. See you all next time.

By: Chris4d

Chris4d — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:01:18 -0800

Aww damn, I was AT 4peaks on wednesday and I didn't even know this was happening. I'm there like twice a week after climbing.

I don't check metatalk very often. Why isn't there some kind of announcement to all the locals when there's a meetup in the works?