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MonthlyMichAveMeetup... with a twist! Gentle Chicagoans and Goat-goers, read on!

I'm lining up a SEEKRIT OUTING! The plan is to meet at the Goat for a drink, then head over to a SEEKRIT PLACE at 6:30ish and meet a SEEKRIT PERSON for a SEEKRIT THING (you'll need $5).

The twist is this: I can't do it on February 3rd. Would you rather go on the SEEKRIT OUTING on February 2nd, punt to March 3rd, or not bother at all? Register your vote by favoriting the appropriate comment below: I'll take votes up until January 29th.
posted by eamondaly to MetaFilter Gatherings at 8:24 AM (53 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

If you would like to move next month's meetup to TUESDAY, February 2nd and go on a SEEKRIT OUTING, favorite this comment.
posted by eamondaly at 8:25 AM on January 22, 2010 [6 favorites]


If you would like to keep February's meetup as-is and instead go on a SEEKRIT OUTING Wednesday, March 3rd, favorite this comment.
posted by eamondaly at 8:26 AM on January 22, 2010 [10 favorites]


If you don't care at all about going on a SEEKRIT OUTING, favorite this comment.
posted by eamondaly at 8:27 AM on January 22, 2010 [4 favorites]


This is some kind of evil plan, isn't it?

I can see you gleefully counting out your 40 or 50 dollars of blood money as we are all carted off somewhere in the back of a truck to be turned into Monkey Chow or some such.

Sounds like fun! But I don't know my work schedule yet, so tentative on becoming a Monkey Chow ingredient.
posted by readery at 9:11 AM on January 22, 2010


I dig a seekrit evil plan and can do the 2nd instead of the 3rd.
posted by crush-onastick at 9:12 AM on January 22, 2010


There better be pictures afterwards.
posted by Kattullus at 9:41 AM on January 22, 2010


Five bucks?!? Eamon, how many times do I have to tell you, your lap dances are worth twice that!
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 9:42 AM on January 22, 2010


I have already cleared my schedule to have Wednesday free, but I should be able to shuffle things around to accommodate. I trust your judgment that it will be worth it. I'm casting my vote by favoriting the above on the assumption that I'll be able to clear my Tuesday.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 9:45 AM on January 22, 2010


I care, but I can't go on any of the dates, so I favorited the last one. :(
posted by desjardins at 10:14 AM on January 22, 2010


I can't do the 2nd and was looking forward to the 3rd, so favorited the second option and secretly flagged the first one.
posted by hydrophonic at 10:34 AM on January 22, 2010


KIDNEY HARVEST!
posted by eyeballkid at 11:38 AM on January 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


Do I want to know what a "goat-goer" is?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:57 AM on January 22, 2010


Chocolate Pickle: "Do I want to know what a "goat-goer" is"

The meetups are held at the Billy Goat tavern.
posted by IndigoRain at 12:37 PM on January 22, 2010


hydrophonic is seekritly AWESOME
posted by crush-onastick at 12:41 PM on January 22, 2010


If the non-seekrit-carers gain a majority I swear I'll filibuster.

sorry, been ODing on political blogs this week
posted by evisceratordeath at 12:54 PM on January 22, 2010


So I would love to do this, and this super-SEEKRIT business sounds swell, but are they always on a weeknight? Because if they are that will make me sad.
posted by Tchad at 1:07 PM on January 22, 2010


Tchad: yes, we do always hold the regularly scheduled meet up on the weeknights (specifically Wednesday) because weekends just book up too quickly.

HOWEVER, we never shy from multiple meet-ups in a week, or a month. So decree a meet-up and someone will show up.
posted by crush-onastick at 1:28 PM on January 22, 2010


The 2nd is good for me. Wednesdays there is a Lynch/Cronenberg film series this winter.
posted by halonine at 1:47 PM on January 22, 2010


I am just as lame on a Tuesday as a Wednesday. So I say THUNDERCATS HOOO-- I mean, yeah, Tuesday is fine.
posted by Windigo at 2:02 PM on January 22, 2010


My better half has already voted (Hi Windigo) but I say TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY!
posted by theButterFly at 2:17 PM on January 22, 2010


GREAT.
I had such a fine time at the last one (and I didn't even stay all the way through) that I would hate to miss the rest of them through November 2010.
posted by Tchad at 2:30 PM on January 22, 2010


I have never been to a meetup before. Assuming not everyone hates me for being vocally to the right of the average MeFite, can I still go on the SEEKRIT OUTING?
posted by jock@law at 4:03 PM on January 22, 2010


Of course! But you do realize it's the Toni Preckwinkle victory party, right?
posted by hydrophonic at 4:33 PM on January 22, 2010


The Goat knows neither left nor right. The Goat just Knows.

(In other words, of course you can!)
posted by Windigo at 4:34 PM on January 22, 2010


To the right of the average MeFite is probably still to the left of a number of Democrats. ;-)
posted by jock@law at 4:38 PM on January 22, 2010


That depends on whether or not the SEEKRIT OUTING requires you to be 21+. :P
posted by biochemist at 6:54 PM on January 22, 2010


The SEEKRIT OUTING does not! Afterward might, but I'll see what I can do.
posted by eamondaly at 7:08 PM on January 22, 2010


Do I want to know what a "goat-goer" is?

Ye ken drink a' ev'ry bar in the town o' Chicago, but if ye go to the Billy Goat just once ...
posted by dhartung at 9:23 PM on January 22, 2010 [2 favorites]


I will be very sad if you do this on the 2nd, as I just bought opera tickets for the 2nd and I would very much like to go on a seekrit outing.

Very sad. This is me if you go on the 2nd -> :(
posted by adamdschneider at 11:30 PM on January 22, 2010


Wow, I had no idea jock@law was a Chicagoan. Dug your comments in the "SupCor are corporate whores" thread.
posted by adamdschneider at 11:31 PM on January 22, 2010


I will follow the SEEKRIT OUTING wherever it goes, but I voted for March, because I don't want adamDschneider to miss it because people on a stage are all like "LA LA LA."
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:25 AM on January 23, 2010


At the risk of gumming up the voting live talley - I changed my favorites as my plans on the 2nd cannot be changed. So I'm hoping for the seekrit outing in March and Feb on the regular Wed.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 6:28 AM on January 23, 2010


SEEKRIT OUTING sounds fun, but why does a meetup have to be sacrificed?
posted by jock@law at 8:19 AM on January 23, 2010


Dude, I change my vote. I wish I were going to the opera. With or without Adam. So, March works.
posted by crush-onastick at 9:12 AM on January 23, 2010


I'm going to be kicking it stone cold live in California in early March (ENJOY THE COLD, SUCKERS) so I'm voting for February. We can still do a unsecret February meetup, though, can't we?
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:13 PM on January 23, 2010


I just realized I will also be gone the first Wednesday in March! I don't want to miss the Sekrit! :(
posted by Windigo at 6:36 PM on January 23, 2010


I am also unsure why a meetup must be sacrificed. Can the seekrit outing only be done on the first Tuesday of the month or something? Is there a reason it can't be, say February 9th? That might work better for most people.
posted by adamdschneider at 9:04 AM on January 24, 2010


I mean, lord knows I don't hate you guys so much I wouldn't be able to stand the sight of you two weeks in a row.
posted by adamdschneider at 9:04 AM on January 24, 2010


Yeah! I like you guyses! I really do! I believe I could stomach ya'll more than once a month, if need be.
posted by Windigo at 1:33 PM on January 24, 2010


Hee! Yeah, the problem is my February is pretty full. Trying to figure out a third option would be tough.
posted by eamondaly at 2:37 PM on January 24, 2010


Ok, so it looks like March is winning for secret outing. Does this mean we're doing the February meetup on the 2nd or 3rd?

We're still having one, right? (big puppy dog eyes, whimpering)
posted by Juliet Banana at 3:00 PM on January 24, 2010 [1 favorite]


If March wins we do the Feb meetup on the 3rd as planned. Hell, even if, Standard forbid, February wins, I would still be down for beers and borgers on the 3rd.
posted by adamdschneider at 5:38 PM on January 24, 2010


I will drink tiny beers and pay a man $5 whenever anyone tells me to do it. Forever.
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:48 AM on January 25, 2010 [1 favorite]


I'll be in ATL on Feb 2. But probably can do SEEKRIT things on March 3, if it still matters.
posted by misskaz at 2:56 PM on January 25, 2010


So are we gonna make a final decision, close this up? I can't sleep, can't eat, the suspense has been killing me.
posted by Windigo at 12:32 PM on January 28, 2010


The Man said he'd take votes until the 29th and I expect that's just what he'll do. But yes, it's like the night before Christmas.
posted by crush-onastick at 1:20 PM on January 28, 2010


Anyone have any friends in New Zealand? It's already tomorrow there, so they can tell us what he decided.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:23 PM on January 28, 2010


And meanwhile, it looks like we may be one fewer for this meetup.

I suppose it can't be put in *quite* the same camp as wfrgms, given that j@l never actually made it to a meetup before the bannination, but I fear we might be getting a reputation.
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:25 PM on January 28, 2010


they can tell us what he decided.

This is a democracy, pal, and the people have spoken.
posted by adamdschneider at 4:33 PM on January 28, 2010


IT'S THE 29TH OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY
posted by Windigo at 8:47 AM on January 29, 2010


Yep! February's meetup will be bone-stock. March's meetup will have ADDED FUN! Creating a new thread now.
posted by eamondaly at 8:47 AM on January 29, 2010


And, just to close the loop, the February meetup page is here.
posted by eamondaly at 9:22 AM on January 29, 2010


/me reopens the loop and jumps rope with it.
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:59 PM on January 29, 2010


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