So Webchick is coming to town to school us New Yorkers on how to rock Drupal 7. Last night I started wondering – why doesn't the NYC Drupal community have a get-together that Thursday or Friday night (February 17 or 18) to celebrate the visit of our illustrious co-maintainer's visit as well as publicize the Drupal NYC community to all the attendees of the training? I imagine this could be a great way to do outreach to folks who would go to such a training but don't know about or haven't yet ventured into the Drupal NYC community yet.
It's not very far away and I know that folks probably have limited capacity (I know I do) so we could consider not having a full-on party but perhaps instead an organized, announced get-together at a nice location, maybe the House of Brews or someplace else that folks have connections to, preferably someplace close to the training venue (Muse Hotel) so it's easy for people to get to. We could all just descend en masse on one chosen location, or we could even try to get some sort of drink specials or other niceties from the venue. If people are up for going all out (or maybe even seeing if Lullabot wants to collaborate), that's an option, too.
We should of course see if Angie's interested and if she prefers one night versus the other, but even if she can't attend, this could be a very good community gathering & outreach opportunity.
Anyone interested in trying to put something together?