Poll: HN Meetup in Munich - date, agenda, etc.

[HSO]

Based on the response to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3656646 and the suggestion by kojote (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3658023), I contacted the Couch Club (http://www.couch-club.org/).

I haven't been there myself yet but it is central, looks nice from the outside, plus they have a foosball table. Regular weekday hours are 2000-0100. The proprietor was open to welcoming our group an hour or two in advance if we agree to some "Mindestumsatz" (minimum consumption) as a group. She indicated 100-200 EUR but will come back with a definite number later. Their food offerings are sparse (pizza salami or vegetarian) but if we want, we can order more diverse pizze and other stuff and they'll coordinate with a partner. Internet access is not public but they will give us access if we need it for some presentation or so.

Which brings me to the next point: My own preference is that this not become too complicated. From my view, the primary goal is to meet new people with overlapping interests and let it roll from there. Talks and such, if demand and supply balance, can be organized later. Since we can have the place to ourselves for 1-2 hours, depending on what we decide, I suggest this "program":

  1) meet and order food
  2) while we wait for food, brief self-introductions
  3) while we eat, max. 1-2 people can give a short talk
  4) bar opens to the general public -> mingle/drink/foosball

Please indicate your preferred date below. If you send me an email at [email protected] your voice counts twice. If there is a sponsor among you who, just in case, can underwrite the shortfall to the minimum consumption (if any), please send me a mail too.

For suggestions and discussion, please leave a comment.

Thx.

[fbailey]

I'm still in Austin @sxsw so no Meetup for me this time. Maybe next time

[hessenwolf]

Of course, now it doesn't hit the front page ;(

[HSO]

I'll try again tomorrow morning. Hit it up when you see it ;-)