The next #bsktweetup will be the 18th Basingstoke Tweetup, which equates to a year and a half of the monthly meets having been organised.
In that time, we’ve also had 18 people with Twitter accounts come to at least one event, with another two or three as guests for the evening. There’s also been several people who have made contact and said they are interested in coming to a meet (either through @bsktweetup or through our Facebook page) but have yet to show up. Organiser Gary Jones would love to see more people there.
“We’re always encouraging new users to attend, to just come along and try the event out. We’re in the same place on the second Thursday of each month, so there’s no confusion about turning up to find no-one else there.” said Gary. “Our twitter account currently has 159 followers, so even allowing for some non-human and non-local followers, that’s still about 100 people who have considered coming along or otherwise interested in what we do.”
The first event was covered by the local newspaper, and attendance for the early events was around 12 people. Gary would like to see the number of core attendees rise back up to those numbers.
“The more people who attend the better the evening goes. It’s more social, with more people to chat to and more conversations going on at the same time.” insisted Gary. “Conversation topic are wide ranging as we focus on being a social group of friends and not limit ourselves to any one area.”
The next tweetup will be on the 9th September 2010, at the Red Lion Hotel in Basingstoke town centre. You can find event details and RSVP on the invite.
Original image copyright: Daisy Bliss.
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