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Tell HN: Chicago Holiday Meetup (Help Us Schedule)

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Patrick McKenzie's in town and people seem to want to meet him. As his agent in this matter I have advised him that what we should do is hold an impromptu HN meetup, and he has agreed. Brad Flora and two other people have signaled interest via email.

What we need to do is figure out a date. "Impromptu" means "we don't have much time"; Patrick returns to Japan early in January. We could do as early as this week or as late as next week.

We also don't know where we'll have it, but that's a function of who's in; if it's just the people we have now, I'll buy dinner at The Publican (I feel like I owe Brad); as we add people, we'll pick a more appropriate venue. It'll be downtown somewhere.

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tptacek
I vote Wednesday the 29th but am open to alternate suggestions.
sachinag
29th or 30th is my vote; however, I'm busy at night, so my vote would be for an afternoon meetup on either day. If that's not an option, I suppose y'all can consider this an out-of-town vote for Rahm.
tptacek
A consensus is starting to emerge for 29/30 (but would be instantly broken if Patrick can't do those days). Having said that:

How's 4PM-ish for you? If we ended up at Publican, 3.30-4 is actually a fantastic time for it, since you can just show up at that hour.

ch00
29th has my vote, however for those of us still stuck at a 9-5, will the meetup still be going strong at 5:30 or 6?
tptacek
I can't imagine we'll be sparse at 5:30.
epochwolf
How do you plan to notify everyone interested?
tptacek
If you put your email in your profile, I'll mail you.
there
isn't this the kind of thing the hn-chicago list is for?
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acabal
OK, I'll stop by then and bring my girl who is visiting that week. If the tech-talk makes her eyes glaze over we might head out for some drinks. Consider this an RSVP!
maukdaddy
How early in Jan? I vote Jan 3 since most will be done traveling by that point.

Edit: Is tomorrow (12/20) too early?

tptacek
I can do Jan 3, but only if you vote the thread up so more people can see it. Otherwise I vote tomorrow.
mortenjorck
This gets my vote. Will a lot of us be traveling the week between Christmas and New Years?
catlike
I vote for the Publican, 29th/30th
brandnewlow
29th or 30th works for me. Publican sounds awesome, never been!
there
27th, 29th, or sometime this week all work for me
epochwolf
27th-29th works for me (I'm in Green Bay, WI, but I'd love to drive down)
cosgroveb
I haven't met any of you Chicago HNers before but I would love to. Next week is best for me and I would also vote for the 29th.
anthonycerra
30th sounds good. It'll be cool to meet other Chicago HNers.
eduardo_f
I'm in. Any day before January 3rd works for me.

PS: tptacek, I'm one of those who emailed ;)

eddylu
Want to do this as a grubwith.us meal? We've been talking to the Publican and can schedule the meal for the 29th at 4. This way everyone prepays for their meal, shares a bunch of food, family style, and there's no payment drama at the end.

Let me know and we can set it up.

tptacek
I'm down with that!

Note though that the kitchen at Publican doesn't open until 5PM, and they book up reliably. We usually sneak in at 4PM at grab empty seats until 6 or so.

There's a light menu (and of course an extraordinary beer list) available starting at 3.30, though.

anthonycerra
Never been to the Publican. Just took a look at their beer list - amazing!
hikari17
I'm gone the 28th-30th, unfortunately, so I'd vote for anything before or after that (January 3rd would be ideal.)

Either way, though, welcome to Chicago, Patrick!

acabal
I'd love to come but I have a friend visiting that week, and I don't want to leave her to fend for herself that night :(
tptacek
Bring her. We seem to be aiming at Publican, which is an awesome place.
kingkilr
So long as it's after tomorrow that's good by me.
rfzabick
I'd like to meet Chicago HN folks. The evenings of the 27th through the 29th work for me.
danglazer
Wednesday sounds awesome. Please add me to the list. Thanks!
Groxx
Sounds like I'll be joining up (apologies on the late-add, been sick >.< ). Sounds like fun!