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Thanks to everyone who offered to host a meetup. We\\u2019re scheduled for meetups in 77 cities (and one ship!) in 23 countries, soundly beating last year\\u2019s list. Full list of cities, times, and places is below.

Most people who are on the fence have said they\\u2019ve enjoyed going. Most people who felt intimidated about going have said they\\u2019ve enjoyed going. Most people who felt they were too different from the median SSC reader to fit in have enjoyed going. Most people who worried they weren\\u2019t smart enough to fit in have enjoyed going. Etc. Some tips from past experience with these meetups:

1. If you\\u2019re the host, bring a sign that says \\u201cSSC MEETUP\\u201d and prop it up somewhere on a table
2. Bring blank labels and pens for nametags.
3. Pass around a paper where everyone gives their name and email address, so you can start a mailing list to make organizing future meetups easier
4. If it\\u2019s the first meetup, people are probably just going to want to talk, and if you try to organize some kind of \\u201cfun\\u201d \\u201cevent\\u201d it\\u2019ll probably just be annoying.
5. Some things that have worked for later meetups include people giving short presentations on topics of interest to them, or discussion of some particular blog post
6. Nothing is going to get done unless there\\u2019s a Schelling point for who has to do it, and right now that\\u2019s the meetup organizer.
7. It\\u2019s much easier to schedule a second meetup while you\\u2019re having the first compared to trying to do it later on by email
8. Surprisingly many people will love you forever if you bring stim toys
9. In case people want to get to know each other better outside the meetup, you might want to mention\\xa0reciprocity.io, the rationalist friend-finder/dating site. It runs off Facebook, so you have to Facebook friend the other person first.
10. If you have a vague location like \\u201cin the mall\\u201d or \\u201cat the North Park\\u201d, nobody will ever find each other. Give a specific place (eg \\u201cat the North Park, by the big oak tree in the northwest corner\\u201d) and be carrying a sign saying \\u201cSSC MEETUP\\u201d. If you were too vague in your description, comment with a better one and I can edit it in.

Remaining issues with the times and dates:
\\u2013 Brisbane\\u2019s time was unclear; please confirm I got it right
\\u2013 Portland did not provide readable information (seriously, ROT12?!) and will have to be clearer and give a location
\\u2013 Copenhagen should finish their debate about whether to move the meetup somewhere else
\\u2013 Paris has a weird phone number with words in it. I don\\u2019t know if this is a mistake or just how French phone numbers work