Subj : BBS Meetings IRL
To   : Sam Alexander
From : Time Warrior
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 11:11 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Sam Alexander
  Re: BBS Meetings IRL
  By: Sam Alexander to Digital Man on Sun Sep 18 2005 02:22 am

 > To: Digital Man
 > Re: BBS Meetings IRL By: Digital Man to Sam Alexander on Sat Sep 17
 > 2005 04:25 pm

 >  > Re: BBS Meetings IRL By: Sam Alexander to All on Sat Sep 17 2005
 >  > 01:32 pm

 >  >  > Hi all,

 >  >  > Just curious, since there's really no good local BBS group to me, I wa
 >  >  > wondering if there's any sort of BBS group that meets on a national le
 >  >  > Maybe even a Synchronet user group that meets once a year someplace.
 >  >  > curious.

 >  > Pretty sure the answer is no. There may be some small regional BBS meets
 >  > but nothing nationally, that I know of.

 >  > digital man


 > Hi..

 > If you guys ever did want to setup something, even if just an afternoon
 > meet-up someplace, I'd sure be willing to travel to attend :)  There's so
 > many folks using Synchronet and still running or active in BBSes in general,
 > I'd think such a meet-up would be worthwild.

 > Just some thoughts.  The close community feeling is what I loved so much
 > about the BBSes of 10+ years ago, and even though telnet'able bbses are
 > awesome and keeping the scene alive, it'd be awesome to actually put some
 > faces on the names in here.

Refer to what I said about the Xpresit GT's. 2006 will be the 10th one. Man, 
where does the time go? lol

Chicago also has two other meets (not Synchronet per say, mine isn't 
Synchronet per say either) as well other than mine. The CBBS Meet (Yep, Ward 
Christensen, Randy Suess and the rest... ever since 1978! :-) as well as The 
Omega BBS Meet (omegabbs.dyndns.org) which is a BBS that runs on Cnet 
Software on the same exact Amiga that is started up on in 1989.

Never been to an Omega Meet. I plan on going to the CBBS Meet this upcomming 
February (I think its in Feb).

Both are sorta invite only but sorta not. Meaning, anyone can come but there 
is no "website" with times, dates or instructions. You need to KNOW someone 
who attends already. I happen to be aquaintances with Randy and Ward. I don't 
know them really well and won't claim to be friends with them. But my 
communications with them thus far have lead me to the opinion that both 
people are pretty damn cool folks.

I am also aquaintances with Rinaldo (Sysop: Omega BBS) but have never 
attended an Omega Gathering. The only other Gathering i've ever attended was 
the TSO Gathering (The Shannara Odyesey<sp?>) in 1996 which was also a very 
fun time.

Only in the BBS Scene can someone you've only talked to online arive at your 
front door, take you to pick up other people you've never met before to goto 
a gathering to hang out with even MORE people you've never met before. lol

Or shall we say -- only in the scene can this be done without the risk of 
ending up dead in a ditch as a result. lol

I trust the worst assholes in the scene more than I trust some "unknown" off 
of the regular Internet. The scene does have a pretty nice saftey net that 
way.

The BBS Scene is like an extended family. You have your loved ones, in laws, 
out laws, people you like, people you can't stand but in the end -- the 
family reunions always turn out successful. lol

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