Is it time for the first Steemfest in the USA? How about in August 2017 in Saint Petersburg, Florida? Would you like to go? If so, I would be honored to host this event and help make it a lot of fun! Would you help me see with your reply to this post whether or not it would be a good idea for me to begin planning the event because when you share your feedback, I will have the courage to take the next steps to making the first Florida Steemfest a reality?
Where and when? My initial plans are to schedule it for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday August 10, 11, and 12 in 2017 from 11 am to 3 pm each day at locations near Saint Petersburg, Florida which we can collectively choose together for the most fun! The closest large airport is Tampa, Florida or TPA for short. The Tampa Bay metro area is loaded with great tourist activities from a day at Busch Gardens to Disney being an hour drive away to beaches to the Dali Art Museum to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team and lots more! Maybe we could meetup at some of these and go together? The rest of the time outside from 11 am to 3 pm would be free for each of us to schedule to spend time in smaller groups for more niche activities such as breakfast or dinner.
What will be done for the 4 hours each day? The primary purpose of this proposed Steemfest in Florida is to experience the joy and connection of life together in ways we are not able to do online. For example, hugs, laughing, singing, dancing, etc! I am open to what format you would like to do that in especially in picking a location or locations to have it at. Would you like to have a day at a theme park or go to the beach or hang out in a hotel conference room or rent an open space with games or go to the art museum or have a picnic or a combination of them all? I think a day at the beach, a day somewhere inside maybe at a museum, and a day at a theme park or somewhere similar might be a lot of fun.
Would you like me to take the next step by making more concrete plans with exact dates and a system to organize everything? If your response to this is yes, I will continue to make updates with each new step in the planning as 
Love,
Jerry Banfield