What states (in the United States) shall we explore having meetups and gatherings in? Steem Park in NY will also be hosting a meetup.
With SteemFest in a few months and some meetups being discussed along with having attending my first one I have recently developed an interest in exploring the idea of attending and helping with more and wanted to see where people may be more interested or more prepared for such.
SteemFest 2017
[save the date] SteemFest 2017 - Creamy & Delicious - 1/2/3 (+4/5) November - Lisbon by
Next MeetUp Stop: Austin, Texas
The first one has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 25th. Location to be announced soon.
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Steemit Meetup in Austin, TX by
The main reason for this Meetup Group will be for Steemians to come together in real life to talk about Steemit and Steem related projects. I imagine that this group could be a lot of fun and be a place for local Steemians to meet each other in person.
He has already found about a dozen people on steemit and mentioned them in his post to let them know.
Click here to join the Austin Steemit Meetup Group
Already thinking of joining myself as I had a great experience meeting people from steemit along with sharing knowledge and helping them and others get more out of what we all have to offer with new found love and passion of STEEM! Being a community person this seems like a fitting avenue for me to explore. So I shall explore how I may help benefit these meetups to happen and be successful.
Current potential guests depending on availability include: 
Also check out 🗓 Announcing 📢 THE STEEM EVENT CALENDAR 🗓📆 keep an eye on THE STEEM EVENT CALENDAR by
Many of us had a great experience in Kansas City just recently.
Sharing Kansas City Steemit Summer Party Experience and Links
Kansas City's First Steem Party 2017 Was A Success! Check Out The Video great thanks to the hostess
This also led to having dinner, breakfast the next morning, and riding back to St. Lious with @ & @.
The Kansas City Steemit Summer Party Stories
Breakfast for Champions in KC MO
My first EVER Steemit Meetup! What an Amazing time at the Steemy Summer Party in Kansas City!
Have noticed some people in California, Florida, New York, and Texas interested in some responses to some of my and other posts of our recent meetup and experience.
August : Park Programs and Steemit Meetup at STEEM PARK : A Summer Garden in Brooklyn ~ FURNITURE FULLY SPONSORED!
What is STEEM Park?
“STEEM Park” is an interactive community garden in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Located within the historic Herbert von King Park: STEEM Park is a pop-up installation that will be used to host Steemit meetups, local community events, workshops and dozens of activities throughout the year.
Some of us may look forward to a meetup at Steem Park in New York or visit anytime as it will be a place for many events to come. Look forward to visiting sometime perhaps during on of the initial gatherings depending on my schedule. Love to see the project and meet people as well as my own bench I sponsored along with a few others.
The STEEM Park project has been met with an outpouring of support from Steemians all over the world. We (
/
) are thrilled to have your support and so excited to have such incredible representation in STEEM Park!
The park will be opening in about a week and a half! "STEEM Park opens July, 16th 2017"
Great thank you to their Amazing Supporters & Sponsors!
STEEM PARK : A Summer Garden in Brooklyn ~ FURNITURE FULLY SPONSORED!
STEEM PARK's Official Flower Donations from the Javits Center!
Super excited to report back on the huge gains of today with STEEM Park. We were contacted a few days ago by a friend who works at BrightView Landscape, one of the largest landscape development companies on the east coast, with news that they would be re-planting the gardens for one their clients - the historic Jacob Javits Center of New York City!
STEEM PARK IS OFFICIAL : Steemit's First Crowdsourced Marketing Project
STEEM Park is Official!
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our STEEM Park project received official support from Steemit Inc.
Take a look at the 
Announcing Steemit's First OFFICIAL Crowdsourced Marketing Project! by@steemitblog
Today we are happy to announce the first crowdsourced marketing project Steemit Inc. will be officially supporting! For the past few months we have been conducting our due diligence and conferring with the various people working on marketing projects. Lots of great people are working on lots of great things, but the project we have selected has the right combination of ambition, support, and return-on-investment. It’s also going live very soon.
And the Winner is: STEEM PARK
The project Steemit will be supporting was proposed by the users
. That’s right, Steem Park is now OFFICIAL!
What Are We (the Steemit Community) Getting?
A pop-up Park called “Steem Park” located within the Herbert von King Park in New York, NY
- Large “Welcome to Steem Park” Bench ​
- Physical furniture and signage within Steem Park which mentions “Steemit” a minimum of 21 times: A minimum of 16 QR code links in the park with links to Steemit.com pages and profiles (linking to sponsor profiles and signup page)
- 4 weekend public events (minimum) hosted at Steem Park: Steem Park Opening Event (TBD July 2017) Artist Talk by
(Discussing Steemit and the process of crowdfunding) and Herbert von King Park History Tour with HvK Conservancy
2 Steemit Summer Meetups / Workshops including an Introduction to Steemit (to be held both outdoor and the indoor community space at Herbert von King Park)
They will also be putting together a documentary of Steem Park:
Announcing the STEEM Park Documentary Film Project!
Last week, we were super excited to announce Steemit Inc's official support of Steem Park! It has been an incredible few months developing this project and the support we received from the community has been overwhelming. So before we start this post, we want to send out another resounding THANK YOU!
The original (growth) idea may be read about here: PROJECT : Power-up Your Neighborhood - Introducing “Sandbox”
Noticing Crowdfunded Tickets to Steemfest & Potentially Thinking About One For Myself
[SteemFest Dreams] Wanna go to Lisbon Portugal? We'll Crowfund your Plane Ticket! by
If you have the drive, it doesn't even matter if you have any money for a plane ticket yet. We are 5 months away. With the rewards from this post, and your SteemFest posts, and all the funds that
is able to raise, YOU will go to SteemFest this year.
Crowdfunded Dreams Report and 2nd Chance to Enter
This is a great start! If we keep getting support like this we we will send several Steemians that would not make it otherwise!
[Crowdfunded Dreams Report] 1st Winner and 3rd Chance to Enter!
We have a winner! The contest was so close! The winner won by 1 point after tallying all the scores from
,
, and myself. Each post was given a score between 1 and 10 and then all the scores were tallied. There was a 3 way tie for second place!
Congratulations to! You are the first winner of a SteemFest Dreams payout for SteemFest2 in Lisbon, Portugal!
Pay-It-Forward STEEMFest2 Plane Ticket: Teamed Up With @aggroed & @steemfestdreams, I'd Like To Buy One Steemian A Plane Ticket To STEEMFest2! by
Hey guys, after the amazing feeling of being able to crowdfund my dad and I's tickets to STEEMFest2, now, I'd like to share the feeling with someone else! If you think you are short on funds to buy a plane ticket, I'd love for you to participate in this game. STEEMFest2 will definitely be an experience that is priceless, and I know that you won't want to miss it!
And The Winner Of The Free STEEMFest2 Plane Ticket Is...
Congratulations
VOTU Podcast Presents: @richardcrill Interview! We sat down with the one and only Blockchain Jesus himself and talked about what everyone wants to know .Getting Funding for STEEMFEST 2! by
We sat down with
, the man himself or the BC Jesus who is making dreams happen and asked him what the deal is with the contest and how a normal joe schmo steemian can get to Lisbon!
What state shall we work on setting up the next Steem MeetUp?
Please vote below. In the meantime keep having fun with STEEM and Steemit online. Look forward to attending and working with some more MeetUps and seeing how many of us manage to get together for @#steemfest later this year! Everyone keep up the great job with your steem(it) blogs and posts. Steem on!
