July 15, 2023, Washington DC Meetup

Meetups USA
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I will not be attending this.

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Here is an idea for a simple meet-up card. The Postal Museum gives away free postcards (at least they did every other time I was there). It would be easy to print a bunch of simple labels that say ā€œWashington DC Meetupā€¦etcā€ and stick them on the front of the card.

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Not a bad idea!

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I would love to go to this except itā€™s not a good date for me.
On July 15 a Paranormal investigation company is coming into my Library (my workplace) to investigate a ghost! Yup, the Library could be haunted! (Staff does believe it is). Iā€™m one of the two staff members who will assist the investigation company during their investigation.
Keep me in mind for future dates. I do enjoy the Washington DC area!

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Please put me down as tentative. I may be traveling at that time. Very interested in WPD meet up as well.
Carla

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Hi! I would like to attend for the first portion. I have a work event that afternoon so I wonā€™t be able to do the lunch.
Also, we have had meetups in a conference room at the museum before but Iā€™m not sure if it costs money to reserve or if its even available that day.

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Union Station is across the street from the Postal Museum. It is busy and loud in there, but they do have a food court where we can sit if there is no space in the museum.

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Iā€™m new to Postcrossing but would love to come on out and make some new friends :blush:

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I would love to attend this meetup!

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Zazzle has postcards on sale this week. they have several of the postal museum and various mail postcards. The Postal Museum gives out free postcards, but I donā€™t think it is appropriate for each person to take 50 of them to use at the meetupā€¦

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I will likely bring my own postcards to not over do it and can ensure I have extras :slight_smile:

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I expressed interest, if I could get time off. I did get the day off so I can make it! My husband who is also on postcrossing will attend with me. Iā€™m not sure of his username but I can get him to comment here. This is my first meetup, what do we need to bring?

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I think it would be fun to write some postcards at the Meetup! There are some postcards there but I also plan to bring my own along with writing utensils and stickers. There is a stamp shop and a post office at the Postal Museum so you will be able to get a postmark from the museum.

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Ok cool. I think Iā€™ll make a little stationary kit to bring and grab postcards from my city for everyone.

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@ChaelaMonstah has hosted numerous events at the Postal Museum, usually for WPD. You might try reaching out to her to get a better understanding of the arrangements she made to reserve the classroom upstairs. Sadly I have another commitment that day, otherwise Iā€™d gladly join you! If that falls through Iā€™ll be there.

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These are two of the free cards that I got from the National Postal Museum on my previous visits.

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Wow I have never seen those! Thank you for sharing

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Iā€™m a bit late to the game (I donā€™t browse the forum very often) but definitely interested!

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I will definitely be there. I have ordered some mail-related postcards from zazzle that i will share for 75 cents each. I will bring plenty of other cards for the ā€œshareā€ pile.

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I would love to be at this meetup! Thanks for organizing!