CITY/REGION: Ontario, California MEETUP PLACE: Rodeo X Public Market DATE: Saturday, November 19th TIME: 11:00 AM MEETUP PLAN:
**PLEASE NOTE: The correct date/time is Saturday 11/19 at 11:00 AM. Iāve tried several times to change the time, but for some reason the event calendar system isnāt letting me. If you show up at 10AM, youāll just be early
Hi there!
I had the privilege of meeting many of you SoCal Postcrossers at Geetikaās meetup in Pasadena on 10/1. I learned that some of you hail from the Inland Empire (as do I!), and I thought it would be great to host another meetup before the holidays. I am NOT a graphic designer (sadly), so I donāt have it in mind to create a specific card for our meetup ā but if someone wants to take that up, please feel free! I think it would just be awesome to have another get-together and write/ exchange postcards before the hustle and bustle of the holidays befall us.
Someone mentioned Rodeo X Public Market as a potential location, and although Iāve never been there, it looks promising! They open at 11:00, so we can plan to get there right at opening to ensure a prime seating location.
Meetup Date ā I think Nov 19 or 20 is going to be our best bet, since Thanksgiving is the following weekend, and Veteranās Day is the preceding weekend (some people may have travel plans). However, I am open to suggestions.
I think thatās all I have for now. Please feel free to chime in! This will be the first meetup Iāve āhostedā so please feel free to throw out any suggestions.
Thanks for setting this up. I would love to attend. I also wouldnāt mind bringing my own postcards and having others sign or stamp.
Would love to actually get to talk to each of you more. I was so busy signing last time that I wasnāt able to socialize as much as I would have liked.
Sounds a plan, unfortunately I wonāt be able to know if I am available that week before November (my working schedule will be released about a week or two earlier from the date). I am interested in the event tho!
Whoo-hoo! I actually have that weekend available!
I echo Vanās commentāmaybe we can go around the table and introduce ourselves. This will undoubtedly be a smaller group, so it wonāt take quite as long to mark the cards, so there could be more time to visit, maybe over lunch, or at least, coffee.
The Snail Mail Correspondence Society (monthly postcrossing meetups) used to meet in the Food Court at the Montclair Mall, which worked pretty wellāthere were some very long tables. That group folded, due to the pandemic and it doesnāt seem that it will get back together. Rodeo X Public Market sounds great.
Thanks so much for pulling us together!
Saturday, November 19th at 11a might be good timing for me, as it looks like Iāll be passing right through the area about then. Will know for sure in a bit.
Using &/or exchanging cards we already have is perfectly fine by me.
Good morning, IE fam! Wow, yāall are fast!
You guys are awesome. Thank you!
Based on the responses, I say letās keep the date/ time/ location as originally proposed. If I am in the Ontario area the next couple of weekends, Iāll stop by Rodeo X and see if there is a particular seating area that we should shoot for.
@SoullessFish@ad7yn sorry you wonāt be able to join us next month! We will certainly let you know of future meetups.
Yes, absolutely. We welcome all! I think you are still considered part of the IE, yes?
We did want to keep the meetup a little bit on the smaller side; that said, at this point, I donāt think we are going to establish a capacity limit, but we will see who else expresses interest in attending. If anything, we can sit at separate tables (although ideally Iād love for us to have one long table if we can snag one).
There is no cost for use of facilities, however, definitely bring your appetite! Iāve been told thereās some good eats at Rodeo X.
That sounds fun.
As a suggestion, because I know people like receiving meetup cards, if there wonāt be an āofficialā meetup card and people can just bring their own, maybe instead of a card, there can be an āofficialā sticker made so people can ābrandā the cards they are sending as being from the meetup?
So like a basic sticker that just says āOntario Meetup. 11/19/22ā and the Postcrossing Logo? Easier to design than a postcard.
Funnily enough, for Geetikaās meetup, I was attending CatCon that same day, and if I am able to attend this one in Ontario, I will also be attending another convention that weekend as well. Things tend to get busy at work during that time, so I am not sure Iāll be able to attend, but it sounds fun.
Weāll see. Do we have to RSVP?
Oh wow, that is very kind of you! I am definitely open to a sticker ā I sense that many of us will want to exchange our own postcards! Thank you!! Can I help sponsor the cost of materials?
As a matter of fact, someone PMād me yesterday about designing a card for our meetup. I donāt suppose it would be an issue to have both a postcard and sticker for our event?
Only if itās not too much trouble for either of you!
Donāt you just love it when the stars align and you can do multiple events in one weekend?
At this pointā¦ I think if you leave a message in this forum thread expressing interest in attending, I will treat that as an RSVP. If you (and our card artist) need a head-count for your materials, then we can discuss that. I think our event will still end up being small-ish, but who knows? Iām just happy people want to drive out to the IE, haha.
I canāt say Iāll do them, because I am not sure Iāll be able to make it since itās the start of the holiday season.
But,maybe I can make a design for the sticker and someone can be in charge of the printing?
Or if someone already volunteered to design the card, thatās good too.
No worries! I might have a local printing shop that could assist, let me inquire.
Absolutely, a card would be great.
It is a little bit less time than weād have liked for graphic design, but I think we can pull it off!
CITY/REGION: Ontario, California
MEETUP PLACE: Rodeo X Public Market
DATE: Saturday, November 19th
TIME: 11:00 AM
MEETUP PLAN:
if thereās anyone from the IE that I missed from Geetikaās meetup, please feel free to tag them as well! Thanks!
