Ogilvie

I'll be able to give professional input shortly once HelenBaby gets back to me; she's organised Sonic London through no less than eleven successful meetups over the last two or three years. I think she could give some really awesome advice for all us hopefuls. From what I can gather... (I'll definitely be asking HelenBaby all these) To start one needs a choice of venue. It could be a free one like a park, or a place where you can buy stuff like an arcade or restaurant or movie theater. If you've got the money you can always rent a place as well; lots of places rent out rooms for as little as twenty people to countless thousands. Alright, once a venue is set up you need to actually announce the event. Then it becomes an issue of promotion; for this reason I suggest setting up a meetup group first, and then picking a venue for your event. Really that's all there is to setting up a venue. Presumably gatecrashers won't show up given they likely won't know about it. Beyond that I assume it's largely up to each organiser what sort of things they want at their event. For example, I want to host one for about 40-50 people and also want to get the necessary security equipment to be able to host a Transformed tournament; failing that, I want to be able to have a Wii U so people can try out Lost World.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SonicSTL/ At the request of St. Louis residents in Sonic Social who were unsure about being the group admin/organiser, I started the group. I'm serving as an admin in caretaker capacity (being that I live in the desert) and am willing to hand the reins over to whoever wants to run the group; all one needs to do is ask. The current description/banner/etc. are all placeholders and naturally whoever takes over as admin is free to alter them. If you're afraid that joining and requesting this on Facebook will let me know your real name, I posted the same thing in the actual group, so I won't be able to make the connection. I've also sent a request to Helen of Sonic London to interview her about forming and managing meetups (so as to help newer organisers, including myself, get advice from a veteran of the subject); in the meantime I'm going to go promote this elsewhere!

Index of Meetup Groups and their Sites Index of Upcoming Meetups Tips from Helen of Sonic London on how to form, promote, and successfully manage your meetup groups! More tips from Tanner "Ogilvie" Bates on planning meetups! Alright, I decided to start a general purpose megathread for Sonic meetups and the groups that organize such meetups. I feel status updates and signatures as a means of promotion doesn’t really do the topic justice. It also avoids possible spam from separate topics, as everyone can simply come to a single topic to browse meetups or arrange ones of their own. Feel free to simply inquire if anyone would be up for a meetup or even decide to schedule one. I’ll add you to the list in the OP so anyone who visits the thread can quickly look you up in the index. Feel free to share any websites, Facebook groups, etc. that you may have and I will also put that in the Index. You may see the words "Sonic Social" and "Sonic Revolution" thrown around a lot; they are separate but intertwined organisations, with Social handling grassroots organisation and casual meetups, while Revolution focuses on more organised, structured conventions. I’m hoping that working together we can put Sonic meetups in the map all over the globe! You know what they say, the more the merrier!

Allo! I go by Ogilvie Maurice (cookie if you know the origin of the name) in a lot of places, but you may call me Tanner if it pleases you. I've been a casual fan since the 90s but I became fully invested in Sonic after Sonic Adventure 2. I like most of the male characters, with my two favorites being Sonic and Shadow. My involvement in the community didn't really come until mid-2012, when I attended Sonic Boom. After that, I felt a desire to meet more fans and discuss with them; ever since I've become infamous at the Sonic Stadium for taking over the boards at regular intervals. My greatest involvement is recent; when Sonic SoCal was announced in June I was quick to do my best to attend. I am now serving as not only its trivia host, but a member of the SoCal staff in general (for the larger events at least), while also helping in the capacity of press. I've also started Sonic Nevada to try and organise fans in my state, seeing the successes of Sonic London and Sonic SoCal. It culminated with the formation of Sonic Social, which I formed in the hopes of founding Sonic meetup groups in every city. I've been very busy lately, but I love seeing these things come to fruition, so if nothing else, expect me to be a Boom/Summer of Sonic/Sonic meetup enthusiast.