First off, thank you all for your patience while I have been too busy to schedule new Meetups.  Also, I did not receive a single complaint about the so-called "New Meetup" during its roll-out, even though that caused substantial outcry -- mostly among organizers -- at the national level.  While I have concerns about Meetup.com the company, I consider Meetup the community truly the best out there, because we are all about in-real-life, face-to-face interaction.

With "New Meetup", I decided to start anew and cancel all items in the calendar that were previously in the Creative Social Club and Happy Hour Institute of Chicago calendars.  All of those items were either tentatively scheduled into the future or "Meetups in the making", and I wanted to "clean up" the calendars and have a fresh reset with new confirmed Meetups.  I have kept PDFs of those cancelled Meetups so that no information is lost and I will schedule Meetups along similar themes in the future.

We start with Oscar Night Conversation Salon 2011 on February 27h.  We have had some outstanding, fun conversation salons in the Creative Social Club, and I thought: What better time is there to have a conversation salon than on Oscar night?  That is the one night of endless chatter...about film, filmmaking, celebrities, everything.  Many of you already have Oscar Night watch parties, of course, but some of you may not.  No one should watch the Oscars alone at home!  Yes, the venue will be my favorite neighborhood bar The Full Shilling again, but it's chill, it's cheap, it's no-muss, no-fuss.  This will be a joint Creative Social Club/Happy Hour Institute of Chicago Meetup.

At The Full Shilling, look for a new SMILEY-FACE TONGUE-OUT sign that I will create.  You can also call/text me on my Google Voice number at [masked] on the day of the Meetup. If for whatever reason, there are any changes in plans, look for updates at TWITTER.COM/CHICAGOMEETUP.

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  ocp

  Sorry I can't make it - I have other Oscar nite plans. I look forward to attending future Meetups, though.

  Posted Feb 23, 2011 at 11:44 PM
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  Steve

  I will be late.

  Posted Feb 27, 2011 at 2:58 PM
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  Mindy

  The Oscars start at 6pm tonight in our time zone, just FYI. I'll probably show up early to see the beginning.

  Posted Feb 27, 2011 at 5:26 PM
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  Jester

  The Academy Awards starts at 7:30 PM. Oscars Red Carpet Live is from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Haha I will be sure to include the full red carpet show next year. ;) I will arrive at The Full Shilling around 6:35 PM. Mindy, if the bar is not showing ABC and you arrive before me, just ask them to put it on some screens for our group. They might set us up on the other side. We should have a solid 2 tables there.

  Posted Feb 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM
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  angela

  Sorry I didnt make it last night. Got sick Saturday night so spent the all of yesterday in bed :( Next time

  Posted Feb 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM