Lunch would work, too, but like you said it might be hard to get consistent numbers.
Maybe I'll just invite people outright. Or not.It's been ages since the last M&G here. Is there any interest an a small (say 10-16 people, equal number of hobbyists and providers) group outing? I was thinking dinner and/or drinks and conversation - nothing more, just a nice night out. There are plenty of places with a private room that could be used for this purpose.....
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Oct. 12th evening is the evening Yom Kippur ends. So us Jews will be starving for some yummy feast for the yes!
Nope, not back in. Just provided the link for the next M and G. Will be the same ladies who hosted the last one.
In order to find five to eight of each hobbyists and providers to meet for drinks and/or dinner, several of those participants probably will have found out about it and gotten their invite through some kind of networking. This means there's a good chance that several, perhaps half, of the guests will already know each other. This not only kind of defeats the purpose of a M&G, but it also means that those who don't know anyone else there are outside the core conversations and can't really connect.
Also, at a M&G involving like 100 people, if a lady or gent find themselves in an uncomfortable conversation which they'd rather not pursue, they can just move on and talk to someone else. With 10-16 people the options for such a social escape is very limited.
I'm not suggesting you don't do this, but maybe be selective about who is invited. Try to avoid a clique of friends (most likely among providers) and try to devise some structure where everybody shares time with everyone.
You might set it up like speed dates, except instead of speed you allow, say, a half hour before rotating. That would be way too structured for a lot of people here. But maybe you could come up with something like that
I personally always had a great time at the informal lunch meet and greets of a few years ago. But I understand the invitees, both ladies and gents tend to well, be flaky. But I think a small gathering can also work (such as Beatpoets) which maybe had 10-15 guys and 5 or more ladies.
Lunch would work, too, but like you said it might be hard to get consistent numbers.
Maybe I'll just invite people outright. Or not.
8 providers, 8 hobbyists meet in a hotel where the providers have secured rooms. Dinner, drinks in the lounge, get to know each other, then all the ladies put their second room keys in a bag. The hobbyists take a key at randomness and have a session with whoever. But they also have the names et al of the other 7. Just a thought.
tho i loved them when we had the whole room to ourselves, there were a couple when the group was sharing the restaurant with the general public, and it was kind of obvious (at least to me) what we were doing: a bunch of old guys and a bunch of young hot women dressed to kill.
at one, a young provider asked, "do you think people are wondering what we are doing?"
i said, "oh no, i'm sure they all know what we're doing!"
but beatpoet deserves mad props for putting them together, as does bond for his m&g's, and also harlowe and lorelei & the ladies for the current crop.
any time i get to be in a room and flirt shamelessly with young women is a good time.
But I'd probably be down to. Keep me in the loop.