See the new Meetups widget in the sidebar, and "Add new meetup" link under "Create new article" for logged in users.
Meetups posted there automatically generate Discussion posts as a temporary hack to provide meetup comment discussion - we really wanted to publish all the work we'd done so far and didn't have time to finish that feature.
See the new Meetups widget in the sidebar, and "Add new meetup" link under "Create new article" for logged in users.
Melbourne and Seattle are not "nearby" Waco (or Greenville, 45 min east of Dallas). Is that intended to say upcoming meetups (near in time rather than space)?
Edit: Also, I don't like the semiotics of the envelope icon for "reply". That suggests "private message" and is indeed how it is used elsewhere.
ETA: Note that no further meetup summary posts are planned. Further coordination will take place via the Upcoming Meetups tab on the right-side site navigation bar.
There are upcoming irregularly scheduled Less Wrong meetups in:
Cities with regularly scheduled meetups: New York, Berkeley, Mountain View, Cambridge, MA, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, Irvine. And now, Washington, DC and West Los Angeles.
If you'd like to talk with other LW-ers face to face, and there is no meetup in your area, consider starting your own meetup; it's easy (more resources here). Check one out, stretch your rationality skills, and have fun!
To reduce front page clutter, the new plan is for meetups to be initially posted in the Discussion section, and for Anna Salamon to make a promoted post "upcoming meetups" post every Friday that links to every meet-up that has been planned for the next two weeks. For this week, please let me know if your meetup is omitted.
Please note that for your meetup to appear in the weekly meetups feature, you need to post about your meetup before the Friday before your meetup!
If you check Less Wrong irregularly, consider subscribing to one or more city-specific mailing list in order to be notified when an irregular meetup is happening: London, Chicago, Southern California (Los Angeles/Orange County area), St. Louis, Ottawa, Helsinki, Melbourne.