went to my first LW meetup in London recently and couldn't shake the feeling that no one wanted to talk to me...
I'm sorry we gave that impression. I'm pretty confident it wasn't deliberate, but I can sort of see how we might come across that way.
As a group we're making an effort to be more welcoming, so hopefully we will stop alienating new people soon. :-)
On the principle of organising events that I want to attend myself, I would very much like to organise a rationality conference/convention in the UK. I organise events for a living; in addition, in my free time I've organised five ~200 person weekend conventions and several other events.
At the moment I am thinking of a one day event on a weekend or a Friday in August, at Stamford Bridge or somewhere else easy to get to around London. There would probably also be a pre-conference dinner, or private bar night with music.
Costs would be in the region of £50-£100 a head including lunch.
Can I get a show of hands to see if the idea is viable?