I'm starting to get involved with the Seattle EA/LW group, and helping organize a Secular Solstice in Seattle.
Deal with it, internalized social anxiety.
Any more info available about this than what's on http://lesswrong.com/meetups/16r? It's on my calendar but I don't have much info about it and would definitely like to see it happening. I may be able to help out, if there's something needed.
Note: Explicitly not bragging here, just mentioning potentially-relevant info: I'm also looking into starting a Sequences-reading/discussing group with some other local aspiring rationalists. I know at least one of them is also working on the Secular Solstice thing.
I should focus more on making these things happen.
So, to quote myself all those months ago when I first had this idea (I haven't actually posted one of these since the original. funny how that happens):
In an attempt to encourage more people to actually do awesome things (a la instrumental rationality), I am proposing a new monthly thread (can be changed to bi-weekly, should that be demanded). Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome thing you've done this month. You may be as blatantly proud of you self as you feel. You may unabashedly consider yourself the coolest freaking person ever because of that awesome thing you're dying to tell everyone about. This is the place to do just that.
Remember, however, that this isn't any kind of progress thread. Nor is it any kind of proposal thread.This thread is solely for people to talk about the awesomest thing they've done all month. not will do. not are working on. have already done.This is to cultivate an environment of object level productivity rather than meta-productivity methods.
Anything not mentioned in a previous bragging thread is still fair game, even If it didn't actually happen in the last month.
So, what's the coolest thing you've done this month?