The Reading meetup is looking likely to be a weekly thing, so we'll be meeting in the same place at the same time as last week. We may use the time to discuss a better place and time to hold the meetups, as this doesn't work well for everyone. For now, we're still in the Starbucks next to Vue cinema and the river Kennet, in the Oracle Shopping Centre (Riverside Entrance). I (amongst others) will be there from 5pm, with a whiteboard with LessWrong written on it and the drawing of Clippy from last week.

In the event that introductions and subsequent interesting discussions don't take up all our time, I have "motivation and long term goals" jotted down as a conversation topic. Hopefully anyone who missed the last one will be able to come to this one, so we'll be able to all introduce ourselves and discuss an optimal scheduling as a group. I am a bad meetup organiser for not putting this up sooner, and for that I am sorry. If you couldn't make it to either but you're in the area, please do comment and let us know a time that would be better, and we'll try and take you into account!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+Oracle+Shopping+Centre/@51.45308,-0.971488,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s7305926!2e1!3e10!6s%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fstatic.panoramio.com%2Fphotos%2Fsmall%2F7305926.jpg!7i2048!8i1536!4m2!3m1!1s0x48769b15e736aff1:0x91a4b0447e720259!6m1!1e1 <--- As last week, if you're lost, then if the area you're in looks like this, you are in vaguely the right place!

We'll be meeting in the Starbucks next to Vue cinema and the river Kennet, in the Oracle Shopping Centre (Riverside Entrance). I'll be there from 6pm and I'll stay for at least two hours (longer, if enough people turn up to make it a proper meeting). There will be at least one other person there (so, at least two of us). I will have a whiteboard with paperclips drawn on it and "LessWrong" written on it, wear my EAG shirt and have a makeshift Slytherin badge on (there is at least an 85% chance I forget at least one of those things, in which case just look for the group of geeks - it's quite a small Starbucks so it ought to be obvious enough).

This is our first meeting and we're planning to make it a regular thing if we get enough interest, so this one will probably be focused on introducing ourselves and discussing plans. We'll hopefully announce more, so don't worry if you miss the first one.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+Oracle+Shopping+Centre/@51.45308,-0.971488,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s7305926!2e1!3e10!6s%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fstatic.panoramio.com%2Fphotos%2Fsmall%2F7305926.jpg!7i2048!8i1536!4m2!3m1!1s0x48769b15e736aff1:0x91a4b0447e720259!6m1!1e1 <--- Here is a photo of the area to be in, in case the location directions weren't clear enough. People in IRC say the link works. You have to kind of squint to see the Starbucks in the photo, but if you recognise this, you're close.

Hope to see you there :)