The third Chch meetup is this Sunday at 4.30pm! We have a few regular attendees so if you live in Chch and would like to connect with the Less Wrong community here it's well worth the effort to come along.

It will be held in James Hight library, discussion room 901, at the University of Canterbury. You do not need to be a student or in any way affiliated with UC to come along, the discussion rooms are open to everyone.

The way to get there is to go through the front (and only) doors of the library, walk forwards until you see elevators to your right, and take one of those elevators to floor 9. Then walk around the edges of the floor until you see room 901. Don't take the stairs, they only lead up one floor! If you need clearer directions or anticipate getting lost, PM or post below and I can clear it up and give you a contact cell number.

Potential activities include rationalist Cards Against Humanity, goal-setting, and if previous occasions are any indication a whole bunch of interesting discussions. It's very casual, so if you have anything you'd like to do or discuss post below or just show up with it :-)

If you'd like to come along, but can't make this day or time, please post below so we know for future meetups. Also, if you have something on early and can come later, that's fine too - meetups typically last 3-4 hours and dropping in partway (or leaving partway) is absolutely fine.

The second Chch meetup is about to begin! 4.30pm this Sunday. We already have three confirmed attendees so if you live in Chch and would like to connect with the Less Wrong community here it's well worth the effort.

It will be held in James Hight library, discussion room 901, at the University of Canterbury. You do not need to be a student or in any way affiliated with UC to come along, the discussion rooms are open to everyone.

The way to get there is to go through the front (and only) doors of the library, walk forwards until you see elevators to your right, and take one of those elevators to floor 9. Then walk around the edges of the floor until you see room 901. Don't take the stairs, they only lead up one floor! If you need clearer directions or anticipate getting lost, PM or post below and I can clear it up and give you a contact cell number.

Last time was a lot of fun, spanning topics from self-enhancing drugs, what the bayesian/frequentist debate is all about, cool blogs to follow and the ways in which a Giant might attempt to dismember a Sky Whale.

Join us for the first Christchurch meetup!

It will be held in room 901, James Hight Library at the University of Canterbury. Just head in the front (only) doors to James Hight, find an elevator (don't take the stairs, they only go up one floor), go up to floor 9 and you'll find room 901 along one of the walls. If you're unsure of how to get there feel free to comment below, PM me for directions or PM me for a cell number in case you get lost.

I'll be there from 4pm, so arrive anytime 4-4.30 to chat and meet people. We'll start the planned activities at 4.30 and go for as long as people would like.

As for what the planned activities are to be - I'm open to suggestions! As a default, we'll start with a few introduction games, move onto discussing an article or two, and finish up with some fun (quick to learn) card games like Story Wars.

Update:

Introductions: I'm going to take some advice from my positive psychology textbook, and suggest we introduce ourselves by telling everyone about a time we showed great character (whatever that means to you). I'll give a few examples at the time, and we may have to turn off our 'anti-bragging' instincts, but it should be a good way to get things started in the theme for the night.

Discussion article: [How to be Happy](http://lesswrong.com/lw/4su/how_to_be_happy/). Read if you have time, if not show up anyway! It should be easy to contribute to. There'll also be some unstructured discussion and probably loads of great tangents.

Games: As stated above, I'll bring along Story Wars, a game where you try and win by telling the most believable story about how your fantastical character would beat all the others. We can play or not depending on how time is going and what people want to do.