<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by newself:
What is the big deal about all of this? If someone wants to put together a gathering of FT'rs for a weekend in whatever city, then go for it.</font>
Ibid.
Life is too short not to meet other cool people.
Power to the people who want to plan big party-do's.
But the little ones, like the ones we find off of looking at others itineraries, or the medium-sized 'chopped liver' Seattle event, and the other ones that
Rudy mentioned, sound like the spirit of the FT community.
To me, ANY chance to connect in person with others helps make a virtual community stronger.