A Yam W N0 Plan:
I could be trying to host an event for folks to meet in my local area.
Those who have done it/organized it, how do you all keep it small, casual, and what keeps it safe? Let me know your thoughts!
(Please be nice but informative but if its too overwhelming I’ll axe the idea)
i admire your willingness to take the initiative here, that is to be commended. i thought i would chime in with my perspective as i have been to maybe 20 events over the last 15 years or so, most of them here in the greater toronto (canada) area.
first, if it's an informal event not being known by a known group or club, someone involved in the organizing of the event needs to be established in the community. i see your account is 6 days old, you and i don't know each other, and i don't know if you've been an active member in the past. but i know most of us in the community would not even consider going out an meeting other from this (or any other online community for that matter) without having already built up a certain amount of trust.
once you get past the hurdle of actually attracting people to the idea, location is a tough one. it need to be central enough to get enough people to make the trip, which can be really tough. toronto is a big city with a lot of traffic. it is hours away from someone in the 'burbs. so this is always going to be a compromise. back before the pandemic i attended two meet-ups, one in the west end and one in the east end, and out of maybe 25 people only 4 of us attended both.
you also have to be interested in the social aspect enough that, if it's just a bunch of single thin fat admirers that show up, you're still interested in getting to know each other on a human level, not necessarily as a fetish. the last event my partner and i went to, it was 3 couples, and while food was a topic, it was pretty vanilla and chill, and that was great.
good luck! i wish there were more meet-ups, they seem to have dwindled down a lot since the pandemic.
