We had a wonderful evening in Johannesburg on the 24th of September 2016 at the first Steem event in South Africa. We made some very good friends and also linked the faces of our new Digital friends on the Steem platform.
The event was very successful and we had a total of 11 people joining us, and a few phoned and excused themselves due to prior engagements. I am planing to do such an event every 6 months, to see how the community grows.
It was a very nice venue and thank you to the Brazenhead in Fourways. We will bear the venue in mind for future meetup's as it is very central for most people in Gauteng, South Africa.
We had amazing food and great company with the guys who joined us on the evening.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the food, but it looked something like this.
Here is a pic of some of our new friends:
From Left to Right:
@aslammotala, @kiligirl, @tim-beck, @rynow , @jacor , @gavvet (Behind the Steem Meetup Banner) ,
@spartanza, and @stardust
@naomi.louise is the one who you cannot see as she is on the other side of the camera taking the picture.
@simplyshad and @robertm unfortunately already left at the time when we took the picture.
We also had a few people who contacted me through Steemit Chat as they unfortunately couldn't make it to the event. They are @sakkievw, @stormblaze , @starblaze.
Please have a look at each and every of the profiles mentioned above, if you enjoy their articles please follow them.
It was a great evening of fun conversations and also gaining an understanding of what is making the other steemit users tick. Understanding their frustrations and building a support network around you for the future, .We had some noise and screams coming from the outside of our little conference room, as a result of the Premier league game between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Some more pictures:
I highly recommend that each of you, who have not attended a Steem Meetup event yet, to please take it on yourself, to arrange an event in your area. It is not a formal event, it is easy to arrange and it is wonderful to meet the people on the other side of the computer screens.
We are now looking forward to our more formal event on 29 October 2016. @ned (Ceo and Co-Founder of Steemit) will be joining us as the Opening Keynote speaker, at the first Steem Saturday event.
The Steem Saturday event is open for anyone to arrange in their country or area, and you can read more about this event and the arrangements in the posts below:
Steem Saturday - Coming to a city near you!
Steem Saturday Johannesburg confirmed for 29 October 2016
Happy Steeming
If you enjoy my articles please follow me on my blog at @jacor
Thanks for organising this @jacor - it was really good meeting fellow steemers
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Thanks for joining @tim-beck, I really had a good time and hope to have many more. Chat soon :)
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This looks really nice! Great work getting people together!
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Thanks @brianphobos, always great to see a comment from you. Your turn to arrange one :)
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Nice on you @jacor. I will be staging a Cape Town Steem Event in the near future. At present I am looking around first or second week in November.
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Sound excellent @themagus. Let us know early enough and we just might join :) Chat soon
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Excellent, will do !!
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Looks like a great time was had by all. Sorry I could not be there. Wont miss the next meetup. Well done to ya @jacor
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Great to hear from you again @sanjayramjee :) Thanks a lot. Hope you can join us for the next one :)
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I was going to do my own post about the Steemit meetup, but you said it all @jacor.
Some of the attendees I already new, but new friends were made ( @aslammotala, @spartanza, @simplyshad, @kiligirl and @tim-beck ), ideas were shared, good food was had and jokes were plenty.
I can't remember when last I had so much fun and had such insightful conversations with people I just met. Conversations easily flowed from motherhood to politics and astrology to medicine and science without skipping a beat.
I can't wait for the next Steemit event!!
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Awesome man @jacor. I will also be doing my second steemit meetup in Delhi, India in upcoming month. Keep spreading steem and keep spreading happiness .
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Hi @Jacor
Thank you for organizing the event @stardust and I had a great time at the STEEM MEET, we enjoyed every moment and enjoyed the company. I was waiting very not so patiently for this post. Thank you once again for organizing (not to mention the sponsored drinks and food)and thank you for all the wonderful people who attended.
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Thank you for organising @jacor. I had a great time, and was great meeting all you beautiful people! Looking forward to having more Steemit Events!
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Thanks for setting this up @jacor it was good to meet everyone
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