I just sent this out in e-mail to the people who had responded that way:
Hi folks,
This is a form letter going out individually to everyone who's expressed interest in a meetup at Dragon*con. Sorry about the impersonal nature of this.
I've made reservations at the Gordon Biersch Brewpub for SUNDAY, 1 PM. The brewpub is at 848 Peachtree Street -- it's about a mile due north from the convention hotels. You can walk it fairly easily, take a taxi, or drive and use their valet parking. I chose this place because the food is excellent, and it's reasonably close to the con while being just far enough that it won't be completely swamped.
The party name is "Escape Pod." I made reservations for 30 people. Only a dozen people responded to me, but I know how these things go and how word spreads, and we may get a *lot* more people showing up. Unfortunately I can't guarantee seats for anyone; it's unlikely that the whole restaurant will fill up at that time of day, but if you'd like to sit with the crowd, you may want to show up a few minutes early. I'm going to try to be there by 12:30, along with my wife Anna and Cunning Minx of the Polyamory Weekly podcast.
There's no agenda or topic to this; just good conversation and getting to meet fun people. We may have some of Minx's listeners there as well, or friends of friends, or anyone else who shows up. I go to cons largely to socialize, so this'll definitely be fun for me, and I hope it is for you too. And if you need to reach me with any questions, my personal e-mail address is sfeley@gmail.com and my cell number is 678-517-2350. A text message to the phone is usually more efficient than calling.
If this sounds good to you, we hope to see you there!
Have Fun,
- Stephen Eley
Editor, Escape Pod
http://www.escapepod.org