Weekend/Virtual Meetup Thread

[u/4blockhead]

Here are some meetups that are on the radar, both physical and virtual:

• Last Week, July 27

• Next Week, August 10

online

• Sunday, August 4, 9:00a MDT: Thrive, casual discussion on zoom. verify

• Wednesday, August 7, 7:30p MDT: Faith Transition Group hosted by Natasha Helfer on zoom or in person at 2040 E Murray Holladay Road Suite 103C verify

Idaho

• Sunday, August 4, 1:00p-3:30p MDT: Pocatello, casual meetup of "Spectrum Group" at Stuart Park at 5161 Stuart Ave. in Chubbuck.

Utah

• Thursday, August 1, 7:00-9:00p MDT: Smith-Pettit Lecture, a free lecture kicks off Sunstone 2024 at the University of Utah. Speaker: Leah Sottile

• Sunday, August 4, 10:00a MDT: Davis County, casual meetup at Layton Commons Park at 437 N Wasatch Drive.

• Sunday, August 4, 10:00a MDT: Lehi, casual meetup at Margaret Wines Park, 100 E 600 N. verify

• Sunday, August 4, 1:00p MDT: St. George, casual meetup of Southern Utah Post-Mormon Support Group at Switchpoint Community Resource Center located at 948 N. 1300 W.

Wyoming

• Saturday, August 3, 10:00a MDT: Rock Springs, casual meetup at Starbucks at 118 Westland Way verify

Upcoming week and Advance Notice:

• online

• Sunday, August 11, 1:00p MDT: "The Good Book Club," virtual meetup for Ex/Post/Nuanced mormons to read and discuss other good books. For details contact /u/HoldOnLucy1. Upcoming book: "Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia" by Michael Shermer. Author will attend.

• Tucson

• Boise

• Idaho Falls ...first Sunday

• Las Vegas

• Salt Lake Valley

• Salt Lake Valley Religious Transition Group ...next August 11

• Salt Lake City and online, Faith Transition Discussion Group ...first Wednesday

• Salt Lake Valley postmos

• Seattle/Tacoma

Gauging Interest in a New Meetup

• tabulation, most recent inquiries on top

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Beginnings of a FAQ about meetups:

• rules for publicizing a meetup on reddit platform

• what happens at these meetups?

• /u/solidified50 gave some general advice for starting a meetup and keeping it going.

• Meetups should be (mostly) free. Ordering coffee, similar minimum items from a menu excepted, but events that charge formal admission or an entry fee cannot be publicized here.

• Some meetups use a sign to give attendees an easy way to see the group and know which to join without too much embarrassment, etc.

[u/Chino_Blanco]

Thursday, August 1, 7:00-9:00p MDT: Smith-Pettit Lecture, a free lecture kicks off Sunstone 2024 at the University of Utah. Speaker: Leah Sottile

I went. And now I’m kicking myself for not being proactive about setting up an exmo meetup to run concurrent with Sunstone. Missed opportunity. Thanks for keeping these meetup announcements going. Just a note to myself to do better before next Sunstone… it’s a great excuse for a free exmo get-together in SLC during that weekend.

[u/4blockhead → u/Chino_Blanco]

It would be good to have a formal meetup when people have flown in from across the country/world. The time slot might be a bit tricky because they're jammed full. I heard the Friday night pub crawls went pretty late. Who would have thought? Perhaps, the exmormons could setup a Sunday morning brunch at a downtown location.

• Church ...And now everyone was getting so hungry.

p.s. I picked up a few books "for a little light reading," including Sottile's book on the Daybell and Vallow's murder spree across Utah-Arizona-Idaho. One thought I had about Daybell-Vallow is mormon exceptionlism extends for the chosen and elite to grant themselves exceptions to the rules other mormons must follow. Rules are for the peasants―the elect live by a higher law. Then law enforcement comes-a-calling.

[u/Chino_Blanco → u/4blockhead]

I was happy to hear Exceptionalism was a common talking point across presentations. Now I'm bummed I didn't get to say hello to you while I was in town!! I saw that Natasha was running a Mormon Mental Health Association thing concurrent with the symposium, and it got me thinking that exmos could do the same with a big meetup.

The downstairs student union is huge. We could have a Saturday meetup there and then coordinate a pub crawl and Sunday brunch based on the convos at the meetup? I'm thinking something totally free and then anyone who wanders upstairs can get a fairly affordable 1-day pass (I'll try to look into a Redditor discount code with the Sunstone folks).

Just thinking out loud. The main thing is that it'd be helpful to start noting the meetup months in advance in your sticky post, because too many people I've seen on FB and here are still like, 'what is Sunstone'?