Hiya Guys!
Sorry I've been AWOL for a while but summer seems to be the busy time for all of us, me included. Things are starting to slow down a bit (at least for me) and I wanted to toss a couple of things out there.
Thom P. (of Flips) gave me a call a week or so ago and mentioned that Michael Sorkin of the Post Dispatch had discovered that we exist (Gateway Audio Society). It just so happens Mike is an Audiophile and an old customer of Thom's. In turn he surfed onto the GAS Circle and it sparked some interest. I called Mike and we talked for a while and it seems like he wants to write an article about us in the Post.
This is very cool. Sounds like we are going to get some publicity. With that, we are liable to get a number of people that want to join and become active members. I don't want to even take a stab at the possible numbers. It could be just a few, or it could be a few bus loads. We won't know for sure until the article runs.
Mike has asked me to put something together and email it to him describing who and what we are. I'm going to try to get that together and off to him in the next couple of weeks. As part of the article, he's going to need to post contact information for the group. Bryan has gracefully provided our (inactive) website. We should probably put a link on there to the GAS Circle here at AC on a temporary basis until we fill up the static website with content. That way we can communicate with the anticipated members.
This takes us back to the issue of hosting gatherings and regular meetings. I know we covered this before.
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=22694.10but we probably need to revisit it again if for no other reason, anticipated growth.
Tim (his boss actually) has graciously offered up The Sound Room's meeting room as a place that we can meet to talk about our growth. Tim said his availible dates are any Sunday in Sept except the 17th, 9/4 Labor Day (the Scot's don't celebrate it
), or any Saturday after 5 when the store closes. He also mentioned that afterwards we could head down the road to Growlers Pub (or any number of other places nearby) for eats and brews. The room has seating for 15 but can squeeze up to 20.
So, what do you think? Is it time for another organization meeting?
It would be nice to come out of the meeting with monthly gatherings that have a rotating venue. Where we list the months, then the active members step up and host a gathering. Limiting the size of the group will be a must as some guys can only handle 4-5-6 guys. A particular topic or piece of guest gear would be ideal for each meet.
Once we get this going, manufacturers will (likely) be more than willing to send down gear to demo for the groups if thats the type of thing you want to get going. Once we get big enough and a little better organized, manufacurers will come in and do full blown demonstrations for us too.
Here's a quick link to two other Societies to give you an idea what the other guys are doing our there;
http://www.chicagoaudio.org/http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/Thoughts
