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So something I’ve been thinking about for a while has come up, and I’d love to hear community feedback on this.
I’ve wanted for a while to have more regular meets in open air in summer – and to that extent I’m thinking of doing on non-meet weekends where the weather is nice, having little picnic meetups at parks. This would likely be on the east side of the Cities (more my stomping grounds) and a chance for everyone to bring some sandwiches or snacks, hang out, play some frisbee and just enjoy summer.
Is this something people would be interested in? I’m definitely going to be doing two when the weather turns nice to ‘try it out’, but is there interest in it being more long term?
That sounds awesome!I’d much rather be outside than cooped up in Perkins or Caribou, if the weather is nice. You can definitely expect me to be there if my schedule allows it 🙂
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Sounds like fun! Any chance some could be in the Eagan area — I know that area better than by you, Ridayah?Amethyst
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My long-term desire with this is that people in other parts of the cities would take it upon themselves to find a park and volunteer to be there for one or two in the summer, so it could spread around! I just don’t have the means to go find places. And this would make it a community-driven event meetup, which I think would be great! So if you know of a good park and are willing to be the host one afternoon…. well then!Unfortunately, I don’t live in the area, so I really can’t help organize these 🙁I'm not crazy, I'm just... Okay, yeah maybe I'm a little nuts.
I know this type of idea works well for other furgroups. Usually for them picnics are not a big affair it’s more like their normal furgroup gathering.But most of those groups also don’t reserved like we traditionally do with our big picnic events so a lot of times the picnic is cancelled since well there is no where to go or it’s a small spot.
So would this be more “reserve a space” or meet in the park and if there is space to sit around cool otherwise just move around and have fun?
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Kurst "YipYap" HyperyoteThis sounds like it would be a lot of fun! I’d definitely try to make time for some of these events if they were to happen. Personally, I think just meeting at a park without prior “reservation” would work out nice. I’m not sure if anyone is familiar with these areas or not, but Lake Harriet and Minnehaha Falls are two places that come to mind when I think of fun, park-like meet up spots.I remember speaking with out about this on Saturday…It will also be a good idea to specify that these are not like our traditional big picnics…I bring this up because I could see some others outside the metro and in the neighboring states getting confused by little picnics versus the big ones. See what I am getting at?I do like this idea and the fact that different community members around the metro can volunteer to take charge…This will be nice to offer a variety.
What will be very interesting to see is if, over time, these become a big event…If they do, then further discussions will need to be had.
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To clear up some confusion I think I’m seeing, this would be a no-reservation, small-group meeting. Say 20-30 people, it’d be on the calendar but not announced, and generally not worry too much about reservations as that small size I don’t think generally require it. (Or worse case comes to worst, stick to those!)The big traditional picnics would still get the full court press and all that, this would be more community driven, low key, and fun!
I’d potentially be interested in smaller picnic gatherings in the summer. That sounds like fun! I live north of the Metro, but plan on working in the area come Spring, so I’ll likely be living nearby come summer. Heck, even if I didn’t, I’d still come to meet up with my furry brethren. Color me interested!I am Convel Deamhan: I've learned that light can be born from darkness, beauty from ugliness, redemption from damnation, and friendship from loneliness. I am ecstatic to be a member of MNFurs, and the furry fandom at large!
I generally work every other weekend (And Ill be gone the entirety of June), But for sure after that I’d love to meet up on my weekends off for Frisbee or swimming or w/e. Its great to have fresh air, and we can check out some other parks =3Wut o.o
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Absolutely worth it! I mean if people have recommendations, it’d be easy to say “Hey, I’m going to meet up at ____ park, here’s location, on _date_ at _time_ til _time_ see y’all there!” I know if I’m not otherwise busy I’ll be happy to help. And for me, it’ll be good, get my fat butt outside!Sounds like fun! Count me in 😀I’m in if I can get there. It gives me an excuse to try cooking stuff other than ramen too.Avatar By MLW
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Could be an interesting something, I wouldn’t mind being still more active in the summer months beyond camping and bike riding on the paved trails out here and some of the less paved ones. I will have to keep an eye out on this thread and see where it goes, like some of us I am up in the north metro also so not sure how many I could make, but could give it a try. 🙂 -
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