-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Matt on 06-29-15  10:06 <=-

 DS> Years ago, when we had at least a dozen BBS's in the Little Rock
 DS> area alone, users and Sysops would gather at a local restaurant every
 DS> so often, to put names to faces, recruit new users to their BBS's, etc.
 DS> Sadly, those days around here are long gone.
 
We had that sort of thing here in Rochester, too... back in the old
days... :)  Reinforced the sense of community...  :)  And at least one
bbs grew out of a local computer interest group...

And the COOKING echo picnics are a different form of the same idea...
getting together in person, putting faces to names, and real-time
interaction...  ;)

ttyl       neb

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