Mild Mild West meetup (Kansas City)

Hello all,

There seems to be some interest in having a meet-up in the midwest this summer. Since Kansas City tends to be a good middle-ground for the midwest, and it sounds like it's tradition, I thought I would offer to organize the event. I'm fairly new here, so I would be leaning on some more seasoned members to help me with meet-up specifics and activities.

Right now I am thinking the weekend of August 19th. If anyone has better suggestions please let me know.

If you would be interested in attending the meetup sometime later this summer, please reply! I would like to make sure we've got a critical mass of interested folks to make this happen.


Tom

I would be interested

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I'll come.

Tom, I would suggest that you simply throw up a date that works for you and see if it sticks.

Randydance may still be too laid up to be able to come but he is great about doing notifications about meet-ups to "local" members.

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I would suggest that you simply throw up a date that works for you and see if it sticks.

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Good point. Date added in bold!

The eclipse path is just to the north of KC on the 21st, so people have another reason to go there. I'll be in Wyoming.

Pm sent please read and give me a shout!!
Ray

Too close to the Sturgis rally, won't have any gas left to make it back to K C. Tc

I'm interested in having a table and can help with organizing and what not, if you need help that is.... I put one on last year in KC, independence actually, but we had a fairly good turn out


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Pm sent please read and give me a shout!!
Ray

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Tom,
Ray, aka Walleyeman, hosted a meet-up at his place in KC and it was one of the best meet-ups I ever have attended (out of about 40). If he is offering to help, please take him up on it. Odds are good that the bagpiper appearing out of the fog won't be repeated, but we can dream!

Regardless, thank you for taking this on!

I'm in StL and might be interested in making the trip, depending upon whatever else ends up on my schedule. Of course, my wife and I just made the trip to KC back in June so she might have other travel plans in mind for us before making a return, particularly for me to spend a day with the rest of the razor fanatics.

I am pretty sure Ray moved to northern Minnesota.

Try getting in touch with Modine. He is excellent help!

Thanks for making this offer to host a KC Razor Meet ! :)

I would really like to attend another one but I have a problem with the date. The months of July, August and September are much to hot and humid. They also conflict with a lot of peoples vacations.

The best times for Razor Meets are October thru May. Thats after summer vacations, kids are back in school and before the June weddings and graduations.

But, I will help out in any way I can.
:)

BTW, my vote is for either October or November. :)

FWIW, a well attended Straight Razor Meet in this area is, at max, 25 people.

Then again, 5 or 6 people can be just fine too!

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Originally Posted by randydance062449

BTW, my vote is for either October or November. :)

FWIW, a well attended Straight Razor Meet in this area is, at max, 25 people.

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We had between 30-40 people last year and just last month in St. Louis we had about 30 or so.... a lot of it just depends on how well the word gets out... I know there has been a lot of people pushing for a Springfield meet up also though


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Hey guys! Thanks for all of the feedback.
After some of the discussions i've had offline with some folks who have held meets before, I think the best option is to move the meet to sometime either this fall or next spring for the reasons noted as well as the work effort involved to make it a nice event for everyone coming. A month, as we've seen, also doesn't give a lot of people time to make sure they don't already have other obligations.
All of that said, my wife and I are having a baby boy sometime in the October timeframe... so I'm leaning towards next spring, perhaps April.
This would give some time to get a team of local guys to lend a hand, give me a change to maybe reach out to some vendors to see if they might be either interested in attending or contributing prizes, give people a chance to plan for a specific weekend ahead of time, and the weather won't be quite so stiffing.
Sorry I jumped the gun on this one, I didn't know all the work that was involved when starting the threat. but hopefully that means we can have a great meet early next year!


Tom

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Originally Posted by Butzy

Hey guys! Thanks for all of the feedback.
After some of the discussions i've had offline with some folks who have held meets before, I think the best option is to move the meet to sometime either this fall or next spring for the reasons noted as well as the work effort involved to make it a nice event for everyone coming. A month, as we've seen, also doesn't give a lot of people time to make sure they don't already have other obligations.
All of that said, my wife and I are having a baby boy sometime in the October timeframe... so I'm leaning towards next spring, perhaps April.
This would give some time to get a team of local guys to lend a hand, give me a change to maybe reach out to some vendors to see if they might be either interested in attending or contributing prizes, give people a chance to plan for a specific weekend ahead of time, and the weather won't be quite so stiffing.
Sorry I jumped the gun on this one, I didn't know all the work that was involved when starting the threat. but hopefully that means we can have a great meet early next year!


Tom

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If you do it in April you'll be competing with the largest wet shaving meet up out there... Big Shave West... just an FYI... also the maggards meet up and the Chicago meet up are probably two others you wouldn't want to have conflicting schedules with... maggards is in May sometime and Chicago is in June


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If you do it in April you'll be competing with the largest wet shaving meet up out there... Big Shave West... just an FYI... also the maggards meet up and the Chicago meet up are probably two others you wouldn't want to have conflicting schedules with... maggards is in May sometime and Chicago is in June


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Good to know! keep the info coming and I'll try to get a date or weekend nailed down that will work. Thanks!

I don't think you jumped the gun, and some meet-ups are not organized at all. You can just announce a date and time and open the door when someone shows up.

Let me know if you'd like to do an informal, no planning, pre-baby (congrats!!!), small scale, practice run, mini-meet-up/worst baby shower ever.

I'd be interested in attending a late summer or early fall meetup if the OP is still considering that option.

Is conflicting with the west coast and Chicago events really a problem? I don't hear much about them here at SRP.

Utopians idea for a small mini meet first is a good one. Then you will get the flavor of what happens.
Regarding competing with other wet shaving meets. Don't worry about it. There are more than enough guys who will not be traveling to the west coast or michigan or texas etc. There are plenty of people here in the midwest. :)

I am interested and posting to subscribe to this thread.

I would hope that if there are any members in the KC area, Mo/Ks. It would probably be welcomed if they would contact the person that started the thread. My point is to offer a little help to him! Help is good. I know that there are some questions as to a date but it would help him beings he/they are expecting!

Ray

I'm not in the area but I am committed to remotely helping with any mini-meet-up he may wish to do. In addition, I will do my best to attend with both my microscope/video set-up and my sparkling personality!

Also, I am hoping that Kelly (Nun2Sharp) and Sham (HiBudGL) will be able to make an appearance.

Hello all,

Just wanted to revamp this idea for next year. I was not able to commit time to anything this year as I was buying a house, getting ready for our first baby, and starting a new job over the summer. Along with a lot of folks being away at summer homes, I thought it better just to try again next year. Bit off more than I could chew by starting the idea.

I'd to see what interest there is in an informal get together at a park or shelter in the Kansas City area next Spring/Summer. It sounds like the meetups of old around here have been pretty elaborate so I'd like to making sure that isn't the precedent, but rather just a chance to meet everyone and put a face with a name (or avatar in this case!)

Let me know thoughts, ideas, input. Feel free to PM me also. Thanks,


Tom

May might be a good month... also, if we do it on the square in independence we could possibly get coupons/meet up deals at wild about Harry's... just a thought,... we could do something more in the Kansas City area too... the cigar shop on the plaza also carries a small selection of wet shaving gear...


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Also I'm not picky on a time of year, but might be good to do it at different times than the big shave west and the maggards meet up


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Tom, any date is fine. I will try/make every attempt to attend.

Ray

hey guys, going to revive this a little bit. changing jobs and having a first child last year wasn't super conducive to organizing a meetup last year.
however, sounds like there's some interest in another forum for a missouri meetup and with the interest here it sounds like there'd be a critical mass. I know most of you guys have accounts on B&B so if you like, express interest, and we'll see if we can't get something put together this year!
https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum...eet-up.533330/

Depending on where it is held, I may have interest. I would love to attend a meetup!

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hey guys, going to revive this a little bit. changing jobs and having a first child last year wasn't super conducive to organizing a meetup last year.
however, sounds like there's some interest in another forum for a missouri meetup and with the interest here it sounds like there'd be a critical mass. I know most of you guys have accounts on B&B so if you like, express interest, and we'll see if we can't get something put together this year!
https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum...eet-up.533330/

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FYI...
On the other hand, many of us have been banned from there, so...
:w

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FYI...
On the other hand, many of us have been banned from there, so...
:w

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Oh dear. I should have known...

I will chose not to take that personally!

Still, I would welcome an opportunity to participate in a meet-up with our B&B brethren.

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I will chose not to take that personally!

Still, I would welcome an opportunity to participate in a meet-up with our B&B brethren.

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No ill intent! I was just kidding.
If something comes to fruition on the B&B site I will be sure to update here so that everyone can join in the fun. It will be my first meetup.

I think inter-forum fights and bans are just silly. We all share the same interests and love the same things and we are far better off reaching out and connecting with each other :)

While I have been disinvited from participation at another shaving forum if I get invited to a local meeting it wouldn't really matter to me on which forum it is being organized.
Just like Utopian, and I think everybody else here, if I am able to I would go and hang out with the fine people there, have a great time and I'm sure I'll learn something new from them that I've missed.

I agree with the idea that people interested will show up and put their forum preferences aside. In reality all these forums are populated by the same people minus the few curmudgeons that spoil the soup. Open minded people will have the benefit of sharing a good experience and enrich themselves. Who knows these sort of meets are a good way to heal misconceptions about each others shaving clans and might bring some unity to the shaving universe hahaha maybe.

Initially, I was only "partially" banned for a very good reason. It was the same reason I was banned from another large forum. :w B & B offered me a chance to do a mea culpa post, which I was completely willing to do, but they completely banned me before I had a chance to do it.

I continued to attend meet-ups even though I was banned from two major forums. I felt very awkward but no one else seemed to care.

The meetups are organized through the forums but they have virtually nothing to do with the forums. It's just a bunch of guys who get together to help and learn from each other.