Posted by bob on May 29, 2000, at 13:26:46
In reply to Re: question for everyone, posted by ChrisK on May 29, 2000, at 12:39:06
> The best advice I can give you is to watch out for people who reply in personal e-mail rather than to the forum or chat room.
Oops! Damn! And I just sent Kathy an email message, too.
Kathy, it *can* be kinda hard in our situations to meet, since we're flung across the world ... even to Canada, if you can believe that! (=*P to the lot of ya! Especially Cam! ;^). But Dr. Bob does travel sometimes and that can open opportunities for having a face-to-face in some public place.
... tho, when we did try it in NYC, it was Dr. Bob, Anita (you still lurking around?) and me. Some pre-babblefest publicity dissuaded, it seems, some of those with social anxiety ... just another of the obstacles in getting Babblelanders together.
Anyway, as the advice goes, you're an adult an can make your own decisions. The standard wisdom is to meet as publically as possible. Still, I'd have to say that the people here that I know well, as well as you can come to know someone online, are folks I'd trust more easily than those I've met in other places online.
And while we're on the topic, I may be in DC around the weekend of the 4th (Yes, of July). If anyone wants to get together, let me know ...
damn! that means more personal email, doesn't it?
;^) [to ChrisK]
bob
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