# Hey! Wanna meet? (Phoenix/Arizona and surrounding states Dopefest planning) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676 "2015-01-13T03:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/21 "2015-01-24T18:47:13Z")
If you come in **fisha** , the main room is closed for a big unrelated reunion, I’ll be at the bar. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/22 "2015-01-24T19:12:09Z")
Now with \*\*fisha \*\*at the Newton! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/23 "2015-01-25T01:33:30Z")
Back home and I can report that fisha is a very cool and nice gal. I will post a picture later about one of the smallest Dopefests. We are still open for the big Dopefest coming on March 21st. So far the ones coming are: \*\*Idle Thoughts GIGObuster Palo Verde Lightlystarched campp \*\* Get into list! Win a [Dr. Who K-9](http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1f03/) as **fisha** did! (There was a draw, and she won it fair and square! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/24 "2015-01-25T01:55:52Z")
The Newton was a very cool place. GIGObuster was the most gracious host I’ve had for a long time. Thanks for the warm welcome and always interesting conversation. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/25 "2015-01-25T02:06:57Z")
I was invited the last time one of these rolled around. Put me down as _Eeeeehhh maybe but probably not - uhhh, we’ll see_. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/26 "2015-01-25T05:20:21Z")
I probably won’t make it. For some reason the whole wife-and-mother-of-four-kids-and-working-full-time thing tends to take up all my time. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/27 "2015-01-25T06:55:59Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > I probably won’t make it. For some reason the whole wife-and-mother-of-four-kids-and-working-full-time thing tends to take up all my time. Hey, I said I probably won’t make it! Don’t have to cancel just yet. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/28 "2015-01-25T16:10:10Z")
I plan to be there in March. Just don’t ask about sewers. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/29 "2015-01-25T16:51:47Z")
Ok, new list: Coming to the Phoenix Dopefest on March 21: \*\*Idle Thoughts GIGObuster Lightlystarched campp \*\* Possible attendees: **Palo Verde AClockworkMelon** ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/30 "2015-02-01T04:56:21Z")
We are considering whether we can work this in during the Kiddo’s spring break and also visit my sister in Sierra Vistas that same trip. We will see… ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/31 "2015-02-05T23:12:52Z")
Count me in. Well, actually, count me in with all necessary disclaimers so that the bottom line is that I am a definite maybe. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/32 "2015-02-06T21:51:25Z")
New list: Coming to the Phoenix Dopefest on March 21: \*\*Idle Thoughts GIGObuster Lightlystarched campp \*\* Possible attendees: \*\*Palo Verde AClockworkMelon Rhiannon8404 Lare \*\* ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/33 "2015-02-08T23:55:21Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Sorry to know you are not coming. This always happens in short notice meets in Phoenix, about 10 years ago it was just me and **lel**. > > But we will have once again one of the records for the smallest doepefest at 12:00 today. > > Hope to see **fisha** there, How can I recognize you **fisha**? It has probably been ten years since I was last at a Dopefest. It has also probably been ten years since I was mentioned on the Dope. 😛 Current status: unlikely, but if I’m not as insanely busy as I have been lately, I can handle bookstores. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/34 "2015-02-13T22:12:52Z")
> [@lel](#): > > It has probably been ten years since I was last at a Dopefest. It has also probably been ten years since I was mentioned on the Dope. 😛 > > Current status: unlikely, but if I’m not as insanely busy as I have been lately, I can handle bookstores. I think you were the first doper I ever met. I remember we met at a mall or something like that. And you had a fun topic printed out for me to read, because back during my first year here, I used to print them out and read them at home rather than read them online (I didn’t have time to read the topics (with how long they’d get) back then). ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/35 "2015-02-14T05:36:15Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I think you were the first doper I ever met. > I remember we met at a mall or something like that. And you had a fun topic printed out for me to read, because back during my first year here, I used to print them out and read them at home rather than read them online (I didn’t have time to read the topics (with how long they’d get) back then). I think so, and I’m pretty sure you weren’t the last Doper I met, but I can’t recall attending any Doper gatherings since 2004 or so. One interesting thing I’ve learned in the intervening years is that you can easily recognize people at age 30 or 35 if you haven’t seen them since they were 12. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/36 "2015-03-01T17:58:04Z")
I’m bumping this because: 1. I only found it by accident and I think there’s a possibility someone else in the area might see it, but not if it’s on the third page. (Truly a public-service minded type, me.) 2. I’m excited about it. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/37 "2015-03-06T02:41:08Z")
Sorry for not keeping up with this for a while, I was busy with health issues. The current list: Coming to the Phoenix Dopefest on March 21: **Idle Thoughts GIGObuster Lightlystarched campp Lare**(are you saying now that you will come**Lare**?) Possible attendees: \*\*Palo Verde AClockworkMelon Rhiannon8404 lel \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/38 "2015-03-07T19:33:26Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Sorry for not keeping up with this for a while, I was busy with health issues. > > The current list: > > Coming to the Phoenix Dopefest on March 21: > …\*\* > Lare\*\* (are you saying now that you will come **Lare**?) > > … The scales are tipping, ponderously slowly, toward a yes. I should know for sure in a couple days. But if you wanted to work on an excuse **not** to have to be in a room with me, this would be a good time to start thinking of something. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/39 "2015-03-16T01:29:00Z")
I should be able to attend. In the event that the Archons get all whiny, though, I mihgt have to go straighten them out. Are the time and place still the same as above? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676/40 "2015-03-16T03:22:07Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > I should be able to attend. > > In the event that the Archons get all whiny, though, I mihgt have to go straighten them out. Are the time and place still the same as above? Yes, the place where we will meet will be the bar still, as there will not be too much of a crowd I did not think that we could reserve the meet area. However, I’m still looking to get a deal for a small group in the restaurant that is just in the same building. Need to know now if anyone coming will also order some food, because as usual we will all chip in for our meals but I need to find our numbers to see if we can get a discount. Coming to the Phoenix Dopefest on March 21: \*\*Idle Thoughts GIGObuster Lightlystarched campp Lare \*\* Possible attendees: \*\* Palo Verde AClockworkMelon Rhiannon8404 lel\*\* Anyone else? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wanna-meet-phoenix-arizona-and-surrounding-states-dopefest-planning/709676.md?page=3)