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I’m not sure how, but I have become the preferred tweetup organiser for Johannesburg- I’m flattered – shot guys

I haven’t organised one in a while so in the regular democratic spirit of JHB tweetups, before I send the invite – YOU get to choose where & when it will be held.

Vote here (Voting closes on Tuesday 16 June, I’ll send the invite on Wednesday 17 June)

Results so far:

On Wednesday night a few Joburg Tweeps gathered at The Baron in Sandton to welcome Gaby Rosario to Smog City. It was a change from our normal tweetup venue of Capello in Sandton city, which we were sad to give up since Garsen left (but that’s another story altogether).

Nick Jackson & I were the first to arrive. Well, we thought we were until we realised Walter Pike had been there since 5pm and had already made enemies with one of the local bees. The rain threatened to dampen our spirits but after a few rounds of musical chairs to avoid the drops, the fantastic waiters built us a table under cover, despite us not having a booking. The guest of honour did the typical Cape Town thing and got lost (Damn Garmins!) but she managed to find it and so Gaby Rosario’s Joburg tweetup got underway.

It was really great to finally meet @Darwinshome  and @AfricanABC after months of almost daily interaction and, of course, meeting Gaby was awesome, as expected. Smart chick, she is.

@TimLunn brought these fantastic little gadgets that let you exchange your electronic business card & Social Media info (up to 30 platforms including Twitter,Facebook & LinkedIn) with other people who have them by just touching them together (“Bumping uglies” as @SnappingTurtle put it.). Perfect for tweetups, conferences and 27Dinners. They also come in the most awesome designs. They’re called “Pokens” and more info can be found here. They can be bought online either singly for R250 each or in packs of 12, working out to R150 each. @Shebeegee and I were chatting and if enough people are interested, maybe we can all put our money together to take advantage of the discount.

I’m not going to waffle on for much longer, @CraigN & @Darwinshome brought their cameras and pictures are worth a thousand words.

Click here and here for @CraigN’s photos

Click here for @Darwinshome’s photos

These are the crazy tweeps that were there:

@GabyRosario, @SnowgooseSA, @ShaunCusters, @SnappingTurtle, @Peter_vs, @Rozze2, @Delta_3, @jkretzmer, @Shebeegee, @mylifescape, @8unni, @NickJackson, @slicktiger, @WalterPike, @Saulkza, @CraigN, @TimLunn, @BergenLarsen, @AfricanABC & @Darwinshome.

It seems I have somehow become the unofficial “JHB-tweetup-organising-person” (A title I dont mind at all – I love tweetups!).

So in the grand tradition (okay, so this is only the fourth one – so what!?) of Snowgoose Tweetups I have organised a tweetup on Wednesday 18 March at The Baron in Sandton. You know; The one in the little shopping centre on Fredman drive where the Sandton News Cafe is?

We are meeting for a few drinks to celebrate Gaby Rosario foregoing the mowntin for a little while to visit us in Smog City. RSVP below or “@” me on twitter. Hope to see ya’ll there!

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UPDATE: The people tagged in this post are the ones I’d personally like to see at the tweetup. All tagged tweeps please RSVP below

@nickjackson, @choc_milk, @slicktiger, @mikestopforth, @melattree, @saulkza, @SimoneBiz, @CraigN, @Rozze2, @SnappingTurtle, @Peter_VS, @shauncusters, @Delta_3, @shebeegee, @exmi, @8unni,@Jenty, @zk, @darwinshome, @RubyGold.

And thanks to @EveD, @mylifescape & @chopman for RSVP’ing already.

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