Is it time for the first Steemfest in the USA? How about in August 2017 in Saint Petersburg, Florida? Would you like to go? If so, I would be honored to host this event and help make it a lot of fun! Would you help me see with your reply to this post whether or not it would be a good idea for me to begin planning the event because when you share your feedback, I will have the courage to take the next steps to making the first Florida Steemfest a reality?
Where and when? My initial plans are to schedule it for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday August 10, 11, and 12 in 2017 from 11 am to 3 pm each day at locations near Saint Petersburg, Florida which we can collectively choose together for the most fun! The closest large airport is Tampa, Florida or TPA for short. The Tampa Bay metro area is loaded with great tourist activities from a day at Busch Gardens to Disney being an hour drive away to beaches to the Dali Art Museum to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team and lots more! Maybe we could meetup at some of these and go together? The rest of the time outside from 11 am to 3 pm would be free for each of us to schedule to spend time in smaller groups for more niche activities such as breakfast or dinner.
What will be done for the 4 hours each day? The primary purpose of this proposed Steemfest in Florida is to experience the joy and connection of life together in ways we are not able to do online. For example, hugs, laughing, singing, dancing, etc! I am open to what format you would like to do that in especially in picking a location or locations to have it at. Would you like to have a day at a theme park or go to the beach or hang out in a hotel conference room or rent an open space with games or go to the art museum or have a picnic or a combination of them all? I think a day at the beach, a day somewhere inside maybe at a museum, and a day at a theme park or somewhere similar might be a lot of fun.
Would you like me to take the next step by making more concrete plans with exact dates and a system to organize everything? If your response to this is yes, I will continue to make updates with each new step in the planning as @roelandp has done so well with the events he hosts. If you are not following me already and want to see future updates, would you please follow me now because you will be able to see what happens next in your feed?
Love,
Jerry Banfield
Would love to go but busy ATM, any chance for Las Vegas for meetup #2 ? :)
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Oh just noticed it's in August so could maybe make it
If im going to las vegas this year do you wanna meet me and show me around?
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I am having a feeling STEEM Meetup Las Vegas in 2018... in the mean time Saint Petersburg, Florida sound pretty good in AUG 😎☀️🌴
Hey @stackin you going to the FL meetup? If you go I might try to make it as well, I hate to be the one who doesn't show up when others are going
I'm not sure yet... it's like 50/50. They needs to be a buzz about it in steemit world, get the peeps there ya know 🤔😬
I'd love to see one in Vegas! It has plenty of places to hang out and things to do. Only thing I ask is that we do one in Vegas maybe late fall/early winter. That weather is nuts in the summer!! hahah
I kinda like the heat :)
Don't get me wrong, I love warm weather, but I gotta be near an ocean to tolerate it. hahah Handling those 95 degree days down in Costa Rica was easy when there's a beach to go to. It's those crazy 110 degree desert heat days that I just can't do.
@brendanwenzel I'm the opposite I love it when it's 115, I mean it's not my favorite temperature, but I love it. I wouldn't want to be working outside in it all day, but I'll take it over shoveling snow any day.
Now we can definitely agree on the snow! Lived in Boston for one winter and swore that I'll never live in a cold climate place again. And thus why I'll pay the dumb taxes to live in So Cal. 😎😄
I live in Las Vegas and I would love to have you all here I would be so excited, because I could go! I would give you rides! Get you on some guest list show you where the best Spots I know. Been in Las Vegas all my Life and I'm sure you would all have a great time.
I love Vegas! When was meetup #1 and what did it consist of? New to Steem and would love to meet with savvy Steemers so I can learned the ropes.
Thanks for your comment, will certanly try. i agree with @jerrybanfield post on HFORK and mentioned him in my latest post...we all are in a good place and success is ours
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Is it time for the first Steemfest in the USA? YES
Heck yeah! St Pete is my home town...I'll fly in from LA. Jerry, can I stay at your crib?
Ten minute drive,Heck yea i'm Down!
Yes, I would go. Jerry, you are the first i decided to follow! I love your content on youtube Go MCREGGA FOOOOKIN GNA KILL MAYWEATHAA. ps check out my funny first story i just posted , kind of gross but you will be in aww.
Love the engagment. People like you make steemit great.
I think this will become so huge that we should organize events like this all over the world as much as a Steemit day at least once in a year. this will totally help to spread steemit info to people that still unable to have access to info about it, i mean I live in Brazil and it looks like Brazilian comunnity participation is almos 0 so far. so the more we can make people know about it the better to every one =)
Yea! The HU3 BR should be all over the place by now...
YEAH JERRY PUTS THE STEEM ALL UP IN STEEMIT GLAD TO BE FOLOWING HIM.
Jerry is a huge part of this community... he a badass 😂😎
Also is you are not going to execute this plan, would you please sponsor the steemfest agra event with the earnings of this post so that it can become a reality for some of us. @jerrybanfield
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@therv/steemit-fest-in-agra-india-or-18th-july-tuesday
YES! I would love for you to host it in Florida! I live in Atlanta, Georgia, so it will only be almost half a day drive down there, and I will go in a heartbeat!
Hibjerry this an awesome idea! Given that you're one of the forces behind recent user growth on steemit! I was referred to steemit by someone who had joined after watching your video on facebook so it's compelling enough to argue your heart is at the center of this community!
It would be a great initiative for the steemit community @jerrybanfield. I am sure, from your initiative others will get inspired and more steemfests will be organized through out the world! I would be glad if I could be of any help, though I will be able to help online only.
Wishing your a great success for the first steemfest!
Hi Jerry.
Dali Art Museum and the beach sounds great to me.
I like the idea of a US SteemFest... BUT I don't want it to take all the Americans away from the Portugal SteemFest... Perhaps SteemFest 3 can be early 2018 (Spring) and in St. Pete. What do you think?
Good point I will watch the comments to see if anyone mentions going to this instead of the other one! I am guessing most interested in coming to this would not be going to Portugal and the few that might consider it would probably do both!
True. Portugal is not in the cards for me, my steem doesnt run that deep now but i am in Florida, an hour away from st pete so this would be ideal for me. A florida Steemup (meetup)
We are also planning to organize a steem fest in Agra? need people like you to attend the event and also sponsor. @jerrybanfield @roelandp
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@therv/steemit-fest-in-agra-india-or-18th-july-tuesday
Jerry, I'm inI I am just South of you in Sarasota. Since I discovered Steemit about a week ago I am restructuring my business model to post awesome content to Steemit first then RSS it from here to other social networks. Just need to figure out how to do that.
@Jerrybanfield I just started following you yesterday my friend. I am really close to Saint Petersburg and would love to go and meet everyone:) I have been investing in cryptos for about a year now, but my goal is to start mining now. I would love to treat you to lunch some time if you are ever in the Central Florida area....Get some much needed advice to build an extremely profitable mining rig. Thank you Jerry.
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....AND STEEMIANS, the beaches are beautiful in Florida that time of the year. Time to get excited.
Steem feast sounds like a blast! We plan to set a milestone by saving up enough steem to take this trip by next year. We're pretty new here, so this could be a distant dream that could never happen. But I've learned that on Steemit; the impossible is absolutely POSSIBLE!! Love your energy @jerrybanfield ^_^
@jerrybanfield you build it and they will come
It is a good idea but I feel like it is too close to scheduling it for that time. That is a great location though in my mind.
No one is stopping you though and that could be a huge thing. I know a lot of us in the United States feel like the trip to Europe isn't feasible in a lot of ways.
Yes Lets do it I will drive down there...
Man this would be awesome seeing I live in Gainesville and I used to live in Tampa so be cool to meet new people within the Steemit community plus catch up with some old friends lol...always looking for a reason to visit my old stomping grounds
OMG!! YES! I WOULD BE TOTALLY DOWN! I already live here in Florida, would be AWESOME to meet you! Shakaaaa....✌😎🤙
YES! I live in FL would love a steemitfest here :)
Dude, Jerry, I'm from Florida and I would love to go!
That's a really dope idea! Keep us Floridian Steemians posted!
That would be awesome! I would enjoy seeing all of you at the festival and connecting! Hope it happens soon!
Loved the idea. For normal users like me cant afford to travel to Florida yet... It would be so greatful if you had a live webinar for us to interact with you and the community.
May be a recorded video upload in YouTube after your meeting.
What's your views on this @jerrybanfield ?
Yes we will definitely make some videos!
YAY! The source of SteemFest Florida Idea is me! @therv
:) I should get a free ticket to SteemFest Florida? Right?
I'm down since it is not so far from me :)
That's really great of you to take on this responsibility head on. I think it would be great to create the first Steemfest in the United States. Especially from someone so involved in the Steemit community :)
It would be great idea to host in Florida, but should we get chance to come there and enjoy but anyway its great event and love to enjoy those moment, best of luck.
Great initiative @jerrybanfield !!!
I like the idea. Makes for a fair distribution of the Steemfest. One in Europe, another in the States... to keep it simple and easy for more users.
Mote than happy to have you as the organizer and host.
For me, since I live in South America, FL would be more convenient than Lisbon, for geographical reasons only. So... you have all my support, and Im sure of many user more... lets see how this develops!
Great idea Jerry! Always giving to the community. You rock!
Thanks for sharing
Hi Jerry! Interesting idea that would be very cool to happen! Upvoted and resteemed it!
I might show up for that. I think it would be a great event!
The engagement jerry its awesome,keep it up.On eof your youtube videos changed my life here i am now in steemit ,because of you .Would be grateful if you mention me in one of your post.That will be heaven for me,
Sounds like a good idea, Jerry. In fact, I'm here in Orlando and could assist. Hey, if we're in the ideation stage, why not consider Orlando as the location as it is easier to get to for most and a lot more hotels from which to choose.
Either way, I'm a fan of yours and would love to be involved. You get my upvote!
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I guess you just did!
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I am from NY and would love to attend but its hard to get away with work. I am planning a trip to MIAMI in the end of August. so if its possible to do this around that time I would love to try and attend! Keep up the good work, I love your passion. I am long on steem it! TO THE MOON!!!
If my schedule is open I am totally down to come!
Im all up for it as well. I live in sarasota so I can drive in easy lets make this happen
Hi Jerry i saw your video on facebook and after watching i instantly followed your link and now i have a steem account. Thanks for the insight. More so you promised to follow me back. Please follow as i just joined newly. Thanks
I will go! Keep us updated Jerry...sounds fun :)
But what for those who can`t come there???
I think a live webinar or YouTube upload of the meetup could help the users like you and me who can't afford and whatever reasons not to travel to FL.
Jerry do it! RESTEEMED THis bad boy!
Sounds like an awesome idea!
Yes! I would love this, I am new to steem and live in the area, it would be great to meet some new people in the steem community!
It should happen!!!
I would be interested.
carpool!
might have to go a day late
or two days later
when are you back?
the first day
the 10th
??
the whole conference is only 3 days so we can't go 2 days late! lol
Im also interested, hes a great guy
Later in August would be better.
please jerry do it I will come to say hi and thank u in person for great material that you give us
amen, lol
Nice, Steemfests pop-up everywhere!
Lets grow this community together!
Would be nice we would be able to talk about steemit more maybe even bring more steemers