Overall, the Wisconsin Steemit Meetup was a success!

Since I was coming up to the area anyway, @noganoo stirred up some of the local steemians to come on out for a meetup. While some locals like @lscottphotos & @jeremyfromwi were unable to make it, several others did.

@truconspiracy, @hidd3nmanna, and @seth-krings all came out to the meetup at the local library, and a few others who had heard of steemit, but had not yet signed up, came out to see what it was all about and to have some of their questions answered.

Since the steemians who showed up have been far less active in the community that @noganoo and @papa-pepper, it was a great chance for us to encourage them and share a lot of information.

We discussed several of the key components of steemit, and explained a lot about the ways things work. @noganoo provided some insight into the history of cryptocurrency and its validity as well as discussing things like bots and whales.

I shared about interaction and community building, and added my thoughts about how investing in the moment can provide a payout in the future. @noganoo streamed the meetup live, and here is the YouTube link of the video from the meeting.

As we were nearing the end of our time together at the library due to their hours of operation, a seventy-some year old local author and movie producer stopped by and began to share. We kindly allowed her to, and she got some publicity for her book and the movie that she is working on. She was unaware of what we were up, and was quite surprised when we shared that what she had shared went out live over the web.

A few more friends showed up as well, and hopefully, they will soon be joining the steemit community. In the end, the meetup doubled as promo party as well, as we shared the existence of steemit with several others and spoke of our experiences since we have joined the platform. As for the less active users that showed up, a lot of practical and helpful advice was offered for them to consider as they continue to progress in our community.

I was pleased to see some of the other steemians show up for the meetup, and am excited that more from the Wisconsin area may soon be joining the platform. Since I'm more used to interacting in person anyway, I really enjoyed this opportunity.

Because the library closed at 5 pm and we were still enjoying our time discussing, most of us hung out in the parking lot for a while talking before moving on to other activities for the night.