Lancaster, PA tweetups are on a roll

The twelve of us were Jeff Geoghan, Kate Peteritas, Jeremy Walter, Bryan Coe, Jeff Rumm, Chad Hamilton, Shanelle Lee, Max Phillips, Paul Stoltzfus, Ryan Shen-Hoover, Joel Walker, and myself. We all made it out at 7 a.m. or so for some breakfast, coffee, and conversation.

For me, it was the first time I met Chad, Bryan, and Ryan in real life. We’ve been following each other on Twitter and Facebook for several months, so it’s great to bring it full circle with a little face-to-face time. Good guys, all three of them. Chad was officially the youngest adult at the tweetup. He’s a student at Manheim Township High School and spends part of his time studying graphic design at the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center.

This is the fifth successful tweetup we have now had in Lancaster since we began six months ago:

• Apple store opening at Park City mall – Sept. 20
• Paul Rothrock’s birthday pub crawl down Plum Street – Sept. 27
• Ice skating and chilling in the skybox at Clipper Magazine Stadium – Jan. 23
• Breakfast tweetup No. 1 – Feb. 24
• Breakfast tweetup No. 2 – March 11

There were other attempts, but I haven’t verified that any of them were well-attended enough to be considered bona fide tweetups. (Please fill us in if I missed any.)

To get the scoop upcoming tweetups, keep an eye on the Lancaster PA Tweetups group on Facebook. Planned get-togethers include lunch, late-night diner run, Saturday morning coffee, and who knows what else.

A couple people suggested that we have name tags next time. Paul threatened never to return if we crossed the line into having a sign-in sheet, though. What should we do for our next tweetups?