Oh, how come you guys aren't doing regular CC meetups anymore? The ones on the chat on a Friday? I find if you do things on regular basis, then its easier for people to get to and know they got to put in their diary 'Friday, 5pm, CC chat' and make time for it, than have one off thing that's always changing dates and times.
Unless it's become boring and nobody has fun, but I'm sure people did the ones who could stay.
I've had disappointments where people don't turn up, or leave early when they seemed keen in the first place or even organised it themselves, that used to rankle me, but I kind of learned to go with the flow cos life doesn't always go as planned.
As some people say, some people can't organise a piss up in a brewery, so IDK
I had to get 10 people together for a theatre outing, and 12 people for an ice cream tour, so I know it can be done if people are willing. That took a lot of ringing around and making sure people could go and get there. If the snacks/refreshments are good, people will definitely go lol
We started out having a few people from the forum show up, but it eventually got to be all people from the regular chats and no one from the forum, so it seemed pointless to announce it here anymore. The people from the chats generally don't follow the forums at all -- one person even asked me if I was new to the site!
The past month or so, separate things have come up in both Lynx's and my life that keep us from meeting/hosting chats for now. I know there's a bad rumor floating around the forum
But life is definitely life-ing, I'm not sure when/if we'll get back into it, but if we do, we'll let people know.
But the best answer is that it doesn't have to be Lynx or me -- anyone can host a chat for/with people if they want to keep things going.
It would actually be very encouraging to see if someone else did.