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Sounds like we should get a Chicago news.yc meetup going. I'm thinking something more frequent than Tech Cocktail, is there a Chicago OpenCoffee Club yet? I know someone's working on a StartupWeekend here: http://startupweekendchicago.wetpaint.com/

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A news.yc meetup here would be great. OpenCoffee Club here has been ruined by MidPhase but theres no reason we can't set up a weekly or monthly meeting time at a coffee shop where news.ycers can come and go, with some way to identify ourselves like a post-it note on your laptop or something. Anyone up for it?

Campfire set up for organizing and just general ChiTown talk. http://ycombinator.campfirenow.com if you want an invite mail cubend#gmail.com Works well as a message board or a chatroom. I'll be in there off and on all week

let me know. i'm there. the whole midphase thing turned me off immediately. a cup of coffee does not require sponsorship...

Keith Schacht does chicagobeta meetups and gets very good attendance (http://chicagobeta.com). He also runs http://freshwaterventure.com.

Keith does a good job to develop community here though it seems beta is a bit stagnant. I believe he's still working on JobCoin as well as a pretty successful facebook app

I am from Chicago as well. As far as I can tell, there aren't many of Us here.

I suggest replying if you are from the Area and leaving your email address if it is not in your yc profile.

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