Thanks Massdrop for throwing this awesome shin-dig
FYI:
The Kiibohd Meetups are 100% Haata created, promoted, and maintained activity. The meetups are held at various venues of Haatas choosing (Github, Massdrop, 24/7 Support, etc) so they are in different geographical areas of the bay area, with different attendees, and different focus. This helps keep things interesting and dynamic, not stale and routine. Many thanks to the various venues, it's a very generous undertaking hosting Kiibohd, Geekers, and the sometimes other assorted attendees. I've been to meetups with 10 people and others with 50. They're all good.
Note to first timers:
You will be REQUIRED to pledge, just like in school. So be prepared to run errands, clean crusty, Cheetos-filled keyboards for the OG crew, and stand off to the side quietly until addressed. You know, rules and such stuff. <joke> Just show up and chill, meet, look, ask questions, share your good stuff. It's very informal.
I've made lifelong friends through Geekhack, some are East coast (the wrong coast), Midwest (really?), Southerners (hahahaha) and the predominantly West coast-Best coast crew (you know who you are, and so does everyone else). To this day I'm surprised.