Hackers and Founders SV has been doing the "Hang out at a bar" thing for 2 years. H&F meets at a park and mingles when the weather is nice. Occasionally they

Hackers and Founders SV has been doing the "Hang out at a bar" thing for 2 years. H&F meets at a park and mingles when the weather is nice. Occasionally they do lightning talks and demos. Things that have helped us as the group grows have been name tags, signs that tell people where in the bar we're meeting, and pads of paper an pends for people to write notes down, exchange emails, etc... I've been meaning to write up a "how we do it" or a wiki for some time. I need to get on that.