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by **VictoriaF** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:48 am

Is there a Chicago chapter? If yes, are any near-term meetings planned?

I may be spending the next two months in Chicago and would be interested in meeting local Bogleheads.

Victoria

by **Socrativestor** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:33 pm

Depends on what the meaning of "is" is... :lol:

There are a number of Bogleheads in Chicago and we did meet for a few times several years ago when the local chapters were getting set up. But somehow we were never able to sustain momentum.

Personally I'd be thrilled to meet (with) you when you are here. And perhaps we could use your visit to try to re-start the group. Additionally / alternatively Alex Frakt lives here, so you might want to contact him.

There is also a (pretty inactive) yahoo group you can join and email to if you like:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chidie/

by **trax** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:54 pm

One year ninja bump...

It looks like the Yahoo group is pretty much dead.

Any reason why? I'm surprised given the fact that a Diehards gathering was held in Chicago a few years ago.

Anybody up for starting a Meetup group?

by **Socrativestor** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:11 am

trax wrote:One year ninja bump...

It looks like the Yahoo group is pretty much dead.

Any reason why? I'm surprised given the fact that a Diehards gathering was held in Chicago a few years ago.

Anybody up for starting a Meetup group?

I can't explain it, but I'd certainly be interested in an attempt at revival.

by **bhead33** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:19 pm

I would love to do a meetup too!

by **raf1919** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:24 pm

chicago NW burb bump here..

just curious.. whats happens in meets?? can we have Mr Bogle present??

by **searhapsody** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:52 am

I'm in Chicago too, and interested in meeting others. Let me know about the meetup

by **Pacman** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:07 pm

Interested as well!

by **VINNY** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:40 am

In the Chicagoland burbs as well, Orland Park area, count me in...

by **Bfwolf** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:59 pm

I'd be willing to organize a Chicago meeting. Is there a list of people somewhere I can work from?

by **rayout** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:47 pm

I would be interested as well.

by **roosterguy** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:45 pm

I am interested in a Chicago chapter - downtown/Loop ideally.

by **matjen** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:56 pm

Count me in.

Website · by **Mel Lindauer** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:21 pm

Bfwolf wrote:I'd be willing to organize a Chicago meeting. Is there a list of people somewhere I can work from?

First, there is an existing Chicago Local Chapter #20, but it may be dormant due to either lack of leadership or interest. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... 214844&z=4

If you want to revitalize the chapter, let me know via PM. Give me a name and e-mail address I can use to add to the Local Chapters Map. You can then use this Local Chapters sub-forum to communicate with Chapter members and potential members to plan meeting dates, locations, agendas, etc.

by **emcgee8** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:16 am

I'd be up for a downtown/loop meeting in Chicago as well.

by **rayout** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:07 am

I am looking to re-start the Chicago chapter. Please post if you are interested. I am looking to set up a meeting in the next month or so. First meeting will be informal, we will introduce ourselves to each other, describe investment goals, methods, etc. Weekday evenings work for me since I do not live in the City. I was thinking Friday night would work best.

Anyone know a good venue? A place with good seating and that is not too loud.

by **ziszew** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:30 am

I'd be up for a meeting as well, although I'm not back in the country until the end of Feb/early Mar.

I think venue will depend on where people are coming from and going to. If there are a lot of Metra folks, we can pick something that way. If most are heading north on 90/94 and LSD, something on Ohio/Grand/Ontario might work better.

I think getting an idea of numbers would help; anyone interested can post here or PM me with preferred day of the week and location. I'm currently on Asia time so responses might take a bit as I'm 14 hours "off" EST. Once we get an idea of how many and were is preferred we can pick a spot that works.

by **Pacman** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:46 pm

Interested here as well. Friday night would work. Can't think of a venue right now, but I will try to come up with a few.

by **rayout** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:34 pm

ziszew wrote:I'd be up for a meeting as well, although I'm not back in the country until the end of Feb/early Mar.

I think venue will depend on where people are coming from and going to. If there are a lot of Metra folks, we can pick something that way. If most are heading north on 90/94 and LSD, something on Ohio/Grand/Ontario might work better.

I think getting an idea of numbers would help; anyone interested can post here or PM me with preferred day of the week and location. I'm currently on Asia time so responses might take a bit as I'm 14 hours "off" EST. Once we get an idea of how many and were is preferred we can pick a spot that works.

Ziszew, I've already asked Mel to set me up as the local coordinator for the chapter. For ease of coordination I'd prefer everyone to post in this thread for now so we can all get a sense of who is interested. Please let me know if you received any PMs that were not posted here.

by **bhead33** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:18 am

I am definitely interested in a meeting. We could meet at the Wit hotels restaurant - "State and Lake" - its not loud (I think) but might be a little expensive.

I can also book the event room in my apartment building for free [could find out more if people are interested].

by **rayout** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:21 am

bhead33 wrote:I am definitely interested in a meeting. We could meet at the Wit hotels restaurant - "State and Lake" - its not loud (I think) but might be a little expensive.

I can also book the event room in my apartment building for free [could find out more if people are interested].

Whats the address or nearest intersection for your apartment building?

by **ziszew** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:27 am

rayout wrote:
Ziszew, I've already asked Mel to set me up as the local coordinator for the chapter. For ease of coordination I'd prefer everyone to post in this thread for now so we can all get a sense of who is interested. Please let me know if you received any PMs that were not posted here.

Sounds good (and less work for me :happy

). Everyone has posted on here as well so nothing further needed.

by **gsmith** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:37 am

As much as I hate "me too" posts, I'd be interested in attending as well.

Thanks!

by **Paul V** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:24 pm

Count me in. I live in the NW burbs and work downtown.

by **michey312** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:23 pm

I am interested in attending if it is downtown.

by **Socrativestor** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:53 am

I'm interested too ...

by **OnFire** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:43 am

I am in. Mt. Greenwood/Oak Lawn area and willing to travel.

by **Transition** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:17 am

Count me in.

Transition

by **bhead33** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:17 pm

is anything happening here or has the momentum been lost already ?

by **rayout** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:42 pm

Still planning on going ahead with this but been quite busy! Looking to schedule this for March 15th - how does this work for everyone's schedule?

by **Transition** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:12 am

That date is good for me. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

by **Chicago Lion** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:47 pm

I would be interested. I live in Naperville. What about Oak park for a Location? Pretty central from a North/South perspective. Also the L runs out there and for those of us in the burbs its not too far of a drive.

by **Chicago Lion** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:59 pm

Thinking about it, we might be able to find a restaurant that has a room you can reserve. As long as we all order dinner there is often no charge. I don't know if they offer those rooms on a Friday or not. Maggiano's has these rooms for sure as I have been to dinners in the Chicago and Naperville in their private rooms. There is a Giordanos in Oak Park. I don't know if they have a private room or not.

by **matjen** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:32 pm

Date should work for me. I'm OK with Chicago or Oak Park, etc.

by **agill99** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:34 pm

I am interested also. The date and tentative place(s) (Chicago or Oak Park) work for me.

Thanks for organizing this!

by **BHawks87** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:07 pm

Chicago Lion wrote:Thinking about it, we might be able to find a restaurant that has a room you can reserve. As long as we all order dinner there is often no charge. I don't know if they offer those rooms on a Friday or not. Maggiano's has these rooms for sure as I have been to dinners in the Chicago and Naperville in their private rooms. There is a Giordanos in Oak Park. I don't know if they have a private room or not.

Magianos

I thought we were bogleheads!

How about McDonald's :mrgreen:

by **agill99** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:37 pm

BHawks87 wrote:
Chicago Lion wrote:Thinking about it, we might be able to find a restaurant that has a room you can reserve. As long as we all order dinner there is often no charge. I don't know if they offer those rooms on a Friday or not. Maggiano's has these rooms for sure as I have been to dinners in the Chicago and Naperville in their private rooms. There is a Giordanos in Oak Park. I don't know if they have a private room or not.

Magianos I thought we were bogleheads!

How about McDonald's

There's a Denny's on Harlem in Oak Park. :mrgreen:

by **mlipps** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:42 pm

I could attend Mar. 15. I live/work in Rogers Park so anything but downtown is sort of a trek for me, but I'd make the effort as long it's not way out in Kane County or anything crazy.

ETA: What about the ING Cafe at Water Tower? (OK, Capital One 360 Cafe now). Last I was there they had repainted and were working on opening new rooms to host meetings. Based on their coffee prices, I'd expect it's pretty inexpensive, if not free.

by **Bfwolf** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:12 pm

Sounds great. I'd love to drop by for a drink and meet some folks.

by **bhead33** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:35 am

I am in for downtown and second ING Cafe.

by **michey312** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:59 pm

Are we going to confirm a date? Seems like the former ING space will work.

by **ziszew** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:47 pm

michey312 wrote:Are we going to confirm a date? Seems like the former ING space will work.

Next week works; I think the key is to get the ball rolling with the first one and go from there.

Earlier people were kicking around Friday as the preferred day of the week.

Does the 15th work for those that can make ING Cafe (or whatever the advertiser's have paid to call it)?

by **matjen** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:38 am

That works for me as does ING Cafe.

by **rayout** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:30 am

ziszew wrote:
michey312 wrote:Are we going to confirm a date? Seems like the former ING space will work.

Next week works; I think the key is to get the ball rolling with the first one and go from there.

Earlier people were kicking around Friday as the preferred day of the week.

Does the 15th work for those that can make ING Cafe (or whatever the advertiser's have paid to call it)?

Sorry procrastinating and for not getting the ball rolling sooner - been pretty swamped between work and chairing and event for another organization. I will be sending out messages to all who have expressed interest and request e-mails to get a mailing list going.

Our first meeting will be March 15th at the Capital One 360 Cafe (formerly ING cafe): 21 E. Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL 60611

How does 6 PM sound for everyone?

First meeting will have no set agenda, just introductions (and describing your investing style/methods and goals).

Looks like the cafe closes at 6 PM: http://cafes.capitalone360.com/chicago/ - maybe we need to find another venue?

Another option as far as future venues go: I've asked and gotten tentative permission from my company to have use of our Chicago office's rooftop (complete with grill) when the weather warms up.

by **Freg** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:17 am

Hello,
I may be interested in the chapter meeting. Once I know when, I'll know if I can go. Unfortunately, my work schedule is all over the place.

by **michey312** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:45 pm

What if we did a breakfast meeting instead? Perhaps we could use the Capital space.

Another option is Red Violet 121 W Hubbard St Chicago, IL 60654 - the menu is $15-30 entres, but they will give us the entire downstairs as private space.

Does anyone have membership to mid-america or the metropolitan club? That might be a good option for meeting space.

by **bhead33** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:25 pm

michey312 wrote:What if we did a breakfast meeting instead? Perhaps we could use the Capital space.

Another option is Red Violet 121 W Hubbard St Chicago, IL 60654 - the menu is $15-30 entres, but they will give us the entire downstairs as private space.

Does anyone have membership to mid-america or the metropolitan club? That might be a good option for meeting space.

Cant do breakfast unless its on Saturday. Lets do red violet on Friday at 6 pm ?

by **Alex Frakt** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:39 pm

bhead33 wrote:
michey312 wrote:What if we did a breakfast meeting instead? Perhaps we could use the Capital space.

Another option is Red Violet 121 W Hubbard St Chicago, IL 60654 - the menu is $15-30 entres, but they will give us the entire downstairs as private space.

Cant do breakfast unless its on Saturday. Lets do red violet on Friday at 6 pm ?

I can usually do breakfast any day except Saturday :-(

I'm up for Red Violet though.

If we want cheap, we can meet in my office on the corner of Belmont and Pulaski in the former Florsheim factory. We only use it for consultations on Saturdays and the occasional Wednesday evening, so it's available at any other times. We've got parking or it's about a mile west of the Belmont Blue Line stop. You can also take the 77 Belmont bus from the Brown/Red lines if you have plenty of time :-)

by **ziszew** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:10 pm

Alex Frakt wrote:
bhead33 wrote:
michey312 wrote:What if we did a breakfast meeting instead? Perhaps we could use the Capital space.

Another option is Red Violet 121 W Hubbard St Chicago, IL 60654 - the menu is $15-30 entres, but they will give us the entire downstairs as private space.

Cant do breakfast unless its on Saturday. Lets do red violet on Friday at 6 pm ?

I can usually do breakfast any day except Saturday

I'm up for Red Violet though.

If we want cheap, we can meet in my office on the corner of Belmont and Pulaski in the former Florsheim factory. We only use it for consultations on Saturdays and the occasional Wednesday evening, so it's available at any other times. We've got parking or it's about a mile west of the Belmont Blue Line stop. You can also take the 77 Belmont bus from the Brown/Red lines if you have plenty of time

If it's a question of space, we can meet in one of the community rooms at my condo building in Streeterville; straight shot to/from 90/94 on Ohio and Ontario, easy access to LSD and not too far from downtown. There's a pizza place a block away (Brooklyn style thin crust that is quite good) and we can pick up beer/wine from the Dominick's two blocks away. Cheaper than going to a restaurant and the space would be ours for the night. As long as we're under 60+ people the space is big enough; we just need to provide the food and booze.

I can reserve it and give the pizza place a heads up if people are interested...

Edit: there's also an Irish bar, Chipotle, Potbelly's, Epic Burger, Pei Wei, etc within about two blocks so all tastes can be accommodated

by **mlipps** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:16 pm

If take Streeterville over anywhere west of the Blue Line any day, and probably won't come if its at a restaurant.

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