Anyone Interested in a Boston Bogleheads Local Chapter?
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Anyone Interested in a Boston Bogleheads Local Chapter?
Hello fellow Bogleheads,
Would anyone living in the Greater Boston area be interested in starting a local chapter in Boston with me?
The Greater Boston area represents a very large metropolitan area and I’m guessing that there must be quite a few Bogleheads hiding out around here.
I have been in contact with Mel Lindauer and other local chapter coordinators. Based on what they have told me, I think that meeting once every other month on a Saturday or Sunday would be best. Of course, we can decide to meet at any other time if that works better for us. We could meet anywhere in Boston that is free and easily accessible (any ideas?).
If there is enough interest for such a chapter, I would be willing to be the coordinator.
I look forward to hearing your responses.
Your Friend,
Silence Dogood
Would anyone living in the Greater Boston area be interested in starting a local chapter in Boston with me?
The Greater Boston area represents a very large metropolitan area and I’m guessing that there must be quite a few Bogleheads hiding out around here.
I have been in contact with Mel Lindauer and other local chapter coordinators. Based on what they have told me, I think that meeting once every other month on a Saturday or Sunday would be best. Of course, we can decide to meet at any other time if that works better for us. We could meet anywhere in Boston that is free and easily accessible (any ideas?).
If there is enough interest for such a chapter, I would be willing to be the coordinator.
I look forward to hearing your responses.
Your Friend,
Silence Dogood
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I'll be in Boston on March 29 for a indexing/ETF conferenceif someone wants to organize a meeting for that evening,
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Looks like you've got enough interested folks to get a chapter going.
All I need now is for Silence Dogwood to PM me with a contact name and e-mail address he/she wants to use (I suggest a "throwaway" yahoo or gmail address that you only use for this purpose, since it will be public via our Local Chapters Map).
Once I have that, I'll add your group to the Local Chapters map and you'll be in business. You can then set the date, time, location and agenda for your meetings, and you can use this Local Chapter sub-forum to discuss matters and keep in touch with each other.
Good luck, Boston!
All I need now is for Silence Dogwood to PM me with a contact name and e-mail address he/she wants to use (I suggest a "throwaway" yahoo or gmail address that you only use for this purpose, since it will be public via our Local Chapters Map).
Once I have that, I'll add your group to the Local Chapters map and you'll be in business. You can then set the date, time, location and agenda for your meetings, and you can use this Local Chapter sub-forum to discuss matters and keep in touch with each other.
Good luck, Boston!
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Hello Boston Bogleheads,
I’m glad to find that so many others are interested!
Now we just need to determine the time and location.
Time:
I was thinking that we could adopt the meeting schedule of the D.C. Area Chapter - to meet to every odd month, on the third Sunday, at 2PM. It will be convenient to have regular meetings so that everyone will know what the schedule is. What do you all think of this? Would this be convenient for you? Please let me know.
Location:
Does anyone have any ideas for where we could meet? I will search around and ask friends, but suggestions would be great.
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By the way, the chapter e-mail address is: BostonBogleheads@gmail.com
I hope to hear from you all soon. Let’s make this happen!
Your Friend,
Silence Dogood
I’m glad to find that so many others are interested!
Now we just need to determine the time and location.
Time:
I was thinking that we could adopt the meeting schedule of the D.C. Area Chapter - to meet to every odd month, on the third Sunday, at 2PM. It will be convenient to have regular meetings so that everyone will know what the schedule is. What do you all think of this? Would this be convenient for you? Please let me know.
Location:
Does anyone have any ideas for where we could meet? I will search around and ask friends, but suggestions would be great.
.....
By the way, the chapter e-mail address is: BostonBogleheads@gmail.com
I hope to hear from you all soon. Let’s make this happen!
Your Friend,
Silence Dogood
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SDogwood, You might PM "puregold"........She ran the first one @ a great location across from the SShore plaza @some hotel high up on a hill. It readily accommodated us for a sat/sun lunch meeting. Thats what it turned out to be was more of a meeting others from the BOS area. I do not recall its name as I was a couple months out of another spinal treatment and still in a bit of a fog.
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Hello Boston Bogleheads,
I am sorry for the late response. I have been pretty busy lately.
So if we go according to schedule, our first meeting will be on Sunday, May 15 at 2 PM.
Does anyone have any ideas for where we could meet? Preferably, the meeting place would be in the city (but anyone in the Greater Boston Area is welcome!). Let's try to make sure we figure out the location by this Sunday.
Also, I sent "puregold" a private message about two months ago, but she hasn't read the message. I'm assuming she no longer checks her account.
Your friend,
Silence Dogood
I am sorry for the late response. I have been pretty busy lately.
So if we go according to schedule, our first meeting will be on Sunday, May 15 at 2 PM.
Does anyone have any ideas for where we could meet? Preferably, the meeting place would be in the city (but anyone in the Greater Boston Area is welcome!). Let's try to make sure we figure out the location by this Sunday.
Also, I sent "puregold" a private message about two months ago, but she hasn't read the message. I'm assuming she no longer checks her account.
Your friend,
Silence Dogood
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Sunday sounds excellent
Sounds good.
anyone in the local Boston/Cambridge area want to suggest a spot to meet?
I'm way down south (near RI) so, am not really familiar with what would work best in Beantown
anyone in the local Boston/Cambridge area want to suggest a spot to meet?
I'm way down south (near RI) so, am not really familiar with what would work best in Beantown
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I am interested
I live in Cambridge and would love to have a chapter here in Boston!
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Re: Anyone Interested in a Boston Bogleheads Local Chapter?
Hey there, I'm very interested and just joined the forum, I live in Central MA and willing to travel for meetings, please let me know how to get aligned and join the Boston area local chapter, Merry X'Mas folks