[Talk-us] US meetups?

[Christopher Covington]

On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 13:59 -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
> Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses
> for local US OSM meetings?
> 
> http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/
> http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/
> http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/
> 
> Also, if the organizers of the Bay Area meetup would add
> "OpenStreetMap" as one of their groups, some others on the Bay Area
> OSM waiting list will be able to find them.

While it's generally handy to have listings on multiple websites, what's
the special importance of having OpenStreetMap groups listed on this
particular paid service?

-Chris C.