Another successful group meeting took place this past Saturday in Philadelphia. We converged at the Hard Rock Cafe and had a very large private room all to our own. A total of 27 people were in attendance. For several, this was their first meeting. In addition to our usual pen conversations, we also reviewed the results from the recent group survey. The survey was sent to our mailing list of 500 and of which, 54 people responded.

The insights provided were valuable in planning our future meetings.

To start, a lot of you really appreciate getting emails on club news. This will happen more often. Next, almost everyone drives or takes public transportation to the meetings. This will help shape the kinds of places we choose for meetings in the future. Ease of parking is at the top of the list. The largest concentration of members are in Philadelphia County but we have a surprisingly large amount of people from New Jersey as well. In addition to the quarterly PA meetings, I will also attempt to schedule one or two NJ meeting per year to include these members. Finally, I got a strong idea of what people are looking for at the meetings. I have reached out to the Philadelphia Calligrapher’s Society to see if they have any upcoming workshops or if they will host a workshop just for our club. I am also working with Bucks Bespokery to have them join us for a meeting. In addition, if anyone wants to share anything pen related at a meeting, please reach out to me.