International Chinese Medicine Meetup

[Guest guest]

This is not a community TCM web hosting service as i first thought

Tim. In my eyes anything that asks for money is spam and at the end

of 'casting your pointless vote' for God knows what, it asks for

money. This is spam. I will delete your original message from the

group as it contains a spam link. Please everyone ignore the spam

link below.

 

Attilio

(moderator)

 

" Tim Northwood " <buddha_under_bodhi> wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I'm a new member of this group and by way of introduction I would

> like to announce the first ever International

Meetup

> Day. This is a monthly meeting of people in your area who are

> interested in TCM, including Tui Na, Feng Shui, QiGong, and all

other

> modalities of TCM. Go to http://chinesemed.meetup.com/ for more

> details and to sign up.

>

> With my shameless promotion out of the way allow me to say that I

am

> a student at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Racine,

WI,

> USA. I practice Tai Qi and am very interested in learning QiGong.

> I'm relatively new to the world of TCM but I believe in its

efficacy.

> The more I learn, in class, in clinic, and on the internet, the

more

> I want to know about this art. It is a testament to ancient

healers

> that this practice is still effective today.

>

> Thank you for your time,

>

> Tim Northwood

[Guest guest]

Attilio,

Several hours before Tim posted, by strange coincidence, I stumbled

onto the website he suggested and didn't find it as the spam you

interpreted.

The site only asks for money for a " plus " membership.

 

There's a minimum amount of people per city for anything to be

planned, 5.

As of a couple minutes ago, the site said 11 people in the whole world

are signed up for the Meetup.

It looks to me that, for a while at least, this meetup is nothing more

than a waiting list for something to happen.

 

Is this a scam to get us put on even more spam lists? Not a clue.

Buying travel tickets on line from a discounter already trashed the E

address I used for this new list membership.

What have I to loose?

 

Something to note however;

How I originally surfed onto the site was while looking for people to

learn/practice Chinese with.

 

The site also offers a " Chinese Language Meetup " .

If I understand the site correctly I'll have an opportunity to meet

some of the other 74 students and Chinese tutors in Chicago who have

signed up. Last I looked the meeting place suggested was a bookstore

I'd probably be visiting that day anyway (so why buy a " plus "

membership to get a vote).

 

Is the whole thing a scam?

Once again, not a clue.

Providing the meeting actually happens at a place I'm not afraid to

venture out to and during the daylight hours on a day I have no

classes, I'll report back to this list with my assessment of the

" Chinese Language Meetup " after 4 Jan.

or whenever those " plus " memberships plan it.

 

Tim,

The Illinois AOBTA chapter has a couple members who are either

graduates, students or teachers at Midwest's Chicago branch. If you're

interested on coming to the next IL- AOBTA meeting let me know and

I'll relay you the information of when and where when I get it.

 

Penel

[Guest guest]

I found the meeting places strange aswell and on one was on there.

Like why meet in a bookstore? Very odd, then you get to vote for the

meet. Why meet in the first place when we have conferences and

dicussion groups like this and then it asks you to join and pay

money. I still think this is spam.

 

Attilio

 

" Penel Eynde LeGrand " <hyldemoer> wrote:

> Attilio,

> Several hours before Tim posted, by strange coincidence, I stumbled

> onto the website he suggested and didn't find it as the spam you

> interpreted.

> The site only asks for money for a " plus " membership.

>

> There's a minimum amount of people per city for anything to be

> planned, 5.

> As of a couple minutes ago, the site said 11 people in the whole

world

> are signed up for the Meetup.

> It looks to me that, for a while at least, this meetup is nothing

more

> than a waiting list for something to happen.

>

> Is this a scam to get us put on even more spam lists? Not a clue.

> Buying travel tickets on line from a discounter already trashed

the E

> address I used for this new list membership.

> What have I to loose?

>

> Something to note however;

> How I originally surfed onto the site was while looking for people

to

> learn/practice Chinese with.

>

> The site also offers a " Chinese Language Meetup " .

> If I understand the site correctly I'll have an opportunity to meet

> some of the other 74 students and Chinese tutors in Chicago who

have

> signed up. Last I looked the meeting place suggested was a

bookstore

> I'd probably be visiting that day anyway (so why buy a " plus "

> membership to get a vote).

>

> Is the whole thing a scam?

> Once again, not a clue.

> Providing the meeting actually happens at a place I'm not afraid to

> venture out to and during the daylight hours on a day I have no

> classes, I'll report back to this list with my assessment of the

> " Chinese Language Meetup " after 4 Jan.

> or whenever those " plus " memberships plan it.

>

> Tim,

> The Illinois AOBTA chapter has a couple members who are either

> graduates, students or teachers at Midwest's Chicago branch. If

you're

> interested on coming to the next IL- AOBTA meeting let me know and

> I'll relay you the information of when and where when I get it.

>

> Penel

[Guest guest]

<snip>

> Like why meet in a bookstore?

 

Welcome to 21st century USA intellectual wan-a-be (want to be)

culture.

A decade of so ago the bookstores realized single people were using

their shops as an alternative to hanging out in bars to meet other

singles so the stores started organizing " singles nights " .

Its grown to all sorts of interest groups planning meetings at

bookstores.

 

Many book stores here in the USA have coffee shops and meeting areas.

Some book stores hire entertainment on the weekends.

Some, like the bookstore suggested here in Chicago, have classrooms

for workshops.

 

> Why meet in the first place when we have conferences and

> dicussion groups like this

 

Whoa, and I thought I was Metal jitsu!

;-)

Networking!

If I have a client who needs something beyond what I can offer its

nice to have a list of people I like as humans to refer them out to.

 

> and then it asks you to join and pay

> money. I still think this is spam.

 

Well, as I've already shared, I haven't paid them any money yet (and

don't intend to).

I'll report back if the Chinese Language Meetup was worth my

time.

 

Penel

[Guest guest]

Attilio,

 

Your correct. While I was able to sign up for this site, I was unable to submit a venue without becoming a "memberplus" which involves making a credit card payment. Every time I tried to engage the website in some way it automatically popped up a window to make a payment.

 

Emmanuel Segmen

 

 

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Chinese Medicine

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:39 AM

Re: International Meetup

This is not a community TCM web hosting service as i first thought Tim. In my eyes anything that asks for money is spam and at the end of 'casting your pointless vote' for God knows what, it asks for money. This is spam. I will delete your original message from the group as it contains a spam link. Please everyone ignore the spam link below.Attilio(moderator)"Tim Northwood" <buddha_under_bodhi> wrote:> Hello,> > I'm a new member of this group and by way of introduction I would> like to announce the first ever International Meetup> Day. This is a monthly meeting of people in your area who are> interested in TCM, including Tui Na, Feng Shui, QiGong, and all other> modalities of TCM. Go to http://chinesemed.meetup.com/ for more> details and to sign up.> > With my shameless promotion out of the way allow me to say that I am> a student at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Racine, WI,> USA. I practice Tai Qi and am very interested in learning QiGong.> I'm relatively new to the world of TCM but I believe in its efficacy. > The more I learn, in class, in clinic, and on the internet, the more > I want to know about this art. It is a testament to ancient healers > that this practice is still effective today.> > Thank you for your time,> > Tim NorthwoodMembership requires that you do not post any commerical, swear, religious, spam messages,flame another member or swear. To change your email settings, i.e. individually, daily digest or none, visit the groups’ homepage: Chinese Medicine/ click ‘edit my membership' on the right hand side and adjust accordingly. To send an email to<Chinese Medicine- > from the email account you joined with. You will be removed automatically but will still recieve messages for a few days.

[Guest guest]

Penel,

 

I just tried to suggest a venue in San Francisco and was blocked from doing so until I paid money. What's that about? I tried several other ways to engage the site and found I had to pay money at every step of the way. Basically it just advertises stuff and then if you want to interact with the site, you have to pay money. So explain to me, my dear friend, how this is not spam? This is not the way political or cultural meetups happen.

 

Emmanuel Segmen

 

 

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Penel Eynde LeGrand

Chinese Medicine

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:17 AM

Re: International Meetup

<snip>> Like why meet in a bookstore? Welcome to 21st century USA intellectual wan-a-be (want to be)culture.A decade of so ago the bookstores realized single people were usingtheir shops as an alternative to hanging out in bars to meet othersingles so the stores started organizing "singles nights". Its grown to all sorts of interest groups planning meetings atbookstores.Many book stores here in the USA have coffee shops and meeting areas.Some book stores hire entertainment on the weekends. Some, like the bookstore suggested here in Chicago, have classroomsfor workshops.> Why meet in the first place when we have conferences and > dicussion groups like thisWhoa, and I thought I was Metal jitsu!;-) Networking! If I have a client who needs something beyond what I can offer itsnice to have a list of people I like as humans to refer them out to. > and then it asks you to join and pay > money. I still think this is spam.Well, as I've already shared, I haven't paid them any money yet (anddon't intend to).I'll report back if the Chinese Language Meetup was worth mytime.PenelMembership requires that you do not post any commerical, swear, religious, spam messages,flame another member or swear. To change your email settings, i.e. individually, daily digest or none, visit the groups’ homepage: Chinese Medicine/ click ‘edit my membership' on the right hand side and adjust accordingly. To send an email to<Chinese Medicine- > from the email account you joined with. You will be removed automatically but will still recieve messages for a few days.

[Guest guest]

Hi Penel,

 

I would be interested in the Chicago MCOM meeting info. I could

probably get the info at the Racine branch also. If the meeting is

close enough (read " far enough north of Chicago " ) I could probably

make time. In any case I appreciate the offer . . . .

 

Tim

 

Chinese Medicine , " Penel Eynde

LeGrand " <hyldemoer> wrote:

 

> Tim,

> The Illinois AOBTA chapter has a couple members who are either

> graduates, students or teachers at Midwest's Chicago branch. If

you're

> interested on coming to the next IL- AOBTA meeting let me know and

> I'll relay you the information of when and where when I get it.

>

> Penel