Signing up is open to almost anyone, but it does have a caveat.
Because I know this event is going to be really popular, we need to cap the amount of guests to control the chaos. I’m shooting for about 20 guests, then we’ll go to a wait list. All acceptances will be in chronological order so don’t sleep on sending that email.
To RSVP, you MUST email jotitdown.kq@gmail.com. I’ll need your name, and if you would like to bring a cake. You’ll get the address of the Picnic location in an email the week of the event. We do this for an extra bit of crowd control, I just can’t have an extra 15 people pop in the day of the Picnic without a prior RSVP.
You don’t have to join the club after attending, but please be genuinely interested, open and curious to hear about it. Don’t get too hung up on the word “join”, either. There is no commitment, no dues, no pinkey promise. Joining means you come to the next meeting and keep getting to know like minded people to form a community.
If you sign up, please plan on showing up. Don’t take someone else’s spot just because you “might be interested”. The Cake Picnic, and probably all of our events, are going to be barely controlled chaos, that’s just the way I roll. Too many guests will tip the scales into unmanageable territory. There will be other open events in the future, I’ll do as many of these as I need to get this up and running, I’m in no hurry.
The caveat? You have to be, at the very least, deeply disturbed by what is happening in our country right now. This is not an overtly political group and I am not here to push activism on anyone. But at this point in with our current authoritarian regime, everything *is* political. Where you spend your money, your time and your energy speak volumes. If you disagree, that is A-OK! But please don’t waste all of our time, we cannot create community with folks who are rooting against us, our neighbors, our rights and our well being. It’s a non negotiable.
Remember you MUST get a response to your email to confirm you are on the guest list. That’s it, that’s all you have to do, send an email. It’s pretty simple stuff.
I really look forward to hanging with you all! It’s going to be fun, I promise.