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That's because they're bringing it back, rebranded for a new century.

I ended up contacting the real Shannon in the Meetup group and she replied I was the second person to contact her about the same thing, that it was definitely a scam.

Be careful out there!

It did sound phishy from the beginning, and every subsequent email in reply to me had that overly-thorough, bullet-listed, ingratiating tone as I've seen when chatting with AIs. It did get around to asking for me to pay a "small fee" to be featured, to "cover costs of running the group". (more)

Thank you, Jaye! You are awesome! 🧡

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I attempted to renew my passport a couple of weeks ago and got this back today, along with a form:

It's a play on words, but that's the energy I'm going for!

I've never tried to get a booth, but I hear it's difficult since those who've had one and are in good standing get in line first for the next year. Encourages repeat business.

If you're free sometime Thursday afternoon/evening between 1pm and 7pm, I'd love to meet you! Np if it's too chaotic!

Sure! Coordinating schedules is the hard part!