Hey everyone, we felt the last (un)meetup was very successful, and it's a format that your organizers like a lot, so we want to try it again this month at Canary, who may have the coolest offices I've ever seen.

Just to set the ground rules: the idea of this meetup is born out of the "unconference" format, which means it's loosely organized and community driven. At the beginning of the meetup people pitch topics and then break off into groups to discuss those topics. The topics are chosen by members of the community and they can either be something that person knows a great deal about or knows nothing about and wants to learn more. It should be expected that not a great deal of preparation goes into the topic, and this hopefully encourages more people to suggest topics since there is no pressure to prepare for weeks on end. Also participants are free to go from topic to topic if they wish to do so.

The first time I heard this idea it was suggested for the Northeast Scala Symposium, and I thought it would be a disaster. I was wrong. It was a complete success, and is now by far my favorite day of the conference, and I think that opinion is shared by most of the organizers. Give it a shot and I think you'll like it too!

I encourage people to share their ideas for topics in the comments sections, and I'll start!