What we’re about
Active, mature, single, Seattle-region people gathering for widely diverse activities. Among events our group may schedule are: park walks, museum visits, cultural and music festivals, meals and beverages at locally-owned businesses, picnics, concerts, talks, movies/theater performances, live music in parks, trivia nights, short lessons/workshops taught by members or others, hikes, kayaking/canoeing, sports events, regional road trips, and more.
We strive to be inclusive, kind, and considerate to each other. Please ensure that you ask permission before taking photos of other members or posting them online. Please do not contact anyone you have not met and have not gotten to know first during group events for purposes other than brief communication for group activities.
All potential and current members: Please include a recent photo of your own face (minus others in the pic) that is close enough for people to recognize your face. It really helps in recognizing people gathering in public locations. If it's an old pic we may miss each other. If you wish to upload or change the pic you submit or submitted in the past, please see these instructions: https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002878591-Changing-or-removing-a-profile-photo
If all potential members and members, would please go to Settings and enable [check off] messaging from organizers and members (who may also be leading activities as event hosts) it would help greatly in communications around gatherings. [Click on the down arrow beside your photo to begin, Settings, then Privacy.] Under the same category you can also choose to show your other Meetup groups or share your interests by checking "Show interests on profile." Your organizer cannot admit anyone to the group who does not at least enable communication with the organizer.
Dues for yearly membership are a minimal $5, donated in person to the primary organizer, or alternatively by Fundraising through the Pledge system, plus a $.45 "tip"[the Pledge fee.] Without both your dues and participation this group cannot exist. It now costs nearly $200 every six months to simply pay the Meetup site to host the group, along with time spent researching and planning events.
Any person without good reason to do so who no-shows twice (fails to go to an event to which they said yes for an RSVP without prior notice or post-event communication with the event organizer) may be removed from the group. It takes considerable time and effort to plan some events and it's simply an inconsiderate thing to do.
Thank you. Your organizer and fellow group members look forward to meeting you soon!
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Upcoming events (1)
See all- Ocean Pavilion, Seattle Aquarium + waterfrontSeattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA
Why don't those of us who haven't seen the Seattle Aquarium's new exhibit in the Ocean Pavilion https://www.seattleaquarium.org/explore-the-aquarium/campus/ocean-pavilion/ and the new waterfront improvements in the area give it a try on this afternoon when it's predicted to be dry! Sorry about the shorter notice, but the most accurate weather forecasts only go out about three or four days.
Bring along your Gold Card (obtainable from community centers and libraries in Seattle if you don't already have one) and we can enter free by visiting the entry desk in the older section of the Aquarium. Let's meet near there before walking over to the new building. Otherwise here's the site and info about entry. https://www.seattleaquarium.org/visit/hours-discounts-groups/
After we see the exhibits and wander a bit we can always catch something to drink and eat in the Aquarium's own cafe' or somewhere close. As usual, I recommend public transportation like light rail or bus to arrive. It's both simpler and less expensive overall.
A minimum of two others joining in makes this a group event. Otherwise I'll attempt it at some other time. I'm trying this now because it's post opening crowds and prior to major holidays.
