“ I wasn't quite expecting the meetup of meetups, so was expecting him to talk more about future of semantic web. My mistake though. It was nice to get some time to ask questions, and to walk through the poster areas. ”

“ Great event. Thank you Tim! ”

“ It is always good to be in the presence of Tim Berners-Lee. ”

“ Many thanks to the DC Meetup organizers for coordinating a free visit to hear TimBL speak and promote the value of meetups throughout the world. It was a solid reminder of how important grassroots organizing is to the growth of social or technological advancements. Thank you for taking the time to recognize Marco and the many people who are starting/running successful meetups -- that was very well done to give everyone a minute in the sun to describe the process, support & value of meetups. Thanks, well done! ”

“ Best event for me! ”

“ Not a regular meetup, but fun. I'm glad you all took the opportunity to introduce folks from the other meetups, and to talk about the cross-pollination potential. It hadn't even occurred to me to check out local meetups when traveling, but now I will be sure to do so! Also, it helped me think about the possibilities of using the meetups as a way to get folks together to work on some of the issues those of us working in one or another gov domain share. ”

“ I met several acquaintances that I didn't realize were doing semantic web projects. Visiting the ISWC poster session afterwards was productive. ”

“ I felt like this was a paid advertisement for the Meetup system... no real semantic web content per se... but the poster session (exhibit area) was interesting... ”