So we started the current group about 3+ years ago. Its kind of a long serendipitous story but the short version was @BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 's wife was sick of listening to him talk about Bitcoin so she found him a meetup group to go to. He messaged the telegram group thinking the next one was in a few days. @₿ Isaiah⚡️ messaged back a few days later saying the last meetup was almost exactly a year ago...! Well they ended up deciding to meet up anyways, not knowing what to expect. If it was just the two of them, so be it. They sent out a single tweet the day before and about 8 plebs showed up. Its felt like up only since then. The key is consistency. Set a place and time and stick to it every time. People will often find you but only show up to their first meetup 6 months later. If you're not consistant on time and place, they might miss you when they're finally free and never end up going. We also stay connected with a very active invite only discord. You have to attend at least one meetup IRL to get in and we have tons of channels covering many of the Bitcoin rabbit holes. Members consistently (daily) engaging with each other is how you build a strong community. All you gotta do is foster that.