A Call for Ideas--Publicity!

As our next meeting is two weeks away, I wanted to ask all of you for any ideas to help get the word out about Green Drinks. Do you have any suggestions about specific ways to publicize the group?

I've put the group on Craigslist, facebook, and the Scope. (Though I really wish the Scope would include a link to this site.)  Mostly, I'm trying to use the internet to publicize it, but I have put up flyers around downtown, too.  I've contacted NLEN, NLEE, Occupy NFLD, the Green, Liberal and NDP parties.  I've made a slow and steady effort.  If there are any other organizations or physical spaces you think I should hit, let me know.

Of course, feel free to tweet this or put a link to this on your facebook page, too.  : )

We have lift off!

When it comes to starting new Green Drinks chapters, the international site explains, "Many Green Drinks start with a dozen people."  So as last Wednesday evening rolled around, I wondered if our chapter would measure up.  Or would I be the guy . . . by himself at Bridie Molloy's . . . in a corner with a Green Drinks sign.  Well, I'm happy to report that our first happy hour was a well attended first meeting.

Grainy photos of some of the earliest arriving Green Drinkers.

 And I was thrilled with the tone of the group.  The people there could not have been friendlier, and the conversation could not have been more intelligent or funnier.  I'm already looking forward to March 28th.

As people arrived, I'd ask if they'd been to this site, but all of them said "no."  That surprised me because I'd been really pleased with the response this site and its facebook page had gotten in the build up to our first happy hour.  Ah well, in months to come, I'll look forward to meeting those who "liked" our facebook page as well.

Tomorrow's the night!

We're having our inaugural soiree this Wednesday night.  Hope to see you at Bridie Molloy's!

New Flyer

Here's a newer version of our flier that I've put up around downtown and MUN (right, Blaine?).  It's got more vivid colours, tighter wording, and a QR code (the scannable thing at the bottom) that takes people to this website.  (By the way, here's a free QR reader app for iOS that I've been using.)

And the drink specials are . . .

Check out the deals Bridie Molloy's is offering us on the 29th:

Draught Beer - Domestic - $4.95 +tax per pint

Bottled Beer - Domestic - $3.50+tax per bottle

Bar Rail Liquor - $3.50+tax per ounce

Mussels - $6 per pound

Maple Bacon and Scallop Burger $14.50