T Party

T party is my “new group.”  Background:  Social and support groups are popular with trans people.  Here in the Boston area we have several choices of organized groups.  Every now and then someone gets the idea that they can do things better and they start a new group.  That’s me now!

Here’s the link to my new group:  http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/3969/

That’s me now, but it’s a rather slow now.  I created the group some time ago, haven’t done much with it, and don’t have many members yet.  My first effort at publicizing it was mentioning it at the end of my holiday email that I sent to lots of people.  I’m still not quite done sending these out yet, but I’ve sent 180 or so, I think, and have only had a few people sign up.  It’s a little less than I expected, but ok, it’s fair enough.  My announcement was buried at the end of a lengthy impersonal email.  I’m sure lots of people didn’t even read that far.  Also, I announced it with the disclaimer that it wasn’t really ready for operation yet.  And then, there’s this other little detail that people think of a “group” as having evening outings led in person by the group leader, and, people who know my situation know that that isn’t possible for me currently.  Some probably think this is an impossible and bizzare fantasy of mine.

Well, maybe, but I’m not convinced yet.  Here’s the status of my group:

Membership is all of seven people besides me.

Content consists of two posts I’ve made to the discussion board, covering justification for starting the group and what kind of membership activity I am hoping for.

So far none of the seven have done anything with it that I know of.

Content I’m planning on adding:

• Transportation issues
• Budget issues–what people are willing to spend on an activity
• Sexuality and behavior
• Proper dress
• Venue selection
• Meeting times
• Examples of special interests
• Notes on using upcoming.yahoo.com

I did some experimentation with that last one yesterday.  I really liked most of what I discovered about using upcoming.  I do think it’ll be a great fit for my ideas.  After I get a more complete set of content posted, I’ll start encouraging people to experiment with getting involved.  It’ll take some time.  I think it’s going just fine so far.