Yesterday I attended the most likely first bitcoin meetup of more than 10 people in Chile. I would guess we were 60.
Some pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouishare/sets/72157633630295931/We got a very nice intro to bitcoin and by far not all were convinced of bitcoin after the presentation. Most attendants were foreigners with maybe 5-10 actual Chileans, which is most likely because it was organized within the English-speaking incubator Startup Chile.
Many showed interest in turning this into a regular thing and I'm confident there will be hopefully more successful follow-up meetups.
Todo for the next meetup:
- Invite media
- Do a transaction on stage
- Make sure they understand that you can own and send less than one bitcoin (Yes, 2 of the 10 people I talked to later were actually very surprised to hear that this works and I am not sure the other 8 had a clear idea of the divisibility as it was definitely explained in the intro.)
- Bring promotional material (the material that I want to design and print since one year)
