«3 you guys rock. I agree wholeheartedly with Frater and Boz. I think the Oistar Guide and forum are adequate to cover the newbs (note to self: add chaos 101 section). I compiled a list of the compaints from FB, which I will be working through soonish. I am gonna try to figure out all this forum admin stuff so we can have a glorious mobile platform :p
As for realtime meets, they are hard to plan on a. Large scale. We had a mini meet in October here, and we meet every so often here in Denver. If youbwant to see them in your area, then hold them. I post about the meets I hold on facebook and meetups sometime, and will try to remember to post here/OC. The point I am making, I guess, is that its not as hard as you think to get mages together. Mention alcohol, that seems to work beautifully. Even when I lived in MI I was able to meet with 2-3 other chaotes a handful of times a year. If all else fails, you can always put a call out for a drunk irc night. It has been some time since one was planned, but you'll notice a lot of us tend to do it up.
What do or did we do right?
I have spent a *lot* of time pondering the DKMU and why I am here. A lot. And about chaos magick. Cuz ya know. It doesn't do a whole lot for me anymore. I have far better results playing in the dirt drunk. But this group holds a lot of my closest friends. And they are my friends because this group brought us together. If all else fails, and everything goes to shit, I hope this continues to be true, and that others are able to find it too. AoR changed a lot of things for me on an inner level, and LS has become a huge part of my life. I hear this echoed in conversations I have about the DKMU, whether they are lurkers, oistars, or old fags. I think some of the real magic of the DKMU will always be the people who choose to be a part of it.
What needs to change?
I think there have been a lot of great answers to this question already, both here and on fb.
Where do You guys want to see this thing go?
This I have been pondering too. I think it would be awesome to see this thing grow and revive again.
