[icesoldier]

I am very much in love with this idea. There's a chicken-and-egg problem, though, where I live in a city that I doubt will get a host spontaneously (Amarillo, TX) but I'd want to attend one of these to get a feel for it before I'm willing to host one myself. I wonder if there's an opportunity there, to have a sort of "training materials" that can better bootstrap a host in this kind of situation.

[eekelly2388]

Once you sign up to host there are some informal "training materials" available. I have never attended a TWS event but I will be hosting my first one next weekend (!!!). It's a little nerve-wracking to go in with no prior experience but I think that's okay since a big part of TWS is being open-minded and having no expectations about where the conversation will go.

[ankitshah]

Great point about the chicken and egg problem. We try really hard to ensure we have preexisting interest in a city before launching, and we make sure we have a core group of hosts to lead the charge in expanding, spreading the word, and, of course, hosting tea time. Most important, however, is that the hosts actually feel a sense of togetherness when this happens, so we place a huge emphasis on a host community before anything else.