It was only in May of this year that 5 of us met in Independence Ohio for the first real Web Standards Meetup (we tried in April but because of a blizzard only Joe and I made it). Last night we had our 5th meeting and what an amazing five months it has been.

Since the group has been growing we moved out of the bar in the Holiday Inn that has housed us for the last few months into a more spacious room at Tri-C west. We also kicked of our first workshop. Eric Meyer was gracious enough to volunteer to talk about Microformats a subject I knew very little about. Eric’s a great speaker, not only is he incredibly knowledgeable but he has a way of condensing a lot of information in to a really easy to understand chucks.

I think the greatest compliment I’ve heard is from Chris Miller who wrote a review on Cleveland Refresh. I’ve been to a couple other Meetup groups around town and they were kinda a drag. With those groups it’s hard to connect with people who have known each other for years and have already developed common interests and bonds. I’m glad we are still attracting new members like Chris and they are coming away with such positive impressions of the group.

Brad Colbow