NetSquared Event at McLeods Residence

Tech non-profit NetSquared is coming to Seattle and has their first event is this coming Tuesday. Here’s some more info on the organization and the first meetup from their blog:

My colleague Sarah Schacht of Knowledge As Power and I are co-organizing the kickoff of Seattle’s first Net2 Tuesday. NetSquared is a Tech Soup venture to increase the adoption of Web 2.0 services by nonprofit organizations and others interested in creating a social benefit. The goal of NetTuesday is to create an ongoing peer-driven community event for the development of social software and real world applications in Seattle. This is the first Net2 Tuesday in Seattle, so we’re focusing the time mostly to talk to each other about what we’d like to get out of events like this. Please email your friends about this event. Everyone is welcome. When: Tuesday, June 5th Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Where: The McLeod Residence, 2209 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 (2nd floor) Map Recurring: First Tuesdays of each month, exact details to be determined Agenda 6:30 – 7 pm – Socializing as people arrive 7 pm – Sarah on the challenges and solutions to effective communications tools between citizens and legislators – Jeff on his social news project NewsCloud.com 7:20 pm – Introductions and open discussion: What would you like to see in future NetTuesday’s? 8:00 pm – Socialize with other social software techies