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stimulacra
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Re: Houston Chapter

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Hey everyone:

Info for the Houston Bogleheads Meetup below:

Date and Time
March 31st (Saturday) at 10:30 AM.

French House
5901 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77057
Link to menu:
http://frenchhousecafe.com/menu/

It looks like we have interest from people coming from Katy and Cypress so I figured this area was central enough to all to work.

Feel free to inbox me for any questions or contact info.
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stimulacra wrote: Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:55 am Hey everyone:

Info for the Houston Bogleheads Meetup below:

Date and Time
March 31st (Saturday) at 10:30 AM.

French House
5901 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77057
Link to menu:
http://frenchhousecafe.com/menu/

It looks like we have interest from people coming from Katy and Cypress so I figured this area was central enough to all to work.

Feel free to inbox me for any questions or contact info.
I just found out about this form. I am interested in attending if my job permits me (been working overtime lately). I am from the Missouri City area, near Sugarland.
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Re: Houston Chapter

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Hi everyone.

Turnout for Saturday's meetup was pretty low key (3 people total) but made for some good conversation. Looking to keep the momentum going for May.

Tentative date for the next Houston meetup:

May 12, 2018 (Saturday)
Location TBD

Looking into some public library options or tea-house / coffee shop options.

If anyone is interested feel free to post below or inbox me.
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I'd like to join the fun.

East Pearland but I'm not bothered by any relatively central location.
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I would also be interested in attending. Anything in Houston proper should work for me.
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I'm close to downtown and would also like to join. Any location is fine and I should be in town May 12th.
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Re: Houston Chapter

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Hi everyone:

Time and location for the next Houston meetup:

Saturday May 12, 2018, 10:30 am
Le Peep (Woodway location)
5750 Woodway Dr #162, Houston, TX 77057

It's a quiet non-trendy brunch place that shouldn't be too busy.

Let me know if you can make it. Inbox me for contact info to coordinate.
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i am free tomorrow for the meet up.
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stimulacra wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 2:15 pm Hi everyone:

Time and location for the next Houston meetup:

Saturday May 12, 2018, 10:30 am
Le Peep (Woodway location)
5750 Woodway Dr #162, Houston, TX 77057

It's a quiet non-trendy brunch place that shouldn't be too busy.

Let me know if you can make it. Inbox me for contact info to coordinate.
Thanks for organizing this! Enjoyed meeting you and the others. I look forward to more discussions in the future.
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Thanks for coming! Enjoyed the conversation and various perspectives today. Just finished bookmarking some articles and blog posts to read later.

Next Chapter Meetup will be in July (either 07/07 or 07/21). I am thinking a local ice house in the early afternoon since Houston summer will be in full swing but am open to suggestions.
onthecusp wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 1:11 pm
stimulacra wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 2:15 pm Hi everyone:

Time and location for the next Houston meetup:

Saturday May 12, 2018, 10:30 am
Le Peep (Woodway location)
5750 Woodway Dr #162, Houston, TX 77057

It's a quiet non-trendy brunch place that shouldn't be too busy.

Let me know if you can make it. Inbox me for contact info to coordinate.
Thanks for organizing this! Enjoyed meeting you and the others. I look forward to more discussions in the future.
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stimulacra wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 1:27 pm Thanks for coming! Enjoyed the conversation and various perspectives today. Just finished bookmarking some articles and blog posts to read later.

Next Chapter Meetup will be in July (either 07/07 or 07/21). I am thinking a local ice house in the early afternoon since Houston summer will be in full swing but am open to suggestions.
onthecusp wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 1:11 pm
stimulacra wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 2:15 pm Hi everyone:

Time and location for the next Houston meetup:

Saturday May 12, 2018, 10:30 am
Le Peep (Woodway location)
5750 Woodway Dr #162, Houston, TX 77057

It's a quiet non-trendy brunch place that shouldn't be too busy.

Let me know if you can make it. Inbox me for contact info to coordinate.
Thanks for organizing this! Enjoyed meeting you and the others. I look forward to more discussions in the future.
Any current ideas? Tomorrow is 7/7 so that's probably out. Ice house sounds good to me, but open to anything as always.
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Let's pencil in 07/21 for the July meetup around 2-ish?

Hopefully the weather is better.

I'm thinking West Alabama Icehouse unless someone has a better idea.

Anyone following this thread please feel free to inbox me.
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Really interested in getting together with the Houston chapter. Can’t make the 21st as we have season tickets at the Hobby Center and have a show on that date. I will save this thread and follow any future dates...
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:sharebeer
^^Root Beer^^

Hello everyone. I had good discussions with the Houston Chapter lead, George, and the lead for the Bogle Head chapter forums. This is what I found out. Geroge is not interested in leading the Houston chapter anymore.


As for meeting, I think this is a great way to get this chapter restarted.

July 21st doesn't work for me as I will be out of town, but, I am interested to know what happens at the meeting. Please let me know


TTYL,

De
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stimulacra wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:02 am Let's pencil in 07/21 for the July meetup around 2-ish?

Hopefully the weather is better.

I'm thinking West Alabama Icehouse unless someone has a better idea.

Anyone following this thread please feel free to inbox me.
I can make the 21st, but based on the last two replies would it make sense to move it a week to the 28th?

Did you (stimulacra) get any input through the inbox? I think we should stick with the 21st if you got any commitments.
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Would it work better if we push it back to this Sunday (July 22nd)?

If so any time in the mid afternoon would work for me.

I was going to reschedule it for the 28th but realized I had a prior commitment.

Let me know.
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Also OK for me.
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Time and place for Sunday?
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Re: Houston Chapter

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Time and place for Sunday's meetup

July 22nd, 2018, 2:00 PM
West Alabama Icehouse (Montrose area)
1919 W Alabama St, Houston, TX 77098

It's a neighborhood patio bar. There's a popular taco food truck across the street.

Hope to see everyone there.

Inbox if anyone needs a phone number.
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I should be able to make it... :beer
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Anyone here? Just made it.
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SeekingBogle wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:15 pm Anyone here? Just made it.
Where is everyone?
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I’m in blue shorts and a grey race shirt with white shades. Haven’t met anyone though.
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Table near front. Wearing light plaid shirt, shorts and flip flops.
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Apologies all. I should have checked here. Did not see any kind of sign or anything, just some folks watching the rugby match. Had a beer and headed back to the house. Just now got back home...
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Sorry I missed it. Planned to last night but got caught up in chores today. Next time.
I'll print out a 'Bogleheads' sign to lay on the table!
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onthecusp wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:52 pm Sorry I missed it. Planned to last night but got caught up in chores today. Next time.
I'll print out a 'Bogleheads' sign to lay on the table!
Sounds like a plan!
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New here. I live in Cypress. Any meetings in NW Houston?
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drjames wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:20 pm New here. I live in Cypress. Any meetings in NW Houston?
Welcome. :happy
The two recent ones have been on the West side near the 610 loop. There were four of us a few months ago and missed connections on the most recent try. It was a good conversation the first time, I think we need to get a little bigger crowd to maintain consistency. Personally, I'm in the South East. By all means if there is extra interest in the NW, go for it, helping keep the thread alive, I'd be willing to travel a little further if needed.
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I was able to attend the May meeting but had other commitments in July. I would like to be able to attend the next meeting. I am right outside 610 but a short drive isn't bad either.
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Interested in connecting as well. Live in Galleria but open to attending next Houston meet up.

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drjames wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:20 pm New here. I live in Cypress. Any meetings in NW Houston?
There’s at least 2 groups. If you’re north there’s a woodlands one.

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Do we want to plan one for early September? Either September 8th or September 15th?

Can try West Alabama Icehouse again (with bogleheads signage) or another venue. Open to either brunch or late mid afternoon.

Is there another platform that might be more expedient for coordinating logistics for Boglehead chapter events (either private Facebook events or Evites)? Might be easier to put a face to the screen names and corral people better.
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Sept 8 works best. I have had a shotgun approach to investing. All over the place.
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FYI for anyone who wants to attend in the Woodlands. We have been averaging 15 to 20 participants:

Below is the info and agenda for our meeting. We will start with Mark's presentation on account security and then move to Manny's presentations on Roth Conversions and FIREcalc, time permitting. Please RSVP back to me for headcount. Should be an action packed meeting!

Woodlands Bogleheads Meeting
Saturday September 15, 2018
Time: 12 pm to 2 pm
Location: South Montgomery County Library (next to Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion) 2101 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380.
Meeting Room: Large meeting room on 1st floor
Please RSVP back to me
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It sounds great. I already have another commitment that day but I will stay subscribed to this thread for any future meetings...
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Is the Houston Chapter active? Would like to join any meetings.
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I was wondering about the Houston chapter as well. I am SE near the Space Center.
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Houston Chapter,
I would be interested in a bogleheads gathering to discuss the market and investing.
Please let me know of the next meeting.
Thanks.
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Are we doing this?
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I'm interested too. The Woodlands here.
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Hi! New here to the forum and I’d love to meet and chat with you guys if anyone is up for it.
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Re: Houston Chapter

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Hey all, I'm interested in getting Houston/Woodlands BHs together. I've PM'd a few of us that posted in '22 and '23 to both threads. If we can get together, maybe we could merge the chapters. I imagine there are other people in the greater Houston area (Katy, Missouri City) who would be interested, too. PM or quote-reply if you're interested!
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Veiled wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:50 am Hey all, I'm interested in getting Houston/Woodlands BHs together. I've PM'd a few of us that posted in '22 and '23 to both threads. If we can get together, maybe we could merge the chapters. I imagine there are other people in the greater Houston area (Katy, Missouri City) who would be interested, too. PM or quote-reply if you're interested!
Interested - Houston Heights Boglehead here
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EmBee wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:23 amInterested - Houston Heights Boglehead here
Fabulous, so far it seems like possible attendees are EmBee, Veiled, Cosmo, young danny, maybe Vanguard User, maybe TshirtsNShorts. Waiting on responses from the latter four.
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I'm interested (Woodlands)!
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Interested - Heights area here
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I’m frequently traveling but I’m interested (Montrose)
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Freefun wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:15 am I’m frequently traveling but I’m interested (Montrose)
DItto on all three counts.
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mecht3ach wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:55 am
Freefun wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:15 am I’m frequently traveling but I’m interested (Montrose)
DItto on all three counts.
We can start our own subchapter - frequent traveling BHers in Montrose. :happy
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