Portland Polyglots Potluck Planning Picnic!

Come help build a Polyglot network in our wonderful city of Portland, Oregon. You can be a part of the initial planning process! It's open to all!

I am organizing a Portland chapter of the international Polyglot Club, which is big in Europe (particularly Paris) and is basically a regular set of meetings in bars & cafes where anyone can come and speak all kinds of languages with other attendants. People generally buy a drink, put on a nametag that says what languages they speak or simply sit down at a table with the flag of whatever language is being spoken there. There's lots of friendly confusion and assistance and mid-sentence language switching and it's tons of fun.

This works wonderfully in Europe and some larger cities in the USA... and given the cultural diversity and genuine curiosity of Portlanders, I am sure this will be a huge success here. I am advertising this to various language-specific groups and classes. If you are involved in any second-language programs or communities, please pass this on. I hope that meetings will attract many people from Portland and the rest of Oregon, as well as visitors to the city.

So to kick it off:
a picnic in Couch Park on August 30th at 6pm.
It will be a potluck event so everyone should bring some food or beverages to share with the group. As they do in Paris, we will pass out name tags that will also say which languages you speak. After people have gathered and settled, we will begin a general, open discussion of how to coordinate meetings and get the word out.

So regardless of your foreign language ability, come by and enjoy some food and new friends in Couch Park.
We will be toward the South end of the park, and will have a large sign and table to mark the spot. Come one come all! Even if you cannot come, and are interested, please join the network and send me a message to let me know.

COUCH PARK
SATURDAY AUGUST 30
SIX PM

See you there! Please forward widely!

Note: meeting is being promoted here and on CouchSurfing.com. Please take the time to register/RSVP on either site!