Skip the speakers through the summer = let’s just meet and get to know each other and see how smart we can be about self-organizing. Start up with speakers again after Labor Day.

Hold the meeting outside, in a ‘creative’ space (park, museum, cloisters, Howard’s mansion). Break out of the big PR agency windowless conference room meeting space. Let’s breathe (that New York air!)

Break into ‘communities of interest’ as we did at the last meeting and develop intellectual areas we want to explore. Allow time for real discussion.

Produce research, findings, survey results on social media/new media that we can use to analyze trends, impacts - and yes, promotion and marketing. Use social media for social media research.

Have moderators for web-based (bulletin board, threaded discussion, blog, wiki, something) ‘communities of interest’ – use social media tools to stimulate discussion.

Let the group self-organize according to previously mentioned pursuits.

Part of the agenda of Social Media Club should be to involve members in social media experimentation to further understanding of technology and skills involved in social media.