zcommodore

I've been a member of Prosper for over 2 years now.  Oddly enough, until this week, I had never met anyone who had anything to do with Prosper.  This past weekend, at a meet and greet organized by vsqueen, I finally got that opportunity.

First, I want to send a big thanks to vsqueen for organizing the weekend.  Unfortunately, I was unable to attend any events except the dinner on Sunday, Oct. 12 but I understand there were a number of activities planned for the entire weekend.  Either way, for the short time I was able to attend, it was fun to put some faces to the names.

I can't remember all the names whe attended the event but here are some that I do remember: vsqueen, soupy1 and his wife luana.  The warm and friendly islandmele and her friend Brenda came all the way from Hawaii. Jazzpianist and gogmagog were there also.  A couple of relatively local people showed up as well, zaun and ran-ran.  There were a couple of people who came but aren't participants of Prosper yet, namely Hillary, a friend of islandmele's and zaun's wife who's name I have forgotten.

The topics of discussion mostly centered around Prosper with complaints about borrowers not paying and people's various issues with Prosper's operations peppering the conversations.  Of course, there were some off-topic discussions as well like my discussion with zaun and ran-ran about Creation/Evolution and a few hints of the various political races.  Overall, the time was very enjoyable and I hope to have more opportunities to meet Prosper people in the future.

Finally, just today, I got to meet one other Prosper person, zadrock.  Incidentally, he is the campaign manager for Mike Hargadon who is running for congress in Maryland's 7th congressional district.  Currently, this district is represented by Elijah Cummings, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus.  Ultimately, Mr. Hargadon will most likely not win but either way, it was nice to meet both him and zadrock.