Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday November 8 2003 — A7 site aOOom uoseirs to Woto NEW YORK (AP) Elvis fans to supporters of a presidential hopeful Meetupcom is bringing together people with a com- nion interest taking the talk out of the chatroom and back into the real world It wits at a crowded 2001 opening of the movie' "Lord of the Rings" that 3 year-old Scott Heiferman found him- - ' potential Stirring such political power was not something Heiferman expected "The closest thing we thought about is we said ’( )h it could be (used) for an issue like campaign finance reform he said He is quick to point out "that political groups are only a fraction iif w hat draws people to Meetup and topics range self surrounded by strangers yet inspired by a sense of community That experience and others led him to launch : s ' YNina Drapacz left of Manhattan and friend Daska Mpjdehi Plains NY toast during a gathering of Wine enthusiasts o untf Meetupcom oh Tutedayto think people involved in " in startup money The compaInternet were obsessed ’ with this idea that the Internet ny"with its staff of 16 people is "turning the corner right was global” said Heiferman and Y now on profitability” Heifer- -' Meetup's mansaid and succeeding in and statewide candidates also ' a Meetup site one of three CEO “They loved the idea' that you could now be best revenue sources lor the New have plugged into 'the site's ways he and his ' ' ' ' friends with a fellow Chi- - ' hadn't imagined r iT: r il huahua owner in the United' Y Solid Wood Furniture Kingdom: Wejf what about contender Howard Dean's No partical board s grabbing a beer grabbing of: campaign was the first to tap Fully assembled y fee having a gathering of the into Meetup's networking ' Lifetime Warranty V ' tO CAN Chihuahua owners in town?'' potential in a i The site was launched in way using it to mobilize sup- wwwjtftwnlnwnlnynjnrri t JSlfBMBBIlMBIg June 2002 with $125 million porters around the country an W&FV °P York-:hasc- company Money also comes in from organizations that benefit from a link to Meetup and from users who opt to pay for a membership with more features Meetups on a particular topic occur on the same day in ' communities all over the-world For instance the Elyis Meetup Day is the first Tucs-- 5 J (lay of the month af7 pm Iik’uI lime for each citvV yfe liad 1 -- - ‘rnooti up’ ©fflomie e - e s:'by' NewMMM - ' - high-profi- DENTURES - : ' face meeting" iie said “The most important siiciul relationships need lii he nurtured t n the real w orfd'' The site started with 400 topics picked by the Meetup staff now' there are more than 2330 suhjectsiih uset gesting new ones every' day They run the gamut from inieresi ip the llai Earth Soei- ety 'to the I'reciiuisops Meetups take place m W)4 cities in ' ' A- - le n THERAPEUTIC “From the Lab Td You No Dentist Visits Reouireo" ’ !j £ ? 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