Many years before Meetup.com existed, certain subcultures (some of which I'm involved with) were using e-mail to organize face-to-face meetings over a meal, in a public setting, for people with shared interests, who otherwise had no way of safely exploring them. These events were (and continue to be) called munches. It's in honor of that tradition that I've been using the same term for my Brights group's Meetups since I took over as its organizer.
Although no one else came to last night's munch, I used the time to write a draft of my proposed critical thinking tract. You can read it here:
http://stripey7.blogspot.com/2007/07/introducing-worlds-first-critical.html
Feedback welcome!
Eric