KPick wrote:No nothing has happened yet. Who wants to start up a group? Maybe we can call it the Fresno Security Team? (FST), or LockpickersOfFresnoTeam? LOFT?
From my prior experience in running TOOOL Boston for a few years, the best thing to do is get with your local hacker maker space and do an open to their members intro to lockpicking class where they let you use their space and established advertising methods (twitter, facebook, google groups) to get people in the door and interested. Here's a place I just found with a quick google search:
https://www.facebook.com/FresnoIdeaworks?fref=nf I've noticed that when folks just say hey anyone in Ohio, and then someone replies here in 6 months saying, yeah I'm in Ohio, then meetings never seem to actually happen. It just goes back and fourth like that.
Even if the first meeting is just you sitting alone, you still get to play with locks and someone may walk in and want to learn or pick with you, or they might not, but it's all good because at least you got the word out that there is an actual meeting and not just talk of one. We had ours meetings once a month on a Sunday always in the same time slot, and having that consistency was important so people could trust that if they took their time to show up, someone was actually there.
Another place to meet people who are open to lockpicking is your local 2600 Magazine or Defcon meetups. Both maker and hacker scenes find hobby lockpicking appealing.
good luck with your meeting,
Squelchtone
