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Amsterdam devmeet recap!

Thu Aug 25, 2011, 2:35 PM by `fritsvandersloot:iconfritsvandersloot:
:iconeuropeans:



Two weeks have passed since we held our devMEET in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to celebrate deviantART's eleventh birthday. It's high time for a recap! This blog entry will tell you all about the activities we hosted on that day.

The #europeans operators assembled on Museum square an hour before the devMEET officially started, at noon, to run over some last details. To our surprise, there were already quite a number of people present at the location! Everybody started to mingle and socialize with other deviants while waiting for some last arrivals. At around 1:15 PM, `fritsvandersloot held a short speech, and we all posed for several group photos. After taking the group photos, we proceeded to walk towards the Vondelpark.




On the way to the Vondelpark, we stopped at a local Albert Heijn (grocery store), so everybody could stock up on some food and drinks. Once everybody completed their raid, we continued our walk to the Vondelpark.



Once we arrived at the Vondelpark, we found a nice spot in the grass and settled down.



Soon afterwards, we started our first activity: a cake contest! Similar to the one we held in Berlin last year, attendees formed four groups and were each given a cake. Decorations were handed out as well, and creative juices soon flooded the park! We, the admins of #europeans, picked the two winning groups, which all received deviantWEAR t-shirts. The two runner-up groups won trollface lanyards!






After the delicious cakes were eaten, we split the group up in three parts for our second round of activities. We formed three groups: the photography group, which went on a photo hunt; the drawing group, which went to an idyllic part of the park to draw; and the lazy group, which stayed around the same spot, creating a longcat, playing some soccer, or eating a hotdog.



Prizes were handed out to winners in each group. A massive group hug, a short closing speech and some shenanigans ended the day's activities.





We would once again like to thank the following people for attending:

~Tygerdancebeat, =huina, ~Miss-Dutch, ~SoulDragonit, ~Aelanessa, ~kieltje, *MangoGloor, ~Devilia666, ~digitaldreamz666, ~Lamoth, ~Alietje, *thomasVanDijk, ~TheGroovyMurphy, ~nutraly, ~Leanai, ~AidanAsha, *Dutchkat, *JessKat-art, ~Yetska, ~MarkP0rter, ~ziennajames, ~Clor, ^namenotrequired, *Spacegryphon, ~knetti, `Norke, ~MeanKitty6, ~Lizzepizz, *Jenniej92, ~cheetaleonie, =Volturnus, ~EagleRacoonFox, ~xxx-Vitani-xxx, ~nicky14, ~CaroShadow, *de-la-montagne, *marob0501, ~StrawberryIchigo15, ~jigoku-no-mon, ~MidoriTsu, ~Hyperized, ~Curzec.

And a thank you also goes out to the devMEET hosts:
`anmari, `Anoya, ~BWvdS, !Czarine-the-Restless, `electricnet, `fritsvandersloot, `NikiVandermosten, =Triska.

And we would also like to send out our love to #hq, who provided us with a huge amount of goodies to hand out to all participants during the meet! :heart:

We hope you had a great time, we sure had! We hope to see you again next year! :D

#europeans is part of the europartists network.
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:iconhisnameisirene:
~HisNameIsIrene Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
aaah men, I didn't know that there was a meeting in AMSTERDAM..
because I live in the Netherlands.. hmm maybe next time.
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:iconbwvds:
~BWvdS Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
It was a great devmeet on to the meeting of next year, and what `anmari sad were is the group hug photo?
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~SoulDragonit Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Was really great! :love:
So much great people! :meow:
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~ziennajames Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Needs moar hugging.
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:iconmiss-dutch:
~Miss-Dutch Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Had much much fun!
Next time again!
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:iconwirie:
~Wirie Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist
Will there be another devMEET next year in Amsterdam? If so, I would come for sure!
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:iconfritsvandersloot:
I recommend asking that to #Nederlanders. :) They focus on the Netherlands, unlike us. We will not be going to Amsterdam next year, we want to visit more countries in Europe as the years progress!
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:iconthegroovymurphy:
~TheGroovyMurphy Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
There is a group for dutch devmeets but I can't remember the name. :confused:
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:iconbwvds:
~BWvdS Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
There could be one in Amsterdam next year but it will not be hosted by #europeans, you shall have to do it your self or someone else has to do. We go to an other place in Europe every time and next years location is not yet know.
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:iconthomasvandijk:
*thomasVanDijk Aug 25, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Best devmeet ever! Well, to me anyway.
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