We had a big crowd (Photo by Jeff Geoghan)

Yesterday morning we had our largest turnout yet for a Lancaster breakfast tweetup—twenty-eight attendees in all:

1. jsang Jonathan Sanger made his first appearance
2. jeremywalter was the finance man on hand
3. chuckholt was there and happily told us how well the factoryyouthctr auction went on Saturday
4. poservarial Chad Hamilton returned after missing the last one
5. EACIV Ed Cardwell returned for his second breakfast tweetup and we compared netbooks
6. Amanda Paveglio [links to Facebook] Are you on Twitter yet, Amanda?
7. Odonellsteve Steve and I talked about about babies with beards, fake and otherwise.
8. Ben_the_great was there and it was awesome.
9. Julie_rickards was just trying to keep up with Ben’s radical dudeness.
10. crazywidow Brenda and I pretty much just busted on each other
11. Daniel Klotz Yours truly. I ate a bagel. It cost $4.95.
12. Hdesignr Heather Hough was all pumped up for the soccer game at Clipper Stadium that evening
13. LancasterHomes A huge thanks to Jeff Geoghan for organizing and arranging this tweetup
14. christophervogt Chris and I talked about health insurance, one of those hard-pressing issues of our day
15. Bencraddock Ben was there to share meaningful glances with people.
16. joelwalker just wanted to show off his new haircut that doesn’t get messed up by his motorcycle helmet
17. ryansmoker smuggled in a cup of Square One coffee, which I’ll bet anything was better than what Marriott served
18. Maxtana brought class to the event, and had a good conversation with the aforementioned Chris Vogt about the social Web
19. Trezendes was there with…
20. Benzendes strapped to his chest.
21. neilrhen I hadn’t seen since 6:30 the evening before, so we had a lot to catch up on.
22. regularsm Sean sat with Ken Mueller so I don’t know what he was up to
23. ryanshenhoover was at that table, too
24. kmueller62 thought it was special that he finally made it to his first breakfast tweetup. Consensus: he wasn’t awake enough to be interesting.
25. airport_girl flew in from Harrisburg International Airport
26. WordWidget Cliff Lewis was there, but I totally scooped NewsLanc on this thrilling story
27. beckami Ami tried to keep peace at the kiddie table
28. IJLIFE continued the discussion of what her Twitter name should stand for

Lancaster, PA tweetups are on a roll

The twelve of us were Jeff Geoghan, Kate Peteritas, Jeremy Walter, Bryan Coe, Jeff Rumm, Chad Hamilton, Shanelle Lee, Max Phillips, Paul Stoltzfus, Ryan Shen-Hoover, Joel Walker, and myself. We all made it out at 7 a.m. or so for some breakfast, coffee, and conversation.

For me, it was the first time I met Chad, Bryan, and Ryan in real life. We’ve been following each other on Twitter and Facebook for several months, so it’s great to bring it full circle with a little face-to-face time. Good guys, all three of them. Chad was officially the youngest adult at the tweetup. He’s a student at Manheim Township High School and spends part of his time studying graphic design at the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center.

This is the fifth successful tweetup we have now had in Lancaster since we began six months ago:

• Apple store opening at Park City mall – Sept. 20
• Paul Rothrock‘s birthday pub crawl down Plum Street – Sept. 27
• Ice skating and chilling in the skybox at Clipper Magazine Stadium – Jan. 23
• Breakfast tweetup No. 1 – Feb. 24
• Breakfast tweetup No. 2 – March 11

There were other attempts, but I haven’t verified that any of them were well-attended enough to be considered bona fide tweetups. (Please fill us in if I missed any.)

To get the scoop upcoming tweetups, keep an eye on the Lancaster PA Tweetups group on Facebook. Planned get-togthers include lunch, late-night diner run, Saturday morning coffee, and who knows what else.

A couple people suggested that we have nametags next time. Paul threatened never to return if we crossed the line into having a sign-in sheet, though. What should we do for our next tweetups?