many thanks to @Dessi Schachne @Jake Howard @Bruno Militz +1 @Talgat Mussin @Pam Yang, she-her and my wife (Laraine) for showing up and to @Simon Hegener @Jack Shiller @Brian Rushalski @Sam Greiner for presenting! i had suuuuch a good time—i wanna get a bunch of meetups on the board in all of the boroughs! does anyone have any recommendations in brooklyn, queens, bronx, and staten island? what other parts of new york might we want to visit? i just added a connection call on tuesday, january 27th @ 4pm—you can add it to your calendar here. our bartender (emma) was amazing too. stoked to see how our irl's unfold! @Tony Loew @Goose Dunlavey

@Zakia Ahm and I hosted our 2nd meetup last night. We caught up around the fountain, sipped some hot chocolate, bought sweaters, and headed over for some karaoke! 📣 shoutout to @Maxwell Riseman (and friends) @Chanie Twersky @Cara Oyler , Jared, and my wife Laraine for showing up! If you have any pics you can share, please do. Next month, @Zakia Ahm is working on securing office space, where we'll be able to dive into all things Skool so you can walk away feeling good about the direction of your Skool too. Many thanks o @Goose Dunlavey @Tony Loew and team for providing the opportunity to serve NYC Skoolers 🙏🏢🍎❤️ 🙌

Hey NY Skoolers! ❤️‍🔥 We had our first call last week- honestly it was beyond anything Michael and I could imagine- We usually stay till the end (he and I) to chat/go over the call, and we really couldn’t find the words- We were mostly just staring at each other in bliss/ eternal knowing We have a really special thing going, New York. One thing that @Florian Rolke said on the call was how none of us embodied the typical New Yorker closed-off vibe- No actually, every single person was dedicated to connection and service- I think that’s a part of why we’re all on Skool. ✨✨Several announcements on the call:✨✨ 📆Monthly Meetups: First Fridays of every month 1st one will be Nov 7th @ 4pm at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) ❤️‍🔥 Monthly Call: Potentially Every Third Friday of the Month These will be connection-based. What should we call it? Not “Coffee Hour” since i don’t drink coffee- maybe “Nice New Yorkers”? with the aim of meeting new Skoolers in New York while catching up with our current NY friends- maybe we can have a theme for sharing- What would you like to talk about/share on the call? Throw ANY ideas below. 🫶Honorable Mentions: Shout to @Dessi Schachne for being vulnerable and sharing her journey since becoming an entrepreneur and @Jose Guerra for sharing his work journey so far for @Jonathan Twombly for an awesome intro and being curious about FB group migration to Skool and for @Patty Rose for having such a dynamic background and also being curious about the business aspect of Skool @eric chiasson for appreciating the connection that Skool offers @Danila Kharlamov for his beautiful energy and showing us his dog! @Florian Rolke for being a gift at human interaction @Tony Loew for sharing his personal journey of solo traveling the world

AYOOOOOOO NEW YORKKK IN THA HOUSSSSEEEEE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 if u haven’t been caught up, Skool IRL (In Real Life) is doing a World Tour- and stopping in each city. 🏙️ A few weeks ago, they did NEW YORKKKK. 🗽🗽🗽 and elected 2 majors- Myself- Zakia (nice to meet you), and my instant friend at the event @Michael Rizk Honestly, this opportunity literally feels like the top of the world. And totally fated at this time in both our lives- after some brutal times in the pandemic. This truly is the universe coming full circle- Micheal and I are literally operate-from-the-heart kind of people- just the honor to SERVE for us is a feeling that cannot be put into words- we’ll be hosting events and meetups in NYC in the future, but for now- LETS HEAR IT FOR NY 🗽🗽🗽🗽 WHO’S IN THE HOUSE? WHO WAS BORN HERE? AND HOPEFULLY YOU’RE STILL HERE ❤️‍🔥 COMMENT BELOWWWWWW

The IRL event a couple of weeks back was AMAZING! I soaked up every bit of it and made so many cool connections. I even met my soul sister @Zakia Ahm—who knew?!?!? I'm honored that @Tony Loew asked if I'd be interested in being the Skool IRL mayor of NYC. Zakia thankfully also expressed interest, and it was obvious we'd take on this role better together than we would apart. 👋 My name is Michael Rizk. I'm 48, and tomorrow I'll be married to my beautiful wife, Laraine, for 22 years. We made Jackson, who just turned 18 (where did the time go 🤯), and I'm focused on being fully present for and loving to my wife and son. My background is in personal training, massage therapy, biomechanics, and coaching. Today, I'm building out a movement focused course called Expanding Capacity, helping people recover lost ranges of motion for pain-free movement. Zakia and I would love to host a zoom meetup to get to know you and learn how we can make our NYC IRL experiences deeply valuable to and rewarding for you...stay tuned for a day/time. In the meantime, would you mind briefly introducing yourself below and sharing what you'd like to get out of future IRL meetups and events? I look forward to meeting and hugging all of you. Many thanks for @Goose Dunlavey for making this possible. Make it a great weekend. "'I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can." — George Bernard Shaw