I'm thinking about spearheading a Salt Lake or Provo Hackers/Founders meetup (depending on feedback from both areas) and wanted to gauge interest here first. If you are interested in coming to or helping to organize such a thing, shoot me an email (in my profile).
If you guys get this hacker/founders meetup put together, I'll buy the pizza for you. I (me, Doba, LaunchUp) love to support local wicked coders/entrepreneurs. Just let me know. Seriously.
I've enjoyed the hackers and founders meetup in mountain view. I really do enjoy how unstructured it is compared to Launch Up and the Web Startup Group.
I've been to one in SF and one in Mountain View. In SF, people basically showed up, the organizer had pizza (which sponsors paid for - in that case it was WePay and MixPanel), and people just talked and hung out. Very informal. Very low-key.
In Mountain View it was the same story, except for the first 30 minutes or so there was a talk on the evolution of db technology and pros/cons of different platforms.
I don't know if I'd be interested or not. Maybe. It'd be cool to meet people but I'm not sure if it'd go well or be worthwhile. I'd probably be willing to try one out if it's not too far away (I'm in Sandy).
As would I. I'm working on starting a BYU Hackers Club (in the Engineering department.). (I need a better name though... I don't think it will make it past administration.)
BoomStartup (http://www.BoomStartup.com) - I'm actually in this program right now.
The Foundry (http://www.business.utah.edu/node/1203) - I know some people in this if you're interested.
Launch Up (http://www.launchup.org) - They meet tomorrow in South Jordan
Web Startup Group (http://webstartupgroup.com/) - A BYU startup community