My recommendation is to pick a public place and proceed carefully. I've had people try to pull me into these things but I'm not very keen on the idea on a personal level because so I've made my excuses for the most part.

I'm honestly not sure why I'm so reticent about it, but I've been on the Guild for years and have basically met no one from here. I've been in other communities for a long time and have not generally been keen to meet people. Of course, I did meet one person from one of those other communities who was local to me, we had a relationship and it went badly so I suppose I'm in the 'once bitten, twice shy' category.