When they first gathered four years ago in an Overland Park coffee shop, they harbored no doubts, ;none;, that this social media thing had a future.;;True believers. All six of them.;;Look now at the Social Media Club of Kansas City: On Friday, about 150 members #x97; and that#x92;s just 5 percent of the total membership #x97; crammed into the Google Fiber Space facility on Westport Road for the group#x92;s monthly breakfast.;;They were eager to learn and share updates of their club#x92;s efforts to bring neighborhoods in Kansas City and Kansas City, Kan., into the ultra-high-speed fold of Google#x92;s fiber experiment.;;#x93;Huge kudos to all of you involved,#x94; club president Aaron Deacon told the capacity crowd.;;Many, of course, were texting and snapping images on their smartphones even as he spoke.;;The Social Media Club of Kansas City started out as a geeky gaggle of Web enthusiasts who recognized the need to set aside their keypads on occasion and get together face to face.;;Today, they are carving a niche in the area#x92;s civic community #x97; as entrepreneurs, boosters, bloggers, word-spreaders and charity organizers who, by some accounts, have quietly made Kansas City a pioneering place in the social-network galaxy.;;Take president Deacon.;;At 36, he is the architect of an online #x93;crowdfunding#x94; blitz (these people have a funky term for everything) called Paint the Town Green. With the help of scores of volunteers and financial donors, the campaign aims to pre-register thousands of low-income households for Google#x92;s first-in-the-nation TV and Internet services, which will race through fiber at an unprecedented, gigabyte clip.;;In recent weeks, club members have been phoning, knocking on doors and working their Twitter and Facebook magic to help potential Google customers sign up before the pre-registration deadline strikes at the end of today.;;If enough sign up, often paying the $10 pre-registration fee with a debit card provided for free, some of the area#x92;s most distressed neighborhoods will qualify for the initial rollout of fiber lines, thus narrowing the so-called digital divide that looms over Google#x92;s grand plans.;;Club members, Deacon said, are #x93;part of a community that understands how many opportunities are available to you through technology. They genuinely believe it #x96; they do.;;#x93;This isn#x92;t all about techie gadgets and Facebook games. Through connectivity, people are empowered to create real change in the real world.#x94;;; Tweet this: A recent census of social-media clubs worldwide
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