I went to my first deviantMEET on June 9, 2012 and I met a ton of dA admins and dA members~! It was at the Mécano Bar at 99 rue Oberkampf, 75011 Paris, France and there were over 250 deviantART members who showed up! I took 201 pictures of the event and it was really cool to meet the dA CEO and founder, Angelo Sotira (+spyed)! I also got to meet Bart (^namenotrequired), who's a really nice admin. He usually helps people with tutorials and by answering questions in the help chatroom at [link] . The admin, Simon ($pachunka), is hilarious! xD In addition, I got free dA merchandise, including stickers (some from [link] ), emoticon buttons, a lanyard, the blue emoticon stress ball from the series 2 set, and a Fella plushie! I even got +spyed to autograph my Fella plushie! The only other person that I saw who took a ton of pictures like I did was =alahay! xD It was a great dAy! Lol get it? There's the word dA in day!
The following admins showed up to this deviantMEET:
This is Part 2~ Part 1 is at [link] ! The following admins are pictured in Part 1 and Part 2:
Angelo Sotira (+spyed): CEO and founder of deviantART Dan Leveille ($danlev, formerly $Dan14Lev): Marketing admin Matt Danna ($mattdanna, formerly $eStunt): Marketing admin Micah Goulart ($micahgoulart): DT (Devious Technology) admin Toby ($Ayame-Kenoshi): Community and marketing admin Heidi ($Heidi): Marketing admin Andrew ($mccann): DT (Devious Technology) admin Luka Kladaric ($allixsenos): DT (Devious Technology) admin Ben ($Nodren): DT (Devious Technology) admin Brandon ($KnightAR): DT (Devious Technology) admin Simon ($pachunka): Product admin Bart (^namenotrequired): Community volunteer $rush DT (Devious Technology) admin Hunter Luthi ($HAL2008): Marketing admin
If an admin is not pictured, it means I did not see him/her. They include $kouiskas, $inazar, $yury-n, #ArtBIT, $drommk, $xraystyle, $OnlyTheGoodNotes, and $lightningmonkey. Also, I actually did see $DEVlANT, but he's not pictured because I was busy putting on my dA nametag and getting free dA goodies at that moment. After that, I didn't see him again. :c There were a lot of people, which is why I didn't meet every admin there.
Here are links with additional info:
Full list of all the dA admins with the $ symbol [link] $Heidi's announcement about this deviantMEET [link] $Ayame-Kenoshi's wrap-up on this deviantMEET [link]
There are several deviantMEETs per year and most take place in the USA. If you want to know when the next deviantMEETs will be and/or are interested in the latest dA news, go add #hq to your watch list!