From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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To: | Gary Evans <garyevans(dot)au(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Request for information about starting a local user group in Brisbane, Australia |
Date: | 2015-08-18 02:55:57 |
Message-ID: | 55D29EBD.1020201@agliodbs.com |
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On 08/17/2015 04:05 PM, Gary Evans wrote:
>
> I would like to know what I need to do from a PostgreSQL community
> perspective about the requirements I need to fulfil before advertising
> and officially starting a new user group?
1. get a meetup account or ask us to get one for you. Probably better
to do the former, even if you want financial help for it.
2. post here a link to that meetup so we can put it on the PostgreSQL
home page.
3. Schedule a meetup.
4. Submit the meetup to the Postgresql.org news feed as the first
Brisbane meetup (if you don't have a www.postgresql.org community
account, you'll need to get one).
> Any suggestions in terms of what works well and what doesn't at other
> user group meetings, flyers advertising meetings etc would also be welcome.
Flyers don't work in the USA, just social media.
You want to have:
* a topic and a speaker
* food & drink
Food and drink are important because if people have to find a quick
dinner before making it to the meetup, they won't make it. So even if
you have to ask everyone to chip in $10, make sure there's food there.
And don't forget about the vegetarians and folks on special diets.
We've found that discussion/social meetups don't work very well for us;
people don't show. Also, keep in mind that RSVPs will be 1.5X to 3X
higher than actual attendence.
--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com
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