[openstack-community] Starting OpenStack Meet-up
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area. While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized? *Adam Lawson* AQORN, Inc. 427 North Tatnall Street Ste. 58461 Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230 Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 101 International: +1 302-387-4660 Direct: +1 916-246-2072
Hi Adam, I simply made note with all my friends/colleagues that were interested in OpenStack and then let meetup.com do the rest of the work. These days you likely also want to register your meetup with openstack.org. We're having our 3rd anniversary next month for the Colorado OpenStack meetup. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Adam Lawson <alawson@aqorn.com> wrote:
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
*Adam Lawson*
AQORN, Inc. 427 North Tatnall Street Ste. 58461 Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230 Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 101 International: +1 302-387-4660 Direct: +1 916-246-2072
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On 01/19/2015 04:07 PM, Adam Lawson wrote:
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
It's important not to get discouraged with the first meeting, if only 3 or 4 people show up. They'll tell other people who will be annoyed that they missed it, and the second time will be better. So the first time, just tell the people you know are interested, and then they'll help you get the word out the next time. Also, make sure you get it listed on Meetup.com so that people who watch that will see it and help get the word out even farther. -- Rich Bowen - rbowen@redhat.com OpenStack Community Liaison http://openstack.redhat.com/
Hi, On 01/20/2015 08:46 AM, Rich Bowen wrote:
On 01/19/2015 04:07 PM, Adam Lawson wrote:
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
It's important not to get discouraged with the first meeting, if only 3 or 4 people show up. They'll tell other people who will be annoyed that they missed it, and the second time will be better. So the first time, just tell the people you know are interested, and then they'll help you get the word out the next time. Also, make sure you get it listed on Meetup.com so that people who watch that will see it and help get the word out even farther.
Good advice! Also: if you are doing presentations, it's likely that you will have to line up speakers for the first 2-3, and then you may want to figure out a process for letting people know that there's a meet-up coming and you're looking for proposals. Your first meet-up, you may get one or two walk-ins from Meet-up, but most attendees will be people you have spoken to personally about it. Better to under-estimate space needs than over-estimate. If you have room for 10 people and 14 turn up, it's not a huge deal, if you have room for 50 and 14 turn up, there will be no energy in the room. Also, you might want to set an expectation of regularity from the start - plan 2-3 meet-ups when you start, every 3-4 months is a good pace, it will allow people to start forming habits. Finally: Congratulations! Have fun - it's a great thing to do. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338
We started a meetup last November, 50 signed up, 17 showed up. We sent invites via various IT/Tech Usergroups in Facebook. We want to do this regularly, our next one will be on February. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Rich Bowen <rbowen@redhat.com> wrote:
On 01/19/2015 04:07 PM, Adam Lawson wrote:
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
It's important not to get discouraged with the first meeting, if only 3 or 4 people show up. They'll tell other people who will be annoyed that they missed it, and the second time will be better. So the first time, just tell the people you know are interested, and then they'll help you get the word out the next time.
Also, make sure you get it listed on Meetup.com so that people who watch that will see it and help get the word out even farther.
-- Rich Bowen - rbowen@redhat.com OpenStack Community Liaison http://openstack.redhat.com/
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On 19/01/15 17:07, Adam Lawson wrote:
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
Hi Adam, There's some basic information here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStackUserGroups/HowTo We also have a number of Ambassadors who would love to help you! Their details are at: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community/AmbassadorProgram Regards, Tom
Tom Fifield wrote on 01/20/2015 08:57:35 AM:
On 19/01/15 17:07, Adam Lawson wrote:
I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
Hi Adam,
There's some basic information here:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStackUserGroups/HowTo
We also have a number of Ambassadors who would love to help you! Their details are at:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community/AmbassadorProgram
Regards,
Tom
I second the OpenStack wiki as a great place to learn best practices (including announcements on social media). I linked to it from my own notes on finding, joining, and organizing meetups: < http://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/07/learn-cloud-share-expertise-local-meetup/
There were also a couple of panels at the Paris Summit that you might be interested in: Panel: Tips and Tools for Building a Successful OpenStack Group < https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/session-videos/...
User Group Panel: India, Japan, China < https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/session-videos/...
Thanks, Daniel Krook Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Labs, IBM Software Group Senior Certified IT Specialist (IBM & The Open Group L3), Master Inventor LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krook IBM Twitter: http://twitter.com/danielkrook Github: http://github.com/krook Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/members/13919430/ SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/danielkrook krook.info
Ken Hui is your local ambassador. I have cc'c him for you. Check the how to. Let us know if you have any questions. ~sean
On Jan 20, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Tom Fifield <tom@openstack.org> wrote:
On 19/01/15 17:07, Adam Lawson wrote: I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
Hi Adam,
There's some basic information here:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStackUserGroups/HowTo
We also have a number of Ambassadors who would love to help you! Their details are at:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community/AmbassadorProgram
Regards,
Tom
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Thanks everyone. Lots to chew on, Will contact Ken, read read read and hopefully have some fruit to show for my labor soon! Mahalo, Adam On Jan 20, 2015 8:46 PM, "Sean Roberts" <seanroberts66@gmail.com> wrote:
Ken Hui is your local ambassador. I have cc'c him for you. Check the how to. Let us know if you have any questions.
~sean
On Jan 20, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Tom Fifield <tom@openstack.org> wrote:
On 19/01/15 17:07, Adam Lawson wrote: I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
Hi Adam,
There's some basic information here:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStackUserGroups/HowTo
We also have a number of Ambassadors who would love to help you! Their details are at:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community/AmbassadorProgram
Regards,
Tom
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Adam, Give me a call anytime you want to talk. My number is in my signature line below. Best time to have a first call is after 6 PM EST. Thank you. -- Kenneth Hui 347.997.0935 kenhuinyc@gmail.com <kkanghui@gmail.com> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Adam Lawson <alawson@aqorn.com> wrote:
Thanks everyone. Lots to chew on, Will contact Ken, read read read and hopefully have some fruit to show for my labor soon!
Mahalo, Adam On Jan 20, 2015 8:46 PM, "Sean Roberts" <seanroberts66@gmail.com> wrote:
Ken Hui is your local ambassador. I have cc'c him for you. Check the how to. Let us know if you have any questions.
~sean
On Jan 20, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Tom Fifield <tom@openstack.org> wrote:
On 19/01/15 17:07, Adam Lawson wrote: I've been contemplating starting a new OpenStack meet-up and an excited about meeting with and hearing what folks are doing in the local area.
While continue working on this, I'm wondering how others who have created user groups got the word out and evangelized?
Hi Adam,
There's some basic information here:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStackUserGroups/HowTo
We also have a number of Ambassadors who would love to help you! Their details are at:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community/AmbassadorProgram
Regards,
Tom
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participants (9)
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Adam Lawson
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Daniel Krook
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Dave Neary
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David Medberry
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Kenneth Hui
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Rich Bowen
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Sean Roberts
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Tom Fifield
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Vladimir Franciz S. Blando