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Really nice post, we have plans to organize a workshop and an Openstack Day
here in Buenos Aires and those comments help a lot.

Thanks!

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 5:02 AM Nicolae Paladi <n.paladi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Ilkka for a great post.
>
> This is an answer also to the earlier “Contact Sharing” post (I was hoping
> to get some more reactions but looks like the topic is exhausted).
> Also, thank you Stefano for a detailed answer to my questions, and I
> subscribe to the words in both Stefano and Ilkka’s replies.
> Looks like organising meetups can not become a “structured” process, but
> always good to get advise and tips.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicolae
>
>
>
> On 26 Mar 2015, at 09:34, Ilkka Tengvall <ilkka.tengvall at cybercom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > just to throw in my experiences from OpenStack Finland Meetup. First I
> > was answering to "Contact Sharing" topic, but this got a bit lengthy, so
> > I open a new topic... :)
> >
> > I believe we've found a good balance between the sponsorship and
> > community event. My wish was to build up a group of professionals, who
> > enjoy the event both by having interesting presentations and good
> > atmosphere to do networking. For that, we went for both: Sponsorship and
> > non-sponsor speakers. Not all get to travel to international events.
> >
> > I believe the event must be such that I would go there out of generic
> > interest, and want to go there next time myself too. So few things:
> >
> > 1. If it's evening event, people don't want to be starving:
> > - when I'm hungry after work, I typically go home to eat.
> >   I likely don't bother leaving home anymore to any events.
> > - We offer snacks for the participants, so it's nice to come and stay
> >
> > 2. Finnish people don't go talking to strangers, break the barrier:
> > - Have some beers to loosen up the tongs, we Finns love beer :)
> > - Have interesting demo or presentation to have bases for discussion
> >
> > 3. I want to meet and network, leave time for networking in the event
> > - While technical presentations are interesting to technical people,
> >   don't push your schedule. Too much is boring.
> > - Make sure there is some time to discuss and network after or
> >   in-between the presentations. Perhaps even 1/3 prez, 2/3 free
> >   networking and discussions. 1/2 free time in minimum.
> > - This is something we keep still iterating, what is the good balance?
> >   So far we've tried different things, and likely will do so.
> >
> > 4. I need the money for such event. I'm willing to hear *a bit* of
> >   marketing in exchange. All pros understand that (..there is no
> >   free beer ;)).
> > - It's not hard to gather money for hot topics. If your event is good,
> >   the sponsors like to look good with you. It's easy marketing for them
> > - Make sure the sponsor understands that no-one is coming to event just
> >   to get marketing stuff, the sponsor better have some interesting
> >   content, or the sponsorship turns against them.
> > - Having variety of vendors present keeps the event neutral, everyone
> >   wins
> >
> > With those principles we've managed to create pretty good meetup group
> > here in Finland. Over 100/~290 (growing) members present in each meetup,
> > that's quite much in a small country. We've made friends between pros in
> > different companies, and it's nice to exchange thoughts and experiences
> > about OpenStack within the active community.
> >
> > Welcome all to the next meetup in September, we're going even bigger
> > co-located with OpenMind, Mindtrek, and DevOps meetup in Tampere! Our
> > events are in English, don't be afraid :)
> >
> > BR,
> >
> > Ilkka Tengvall
> > Cybercom Finland
> > OpenStack Finland meetup team
> > http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Finland-User-Group/
> >
> >
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