[Chicago] MeetUp

[Garrett Smith]

This is turning into a weird thread. Is there a time limit on this discussion?


----- "Ishmael Rufus" <sakamura at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is wrong with being declared "Yet Another Meetup"? You can easily
> 
> be labeled Yet Another Users Group.
> 
> Is there some joke that's going around (about Meetup.com) that I have
> 
> yet to hear?
> 
> Brian Ray wrote:
> >>
> >
> >
> > It sounds like we mostly agree Meetup does not work the way we want
> 
> > 100%. I think we agreed already we do not want to rely on it
> solely.
> >
> > Should we now consider the impact of getting an account and use it
> for 
> > mirroring purposes?   Perhaps it can mimic our normal behavior. I
> just 
> > want to increase our exposure. I hear too frequently that people 
> > simply forget about ChiPy meetings until the day after. And they say
> 
> > that they would have come if but forgot. What may be happening here
> is 
> > our simple email notification is not annoying enough to remind
> people.
> >
> > I also hear that people were not aware ChiPy existed.  Its not so
> much 
> > a problem with those who know Python already. Mostly, its those who
> 
> > are looking for the best language fit and may benefit from our 
> > meetings I want to capture here. I do not know if this is the whole
> 
> > 20%. Then, certainly, there are some regulars who I want to
> convince, 
> > as well. Yes, there are some hard-core Python people who fail to
> come 
> > to meetings. Our topics and presentations are top notch and I feel 
> > more will come if we do a better job announcing up coming events in
> a 
> > more timely and systematic manner.
> >
> > OTOH, I do not want to hurt our reputation by becoming Yet Another 
> > Meetup.  Its a balancing act between getting exposure and exploiting
> 
> > ourselves.
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian Ray
> > bray at sent.com
> > http://kazavoo.com/blog
> >
> >
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