[Chicago] Update your Python resume

[Cezar Jenkins]

On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:

> My goal is not necessarily to boost membership.  In fact, we have had some big meetings this last year that would have become unmanageable if we had 100 more warm bodies. Instead, I like being a bit on the down-low so that the members who attend our meetings actually have some clue. I am still anticipating the day someone shows up with burmese python... and say they found us on a MeetUp site.

I agree, membership levels are great, don't change a thing. That said, Meetup.com can be used for other Chipy events. There are a load of technical groups using Meetup. The MongoDB group, Heroku, Software Craftmanship, etc, etc.

I believe you have some preconceived notion that people on Meetup don't have a clue, and I think that is unfounded from my experience with Meetup.

Besides, you don't have to create it, someone else did. http://www.meetup.com/ChiPyFans/

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> I did attend Chad's meeting and it was well marketed, ran well, and well attended. I suggest we take that sort of approach and pick something specific, like Brian Curtin's Python Sprint, and take a swing at it.  We can mimic the approach, yet the purpose and focus is so different we can not expect the same exact results. Nonetheless, I am game to help with this.
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> On a side, note I did hear some people refer to ChiPy meeting as a "MeetUp". I do not like the term and I sure hope we are more than a book club. I see us as a community. 

I resemble that comment. My cycling club uses Meetup and it's been around since 1977, it's more than a book club.

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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:35 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Cezar Jenkins <emperorcezar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Meetup.com seems to have a ton of traction right now. I think someone around here had an account. Would probably be a good idea to put something on there.
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> I created a meetup account for the Chicago Python Workshop (Like the
> Boston group). People sign up for the workshop meetup, ranging from
> people with no programming experience to people with 10+ years. Many
> of the introductions say things like "would love to meet other
> Pythonistas"
> 
> Despite linking to chipy in the description of the group, I haven't
> seen an uptick in attendance. People don't read the introduction,
> perhaps, or forget that chipy exists because there isn't a monthly
> entry.
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> I used to be anti-meetup, but not any more. If I was dictator, I'd
> make a meetup. Here's the meetup namespace I made for workshops. I
> wish it was in a chipy namespace, and I wish there were signups for
> things like hack-nights, sprints, etc.
> 
> http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Python-Workshop/
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