Re: [UG-ADMINS] Welcome new PHP user groups!

Hi Lorna

I have an eventbrite page setup, this is mainly for my own reference and to
kind of get a rough idea on who's coming.

We have a twitter account too and a Facebook group. I just need to push
these out a little bit more and try get more exposure. The mailing list
seems interesting and is something I can start as well.

The room in Mr Foley's is quite small, so everyone will be quite close
together, so I think having a talk/discussion about what we want to achieve
shouldn't be a problem.

So far I've seen alot of Zend Framework people who seem quite interested in
attending, so I'll ask them If any would do a presentation in future on
Zend.

I have seen a talk by you at UKPHP Conf in London and it would be great If
you could talk at the user group. Plus, I don't mind doing a talk on
symfony, for anyone interested in the framework.

I will keep you posted on any developments with the group between now and
monday 7th.

Craig

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Lorna Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Craig,
>
> I'm an organiser at PHPNW in Manchester, but I actually live in Leeds
> so you can expect to see me at the groups.  My advice is that you
> don't need funding or a meetup group - PHPNW uses a mailing list,
> upcoming.org and facebook, which works really well and doesn't cost
> money.  Personally I think that's a lot of outlets to manage (we have
> an IRC channel as well) but we keep them in sync somehow!
>
> For the first meeting, a meet and greet and "how should this work?"
> discussion is fine, but someone should ensure we do that rather than
> just drink, and we should probably take some notes.  Going forward I
> recommend finding some technical content for each meeting, so people
> have a reason to come - but not for the whole meeting so we can still
> network and discuss.  If you are struggling for presenters, now or at
> any point in the future, I'm more than happy to step in (I present
> often on the wider PHP circuit, so will be able to come up with
> something as needed).
>
> Look forward to meeting you
>
> Lorna
>
>
> On 26/05/2010, Craig Willis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am new to the user group scene.
> >
> > I have set up the Leeds PHP User Group in the UK.
> >
> > We have had an unexpected interest in people coming down, since most
> larger
> > companies/agencies in the area focus on .net developers.
> > We have a venue, in a nice pub, who are always welcome for local user
> groups
> > to go attend and use their facilities.
> >
> > My main questions, are mainly do with going forward.
> > I thought the first night should be a meet and great, get people down,
> get
> > people talking and get people interested in coming to future meets!
> > I'd like to know: what would be a good thing to do for the second
> meeting?
> > Small talks, presentations, or should I not rush things?
> >
> > Also, have user groups applied for funding/sponsorship? I'd like to know
> how
> > and If we need it?
> >
> > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Ben Ramsey <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> We had a great community session at TEK•X last week on starting up user
> >> groups, and, now, I'm seeing lots of activity with new user groups
> >> starting in various areas. This is awesome!
> >>
> >> If you're new to this list and just starting out, take a few lines to
> >> introduce yourself, and please don't hesitate to ask this list for help!
> >> It's what we're here for.
> >>
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