Re: [UG-ADMINS] LouPUG Sponsorship

Thanks for the kudos, Keith!

That being said, attendance at DCPHP and Baltimore PHP has dropped off in the past year. Has anybody else experienced this?

Currently I'm running a survey of DCPHP members: both on our old Google Group and through Meetup. I'll let people know what I find out, if anyone's interested (and if the results are something more than "getting around DC is hard").

I will say, based on my Meetup experience so far is that you can get a LOT of members--DCPHP just crested 800 on there--but the commitment level is very low. I'm guilty of this myself: I've joined several meetups and have only attended a few, and certainly haven't become a regular at any.

So Meetup may be necessary, but I'm not sure it's sufficient. :)

Man, it's almost like this organizing stuff is work. Sheesh.

-Sandy

On Dec 4, 2012, at 1:30 PM, D Keith Casey Jr wrote:

> 
> @Jason - Drop me a note off list to chat on details.
> 
> On moving away from Meetup in general, I'd really recommend against it. I put ~4 years into DCPHP and we hit ~400 members. In the 2.5 years since Sandy Smith listed the group on Meetup, another 400 members have appeared. Like it or not, it is *the* place that people go first to find groups of interest.
> 
> On a related note, I'm proud to see that in those 2.5 years, there have been 85 events. That's 2.83/month on average which is ridiculously active. Congrats guys. :)
> Source: http://www.meetup.com/DC-PHP/
> 
> kc
> 
> On 12/4/12 11:54 AM, Jason McCreary wrote:
>> Twilio already funded us for the first 6 months. I suppose I could reach
>> back out to him.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Sean Prunka <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Twilio covered CHOPUG on Meetup for our first six months... Sadly, our
>>> group didn't make it past that mark.. But, our bad fortune could be your
>>> good fortune. You could talk to Keith Casey. He might be able to help.
>>> 
>>> Sean Prunka
>>> On Dec 4, 2012 11:57 AM, "Jason McCreary" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Our Meetup dues for the Louisville PHP User Group (LouPUG) are due soon.
>>>> While I wish to eventually move away from Meetup, it currently is our
>>>> largest source of attendees while LouPUG gains traction.
>>>> 
>>>> I am open to long term ideas. But for the short term, can anyone recommend
>>>> or offer sponsorships for the next 6 months ($72)? Partial sponsorship is
>>>> welcome.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jason McCreary
>>>> Founder - LouPUG
>>>> 
> 
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