Re: [UG-ADMINS] LouPUG Sponsorship

I'll chime in on that, too. I chalk up the $19/mo for Meetup.com to my
Marketing budget, as I get at least as much work in a year from leads. I
look for sponsors to supply pizza and beer for our regular meetings,
usually recruiters.

David @ OrlandoPHP.org

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Jason Austin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Check out some of the local recruiter offices.  Whenever I have needed
> space/money/sponsorships/exposure they have always come through big time
> for me.  VACO sponsored us for a while, and now TEKsystems is.  Just set
> ground rules as to what you expect from them (like no harassing your
> members and such) and you should be good to go.  Most of them are really
> nice and just happy to help.
>
> Also, keep meetup.com.  Take a collection from the group if you have to,
> but keep it around.  It's how new people are going to find you.  Our group
> (TrianglePHP in Raleigh) has grown to over 400 members in an area where PHP
> isn't the biggest deal in town by a long shot.
>
> - Jason
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Sandy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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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