Re: [UG-ADMINS] Introduction - PHP Hants - UK

Welcome onboard James!

Give me a link/twitter and i'll be glad to spread the word within my
network and AmsterdamPHP.

BTW a twitter account is a nice place to get word going around. Its very
easy for anyone to help you get visibility if you are tweeting.

*Rafael Machado Dohms*
*Developer, Evangelist, Gamer
*
*http://doh.ms*



On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:33 AM, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Anthony, Adam and Lorna,
>
> Thanks for the warm welcome!
>
> I had a quick look at registering on Meetup, but it didn't validate my
> postcode (I gave it a real one!) so I gave up...
>
> A little history on us - we actually started the group in March 2011 but we
> didn't really shout about it and it ended up just being three of us meeting
> each month until it all but went quiet. It wasn't until a chap saw I had
> previously registered the domain and his ideas about forming a local PHP UG
> matched mine that we're now making a proper go of it this time!
>
> We have a website on the go now, a Google Group and we've had our first
> meetup last Saturday. We had four people turn up - it would've been 5 apart
> from the chap I mentioned before had to pull out at the last minute sadly.
>
> The things we've identified we need to get going is getting our numbers up,
> forming a good structure for the meetups (such as a proper venue, a
> presentation or two) and looking at Sponsorship.
>
> It's still early stages yet, but it's exciting!
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> On 19 December 2012 06:37, Lorna Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi James, and welcome!  I'm delighted to hear about your new group and I
> > wish you all the best with it.  I don't think any of the UK user groups
> > have meetup accounts, so I'm going to disagree with Adam - the results of
> > using Meetup seem to be remarkable in the US, but not so much here.  We
> > usually go for twitter, a mailing list and <whatever upcoming is called
> > this week>.
> >
> > I'd also like to re-iterate what Anthony said - if we can help or advise
> > in any way, then just shout!
> >
> > Regards and good luck :)
> >
> > Lorna
> >
> >
> >  On 18 December 2012 23:25, Adam Culp <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>  I know it costs a bit of money, but you may get better results from
> >> starting a meetup.com group.  There are ways to get the money back
> >> later, once you grow the group.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Adam Culp
> >> 561-870-6361
> >> Twitter: @adamculp
> >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/**adamculp<
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamculp>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/18/2012 06:05 PM, James Titcumb wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> Please allow me to introduce myself - I am James Titcumb, we are
> having a
> >>> second attempt at starting PHP Hants, a user group in Portsmouth,
> >>> Hampshire, UK.
> >>>
> >>> We are currently just trying to spread the word at the moment and get a
> >>> bit
> >>> more of a community going. We have 3 people (including me) who are
> >>> "co-ordinating" as such and several others on our Google Group at the
> >>> moment.
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks
> >>> James
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Lorna Mitchell
> > http://lornajane.net
> >
> >
> >
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