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

Hi Rafael,

Our website is www.phphants.co.uk - no Twitter yet, I've been trying to
decide whether to get one just for the UG - I don't know what we'd tweet
yet apart from when the meetups are - there's already so many good PHP news
RSS/Twitters, I don't know if yet another one is needed really...

Thanks
James


On 19 December 2012 10:45, Rafael Dohms <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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>> >
>> >
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