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

Rafael,

Well I've taken the plunge, we now have @phphants on Twitter,
www.phphants.co.uk website and
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/phphants Google Group :)

Now to start organising the next meetup... although I might just leave
starting that until after Xmas :)

Happy holidays to all and your families!

Thanks
James

On 21 December 2012 10:55, Rafael Dohms <[email protected]> wrote:

> James,
>
> As a group communication tool it is great, everyone has time and
> disposition to retweet so you can easily spread new about the meetup
> around. We use AmsterdamPHP twitter mainly for group communication not
> news/RSS stuff. Its a good wy to broadcast to a large audience and then
> point people in the direction of the group.
>
> At least that is the way it has worked for us.
>
> *Rafael Machado Dohms*
> *Developer, Evangelist, Gamer
> *
> *http://doh.ms*
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:47 AM, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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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