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

James

That is great to hear! Keep us in the loop I would love to help in any
other way.

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


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 7:28 PM, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Rafael,
>
> Just wanted to give a bit of feedback on your advice really - it's working
> pretty well actually! We're 3/4 registered for our meetup in March - only
> small to start with but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?
>
> I think Twitter has been invaluable really in helping spread the word,
> especially in getting hold of the local university lecturers to help spread
> the word of our PUG :)
>
> So yeah - thanks for that tip, it seems to be working well so far.
>
> Thanks
> James
>
>
> On 21 December 2012 12:10, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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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