Re: [UG-ADMINS] Alcohol and meetups [was: Re: Nomad PHP]

I don't know what Taco Mac is, but with "taco" in the name, I assume I
would like it.


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Ben Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Corey, I moved from the Atlanta area to Nashville 3.5 years ago. You make
> me jealous with your talk of Taco Mac. So jealous. ;-)
>
> -Ben
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Corey Ballou <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > At Queen City PHP we've been known to host at Taco Mac quite a bit in a
> > private upstairs room. It's a combination of hanging out, grabbing a
> beer,
> > and eating dinner for the first hour followed by the presentation. From
> > there, it's fair game as to what everyone else is doing.
> >
> > Considering meetups tend to take place after work hours in the evening,
> it
> > works out well. If we made the effort to line up a sponsor, we go
> elsewhere
> > and provide pizza and soda; beer is really at the sponsor's discretion.
> >
> > Corey Ballou
> > http://coreyballou.co
> > @cballou
> >
> >
> > On 4/10/13 1:01 PM, Joe Ferguson wrote:
> >
> >> At MemphisPHP we meet at the Memphis Hacker/Maker space. Alcohol is
> >> allowed
> >> there and the general rule is bring your own. I don't think we've ever
> had
> >> attendees to the PHP meetup drink, but it wouldn't be a big deal if they
> >> wanted to provided they were of age / responsible.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Patrick Schwisow <
> >> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>  At LKPUG, we've gone through a couple venues.  Most of the meetings for
> >>> the
> >>> first year were held in a restaurant / bar.  Nothing was provided, but
> >>> many
> >>> attendees bought food and drink (alcohol or not) during and after the
> >>> meetings.  Starting in January, my employer has been hosting meetings
> >>> here
> >>> at the office, and they provide pizza and drinks (including beer).
> >>>
> >>> It's interesting that you mention separate social meetups.  I think
> that
> >>> the meetings in the restaurant felt much more relaxed and social.  We
> >>> generally had a "soft start time", and people would chat until we
> decided
> >>> to start the talk.  After the meeting, people tended to linger and talk
> >>> for
> >>> a while.  Meeting at the office has much more a feel of "show up, eat
> >>> pizza
> >>> during talk, and leave".  I'm thinking we might want to attempt
> something
> >>> similar to what you're doing to bring back the social aspect of the
> >>> group.
> >>>
> >>> -Patrick
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Sandy Smith <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Yes, we generally provide beer. In fact, when we follow WordPress DC,
> we
> >>>> benefit from any leftovers from their meetup and don't have to buy
> any.
> >>>>
> >>> As
> >>>
> >>>> long as we're low-key about it, the host doesn't care. They have
> wedding
> >>>> receptions and other functions in that space with alcohol, and their
> >>>> only
> >>>> rule is no kegs, because it implies a certain class of alcohol
> consumer
> >>>>
> >>> who
> >>>
> >>>> is more likely to do stupid and destructive stuff and get them in
> >>>> trouble
> >>>> with local officials and the neighborhood.
> >>>>
> >>>> In deference to the beer aficionados in our group, we generally have
> >>>> microbrews in bottles. However, I usually only have 12-18 of them
> (i.e.,
> >>>> slightly less than one per person), and then some of us may go to the
> >>>> bar
> >>>> next door.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I'm presenting, I'm usually drinking a beer, though I don't consume
> >>>> much of it until the Q&A.
> >>>>
> >>>> But as I've said, some people react negatively to beer, as if it's a
> >>>> sign
> >>>> that it's a social and not a serious meeting. We also have two
> >>>> additional
> >>>> meetups each month that are specifically social, and held in bars
> >>>> (though
> >>>> that serve good food, so there's no requirement to drink alcohol). I'm
> >>>> debating about removing those from Meetup and simply mentioning them
> >>>> through the list, as people seem to think that we're mostly about
> those
> >>>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>>> don't realize the main meeting has presentations. Then again, I see
> some
> >>>> people at those meetings (which are more geographically distributed)
> who
> >>>> rarely/never show at the main meeting.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:30 PM, John Congdon <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Interesting... do you provide beer?  Or are people allowed to bring?
> >>>>>
> >>>>   So
> >>>
> >>>> far, the places I have hosted have been worried about having it on
> >>>>
> >>> premise.
> >>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>>
> >>>>> John Congdon
> >>>>> e: [email protected]
> >>>>> t: @sdphp
> >>>>> f: https://www.facebook.com/**groups/SanDiegoPUG/<
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> >>>>> i: irc://irc.freenode.net/sdphp
> >>>>>
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> >>>>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Sandy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  It's tough to break past the 30-per-meetup number. We have close to
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> 900
> >>>
> >>>> on Meetup, but our actual meetings are anywhere from 4-60 people,
> >>>>
> >>> averaging
> >>>
> >>>> in the teens and twenties. DC also has the large-area problem, plus we
> >>>> often tie for the nation's worst traffic, and there are a LOT of other
> >>>> technology meetups.
> >>>>
> >>>>> While we always have beer, that's proven to be less of a draw,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> especially for new members. I'm going to be trying for a food sponsor
> >>>> so
> >>>>
> >>> we
> >>>
> >>>> can have pizza, which I hope will draw more people reliably.
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Tim Lytle <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  Our local group is pretty small (we have ~60 meembers, with a
> handful
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> at
> >>>>
> >>>>> each meetup). If I weren't organizing and trying to grow it,
> >>>>>>> I'd definitely be joining in Nomad PHP (I still probably will).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Like Adam, I'm wondering if there's any way for this to help
> smaller
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> groups
> >>>>
> >>>>> (but hey, I'd be thrilled with an average of 30 members) - as after a
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> while
> >>>>
> >>>>> hearing from the same local people is a bit much for both the
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> speakers
> >>>
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>>> the listeners.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Tim
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Sandy Smith - http://musketeers.me/
> >>>>>> php[architect] magazine: http://phparch.com/
> >>>>>> Sign up for php[tek] '13: http://tek.phparch.com/
> >>>>>> @SandyS1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  --
> >>>> Sandy Smith - http://musketeers.me/
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> >>>> Sign up for php[tek] '13: http://tek.phparch.com/
> >>>> @SandyS1
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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