Re: [UG-ADMINS] Introduce yourself!

Thank you to both Keith and Elizabeth to your offers of helping out the
community. It honestly means a lot of have people such as your self willing
to help out in any way possible.


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:23 PM, D Keith Casey Jr
<[email protected]>wrote:

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>
> I don't currently run a group but previously had my hands in (Washington)
> DCPHP for years and am a vocal advocate of AustinPHP. In the meantime, I
> *am* one of the organizers of the AustinAPI meetup and Austin NoSQL.
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> To add to Elizabeth's point, I am a Developer Evangelist with Twilio and
> am happy to send care packages of stickers, shirts, etc to meetup groups..
> I can't promise perfect timing but give me a heads up and I'll take care of
> the rest.
>
> *If* the meeting topic is Twilio-related, I can probably swing a bit more.
>
>
> Regardless, just let me know and I'll make it happen. :)
>
> keith
> [email protected]
> @CaseySoftware
>
>
>
> On 05/29/2013 02:49 PM, Elizabeth Naramore wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I stay quiet on this list because I don't really run OINK-PUG anymore
>> (Ohio, Indiana, Northern Kentucky PHP User Group for those wondering). But
>> I still feel very connected to the community, so usually I just lurk :)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Joe Constant <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>  I think my current "big" issue is finding a new sponsor for food/drinks.
>>>
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>>
>> This advice goes to everybody on this list who struggles with this, as I
>> think it's a common problem :(
>>
>> I work at GitHub on the Community team, and while we can't sponsor every
>> group's regular meetings we are happy to help if you have a special event.
>> Just shoot me an email at [email protected] if you have something
>> special coming up, like an anniversary or inaugural meeting or something
>> neat. If you're not in North or South America, I can put you in touch with
>> my counterpart who handles the rest of the world.
>>
>> Besides GitHub, other companies like Engine Yard will probably also be
>> willing to help out on occasion. I think your best best there is to
>> contact
>> Davey Shafik ([email protected]). He can at least point you in the
>> right direction.
>>
>> Also, if any of you are doing a special meeting on a topic that involves a
>> company's product, you might take a stab and contact that company for swag
>> or potential sponsorship. For instance, if somebody's giving a
>> presentation
>> on Git/GitHub we would love to send stickers and buy some pizza. I imagine
>> the same would hold true for companies like Twilio, 10Gen (Mongo), Send
>> Grid, New Relic, or others. I'm not guaranteeing they'll respond, but
>> chances are they'll at least send you stickers or something. (It's worth a
>> shot anyway!)
>>
>> One other place to look for sponsorships is local recruiting companies.
>> Some are better at integrating themselves with the community than others,
>> but the good ones will make friends with you, and help defray the costs.
>> The really good ones won't even ask for much in return (maybe just a
>> mention), but some may ask for a quick 2 minute slot to introduce
>> themselves. While it's uncomfortable to be beholden to them, it's a nice
>> partnership if you can make it work in a non-douchey way.
>>
>> OINK-PUG gets its sponsorship in the form of a large company who employes
>> a
>> lot of PHP folks. Originally they wanted to host the meetings so they
>> could
>> get to know the community (and potential hires), but they just kept on
>> hosting us. It's been years now. I guess they'll come to their senses
>> eventually :)
>>
>> Anyway, hope that helps.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
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