Re: [UG-ADMINS] Speakers exchange

Getting a sponsor could be difficult.  I managed to make it work one time
because the speaker's employer was willing to sponsor.  Elizabeth Naramore
came to speak, but Engine Yard was only willing to send her if we had
sufficient attendees.  Since Lake / Kenosha PHP was not large enough, I
coordinated with MKEPUG and Madison PHP to hold a joint meeting in
Milwaukee.  It was certainly not ideal (not many of my members made it to
the meeting).  I like the idea of a tour if you can swing it.

Patrick


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Michelangelo van Dam <[email protected]>wrote:

> Cool,
>
> Keep me in the loop how it evolves.
>
> Michelangelo
> On 15 Oct 2013, at 00:00, Luka Muzinic <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Cheers Michelangelo,
>
>
> It is feasible, but only if we manage to organize speaker's schedule so
> that he could visit few user groups that are in the same area in one trip.
> I think that neighboring user groups should cooperate more on this.
>
> Anyways, challenge accepted, I will contact user groups that you mentioned
> and see if they have some tips to share ;-)
>
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Luka Muzinic,
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Michelangelo van Dam <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hey Luka,
>>
>> As I've been talking to many UG organisers at ZendCon past week, I am
>> really thinking about doing an European PHP-UG tour. I already kicked it
>> off by visiting PHPDublin and PHP-Belfast last month and I'm now scheduling
>> a South European tour with the folks over at PHPLX, PHPMad and PHPAlicante
>> for beginning of 2014. I have no objections to visit the rest of Europe in
>> the remaining months of 2014.
>>
>> When organising such an exchange between UG's, the challenge is to unite
>> several user groups to find a sponsor who will take care of travel expenses
>> for the speaker. In Dublin and Belfast 2 companies picked up my expenses
>> and were broadly honoured when I was giving my workshop.
>>
>> Do you think this is feasible? As long as travel expenses are covered,
>> you should have no problem finding anyone from any user group to come over
>> and give a talk or a workshop.
>>
>> I'd love to share some ideas on this as I believe it adds additional
>> value to everyone to exchange speakers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Michelangelo
>>
>> PS: next month I'll be giving a workshop at the DC PHP community in
>> Washington DC.
>>
>> On 09 Oct 2013, at 14:40, Luka Muzinic <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Cheers ppl,
>> >
>> >
>> > Here is one idea that I would like to run by you - how would you like to
>> > participate in some sort of speakers exchange program?
>> >
>> > I feel that this is an opportunity to spice your meetings up with some
>> new
>> > faces. I know that distance might be a little problem but we can work
>> > around that with clever planning... neighboring cities that are not far
>> > away, pickup a speaker on airport if he has a long wait between flights,
>> > extend your visit for one day and visit a local group or do your
>> > presentation online.
>> >
>> > @zgphp is currently working on a schedule and presentations plan for
>> next
>> > six months and we would like to see some new speakers in 2013/2014
>> season.
>> > We also plan to introduce some sessions in English in order to aim for
>> > broader audience. Anyone fancy a go?
>> >
>> >
>> > Let me know what you think,
>> >
>> >
>> > Luka Muzinic,
>>
>>
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