Re: [UG-ADMINS] Re: [PHP-WEBMASTER] Re: [UG-ADMINS] User Groups and php.net visability
[email protected] (Adam Culp)
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I think the meetup.com phenomenon seems to be limited to the U.S. (meaning it only seems to be rewarding on the U.S.) I have heard from many around the world that it does not work for them in their locations. Regards, Adam Culp 561-870-6361 Twitter: @adamculp LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamculp On 12/05/2013 03:55 PM, James Titcumb wrote: > I'm afraid strongly disagree with Meetup becoming a de facto requirement > for meetups. Upon many hearty recommendations from this very list that > Meetup.com is a great source of new members, we signed up. Unfortunately, > we only had one or two additional members, and we have since closed our > Meetup.com account as almost all members (except those that found us via > Meetup) agreed it was not worth the money. I think it might depend on > geographical location as to whether Meetup.com helps. Also, as Hannes > mentioned earlier, it's a subscription service that we have no control > over, closed source, blah blah. We had much more success with communicating > directly with our local university campus and businesses in the area :) > > At PHP Hampshire we use Joind.in purely to rate the talks we have, but I am > understanding what others are feeling about it being geared towards > conferences, and I agree, so not sure where to go on that. Joind.in is very > open though, and has APIs and whatnot, so it's worth keeping in mind. > > There are a lot of very good ideas flying around here - we need to channel > these into one place so we can focus on the biggest impact first. Any ideas? > > > On 5 December 2013 20:24, Sandy Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Dec 5, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Andreas Heigl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would not like to see Meetup.com become a 'de facto' requirement for >>> usergroups as there are othger ways of setting up their informations. >>> Although it might be ONE way of doing things. >>> >> >> Unfortunately Meetup is becoming a de facto requirement, just because it’s >> a ripe source of new members. This is unfortunate as these members are less >> committed (in my experience) and the fees aren’t cheap. However, it brought >> the single biggest boost to DCPHP membership of anything I’ve done. >> >> I’d definitely agree it should be one among many, but it does seem to have >> become the primary way people find events. >> >> -- >> Sandy Smith - http://musketeers.me/ >> php[architect] magazine: http://phparch.com/ >> >> @SandyS1 >> >> >> >> >> >>