Re: [UG-ADMINS] Splitting the user group meetings into two - Beginner meetings and Intermediate/Advanced meetings

We typically just get different demographics at our meetups.  We are 
billed as a general "Web Development" group.  When we talk CSS and HTML, 
we get more designers.  When we talk more tech stuff, the devs tend to 
show up.  We try and title and describe all of our meetups so that 
people know ahead of time what to expect coming in.

Brian Moon
Senior Web Engineer
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On 1/19/10 1:15 PM, Chris Stone wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
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> I'm going to be splitting the Baltimore user group in to 2 separate
> meetings.   A beginner group and an intermediate/advanced group.  We've had
> people show up to the meetings and the topics are way out of their league,
> or are looking to get into PHP and see the advanced topics to start with and
> are completely turned off.
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> Everyone at the meetings are very supportive of the beginners and include
> them in discussions, but the topics being presented are never geared towards
> them, and generally, the attendance is on a different level than they are.
> They've been viewing it as a huge turn off to PHP.  Which is something I
> definitely do not want to happen.
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> I'm hoping to get the first beginner meeting in by the end of the month, and
> depending on turn out, hold them every month.  At the worst end, I'll setup
> them up as bi-monthly until turnout and interest are higher.  Has anyone
> else done something like this, and if so, how was your experience?  Any
> suggestions?
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> Thanks,
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> Chris Stone
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> Baltimore PHP
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> baltimorephp.org
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