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# Attending and organizing Emacs meetups
Bhavin Gandhi (he/him, IRC: bhavin192,
[@bhavin192@toots.dgplug.org](https://toots.dgplug.org/@bhavin192))

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Events like EmacsConf are a great place to meet Emacs users around the
world. You get to learn about new ideas, workflows, packages, and make
new friends as well :) What if I tell you that you can meet fellow Emacs
users more frequently, that too in your region/time zone? Yes, meetup
groups!

In this talk, I will help you explore Emacs meetup groups of your
interest. And cover how to attend meetups, how to stay updated with all
the Emacs related events, and more.

Organizing a meetup and setting up a platform for others is even more
fun! I will cover how to easily get started with organizing meetup
events as well.

Outline:

-   Why meetups?
-   How to find nearby groups?
-   Staying updated with events
-   Organizing meetups
-   My learnings from organizing meetup events

## Links
- [EmacsWiki: Usergroups](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Usergroups)
- [Emacs calendar](https://emacslife.com/calendar/)
- Slides: [meetups.org: rendered on
  GitLab](https://gitlab.com/bhavin192/talks/-/blob/master/2022/emacsconf-2022/meetups.org),
  [meetups.org:
  raw](https://gitlab.com/bhavin192/talks/-/raw/master/2022/emacsconf-2022/meetups.org)
# Discussion

## Notes

-   Anybody in NoVA (Viriginia area) interstesd in starting meetup?
-   EuGE is Latin for "ah-ha"
    - pronounced "huge"  
- Thank you so much. Good talk.  
- Thank you for promoting and informing about meetups. I think I am gonna look for  one. 
- yay, quiliro's spanish subs now display in https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks/meetups/
- I have found that we needed at least 2 hours before any event and 2 hours after, besides the proparations.  You said that it takes 1 hour to organize.
- Also, bhavin192 - thanks for the shout-out for M-x Research. I'm the organiser :D

## Questions and answers

-   Q:  Do you attend or organize a Emacs meetup?
    -   A:
-   Q:  Thoughts on physical meetups? 
    -   A:
-   Q: Any thoughts on hybrid meetups (physical wher most peopel are
    plus stream it online)?
    -   A:
- Q: bhavin192 - I'm interested! Should we start by having an irc/matrix channel to discuss?
  - IRC or Matrix for all the organizers. Hmm, sounds good as well. How about reusing #emacsconf? It is pretty much free during rest of the year.
- How do you automate?
- What is  ILUGC ?
- could you share your slides? there were a few links and emails I couldn't get
  - slides: https://gitlab.com/bhavin192/talks/-/blob/master/2022/emacsconf-2022/meetups.org

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