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+Hello everyone, welcome to my talk.
+
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+I hope you all have been
+
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+enjoying EmacsConf so far, like I am.
+
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+But you might be wondering,
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+"How do I meet fellow Emacs users
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+after the conference?"
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+What if I tell you there is a way?
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+The answer is local meetups.
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+These are user groups who arrange events
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+at some frequency, they meet at some frequency.
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+That's what we are going to talk about today:
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+attending and organizing Emacs meetups.
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+In other words, enjoying your Emacs journey
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+with more folks!
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+I am Bhavin, I am from India,
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+and I have been organizing
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+Emacs Asia Pacific meetup
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+since last few months [almost 2 years].
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+We will be talking about online meetups
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+most of the time.
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+The beauty of online meetups is,
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+you can join any meetups
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+if the time permits,
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+if the time zone is same.
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+And there is no barrier.
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+So let's get started.
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+Let's see how a meetup looks like.
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+We will see one of the Emacs APAC meetup's
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+snippet, basically.
+
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+[Ihor]: There is something called org-indent-mode.
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+So, it's like this org-adapt-indentation
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+which is like electric indent.
+
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+Like when you press enter, it will indent.
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+There is org-indent-mode, which does not require you
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+to actually make the indents physically
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+in the file.
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+It will make things appear indented.
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+This one?
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+Yeah.
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+[Bhavin]: org-adapt-indentation.
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+Okay.
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+Looks interesting, right?
+
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+So, let's get into more details.
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+You might have a question:
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+"Why I should attend meetups?"
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+That's a good question.
+
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+You should always ask "why".
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+It's an opportunity to learn together.
+
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+You basically meet like-minded people,
+
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+like-minded Emacs users,
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+and you can always have fun, right?
+
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+You still might have a question:
+
+02:29.160 --> 02:31.040
+"I am a beginner."
+
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+I would say that's a great avenue for you.
+
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+You get to discover more things.
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+You can get help if you are facing
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+any issues, any errors.
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+And always keep in mind that it's okay
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+if you don't understand everything
+
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+from the discussions.
+
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+There are going to be times where everything is…,
+
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+all the topics you are not able to understand,
+
+02:51.960 --> 02:56.800
+which is totally fine.
+
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+"I am an experienced user."
+
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+I would say that's even better
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+because you can help others
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+during the meetup.
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+And usually, in Emacs or in general,
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+there is always something new to learn.
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+There are plenty of packages.
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+There might be something
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+you have never tried.
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+And there are always going to be
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+different workflows of using something.
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+So now, how do I become part of a meetup, right?
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+"How do I become part of a meetup group?"
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+The first step you might be doing is
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+finding a meetup.
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+There is this page,
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+EmacsWiki page called Usergroups,
+
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+currently maintained
+
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+by Leo and Sacha.
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+So, let's see how that page looks like.
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+As you can see, this page tells you
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+about all the upcoming events.
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+And it also has a list of all the meetup groups.
+
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+So, you can find all the groups there.
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+Once you find one,
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+you need to join them, right?
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+How to join differs from group to group
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+but usually you will find a way to subscribe
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+to their mailing list or RSS feed,
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+join their IRC channels.
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+They might have accounts on some platforms
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+like Mobilizon or meetup.com.
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+You can just go there and join,
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+so that you get notified
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+whenever there is a new event.
+
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+Now, seeing that list,
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+you might say, "There are too many events
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+of my interest."
+
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+Don't worry, there is a solution.
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+There is an Emacs calendar,
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+you can subscribe to this calendar.
+
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+Let's see what all events
+
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+are there in this particular calendar.
+
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+This month there is Emacs Berlin to start with
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+and then there is EmacsConf,
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+then Emacs APAC is also there.
+
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+Let's see…, there is a companion website
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+for this calendar as well.
+
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+Let's go to the website also.
+
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+You will see all the options, how to import it.
+
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+There is ICS file,
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+there are different time zones,
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+Org mode files.
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+You can just go there and subscribe.
+
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+"How do I make most of it?
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+If I am attending a meetup,
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+how do I make most of it?"
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+I would say never hesitate
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+from asking questions.
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+If there is something new,
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+something you don't understand,
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+just go ahead and ask questions.
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+Ask for help if you are stuck somewhere.
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+There are going to be new things,
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+so make sure you note them down,
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+and you can try those later.
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+If possible, have a microphone or webcam on,
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+so that you can connect with others very easily.
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+If that's not an option for some reason,
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+it's fine, you can always use chat
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+and interact with everyone.
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+So, don't make that a reason for not attending.
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+Go ahead and attend,
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+even if you just have chat as an option
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+to interact with others.
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+"Wait, I still have questions."
+
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+Definitely.
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+If you have more questions,
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+go ahead and post those.
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+I will come to them at the end.
+
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+Now we know how to attend,
+
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+what are the things you need to do
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+if you want to attend.
+
+06:45.560 --> 00:06:48.418
+"What if I want to start my own meetup group?"
+
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+Because there is no regional group,
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+or there is something very specific
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+which you want to start a group about.
+
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+Again, "Why should I start a meetup group?"
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+It is a way, I would say, to give back
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+to the community by creating a platform
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+for people to interact.
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+You give speakers a platform,
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+you also give a platform to the attendees.
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+And obviously to have fun with others.
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+There are some common questions
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+which might come up,
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+something like,
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+"How much effort do I need to put?"
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+Personally, I don't have to put
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+more than two hours a month,
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+that's including the time
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+I attend the meetup.
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+"What if I'm new to Emacs?"
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+That's totally fine.
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+You don't have to know Emacs,
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+you don't have to be an expert
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+to start a meetup group.
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+That's totally fine.
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+You will have more folks joining in
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+with different experiences.
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+That's totally fine to be a beginner
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+in Emacs to start a meetup.
+
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+"How do I do it now?"
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+So, let's look at some specifics,
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+some questions you might need to answer
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+in order to start your meetup group.
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+Format of the meetup.
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+What participants will do during the meetup?
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+Let's see one of the options,
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+this is one of my favorites.
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+Keep it simple, a bit unstructured
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+and have free flowing discussions.
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+What does that mean?
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+That basically means letting people
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+ask questions, share new things they have found,
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+let them ask doubts, let them ask for help.
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+During this free flowing discussions,
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+you can go through Emacs News as well,
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+go through the topics, and you might find
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+something interesting which you can talk about.
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+Why I prefer discussions?
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+Discussions basically give an opportunity
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+to all the participants to participate.
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+They get to talk about what they know
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+rather than just having one way talk.
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+They can basically participate
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+by putting up their thoughts.
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+Everyone gets to learn more
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+as topics change.
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+Usually during these free flowing discussions,
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+topics keep changing
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+and that's how you get to learn more.
+
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+This also has less friction for the speakers.
+
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+They won't have a burden that,
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+"Okay, I have a talk in the meetup
+
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+I need to prepare."
+
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+That just increases friction for them
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+to participate.
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+If you are having a free flowing discussion,
+
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+it's basically just a matter of saying,
+
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+"Hey, maybe I would like to share my screen,
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+and I'll talk about this particular thing."
+
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+What about talks?
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+Everyone loves talks, even I do.
+
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+So, make sure you are also accommodating talks,
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+allow people to submit talks,
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+and have talks plus discussions.
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+You can also host watch parties.
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+You can pick up
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+any of the talks from EmacsConf
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+for anything which is out there,
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+and you can watch it together,
+
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+and you can have discussion
+
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+about that particular talk.
+
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+The next question
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+you might need to answer
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+is frequency of the meetup.
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+How often the group is going to meet?
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+One option is recurring meetups.
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+So something like, you meet every month
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+on a specific day time.
+
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+Another option is one-off meetups.
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+You can meet whenever you have
+
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+some specific talk,
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+some specific discussion topic.
+
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+What you can do about the timing is,
+
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+if you are targeting a specific region,
+
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+make sure [people from] all the time zones
+
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+from that region are able to attend.
+
+10:58.480 --> 11:04.480
+Now you have figured out everything
+
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+and you are going to schedule the meetup.
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+So, "Should I schedule and just wait?"
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+No.
+
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+Go ahead and spread the word about it.
+
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+Let's see what we can do.
+
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+You can post on social media about your event.
+
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+Usually do it a week or two before,
+
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+so that people can plan their other things.
+
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+Share it on local GNU/Linux user groups.
+
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+They might have IRC channels, mailing lists,
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+so you should share your event there.
+
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+Reddit seems to be a popular place as well.
+
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+Many people follow and are there,
+
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+so you can post about your event there as well.
+
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+The next option is adding your event
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+to Emacs calendar.
+
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+You should get your event added
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+to the EmacsWiki and the calendar,
+
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+which we saw in the first part.
+
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+And the instructions are given there.
+
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+So, whenever you schedule a meetup,
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+you should definitely add your event
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+to those places.
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+Next thing you should do is…,
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+these are few points
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+which you should do during the meetup.
+
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+You should start with the introductions.
+
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+Introductions serve as an icebreaker, usually.
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+They make everyone speak about themselves,
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+so that everyone knows each other
+
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+a bit at least.
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+Make sure it is possible for others
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+to participate via chat.
+
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+So, if there are some messages in the chat,
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+make sure you relay those to others
+
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+who are talking via audio/video.
+
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+Share your website at the end,
+
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+so that people know and they can follow it,
+
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+and they can join the next event.
+
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+The next is keeping track of time.
+
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+Make sure you keep track of time.
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+Have some time, let's say, 1 hour
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+or slightly more than that
+
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+and time-bound your event,
+
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+so that we respect everyone's time
+
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+and we conclude in time.
+
+13:00.280 --> 13:05.000
+Now your meetup was done,
+
+13:05.000 --> 13:06.960
+it was good, people attended.
+
+13:06.960 --> 13:07.800
+What's next?
+
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+Publishing the recordings, I would say.
+
+13:10.600 --> 13:14.800
+You should consider publishing the talks
+
+13:14.800 --> 13:15.760
+or discussions both.
+
+13:15.760 --> 13:20.240
+The reason being people can revisit the things.
+
+13:20.240 --> 13:21.960
+Usually people go back
+
+13:21.960 --> 13:23.640
+and watch the recordings again.
+
+13:23.640 --> 13:26.200
+And those who were not able to attend,
+
+13:26.200 --> 13:27.640
+they can also participate
+
+13:27.640 --> 13:28.880
+by watching the recording.
+
+13:28.880 --> 13:32.040
+You can do even more.
+
+13:32.040 --> 13:34.640
+You can have captions for the videos,
+
+13:34.640 --> 13:37.280
+so that people can enjoy the talks
+
+13:37.280 --> 13:40.600
+way better than just audio video.
+
+13:40.600 --> 13:43.400
+And you can even have written summaries
+
+13:43.400 --> 00:13:44.451
+of the discussions,
+
+00:13:44.451 --> 00:13:45.960
+something like with links.
+
+13:45.960 --> 13:48.560
+Let's see some of the examples of summaries.
+
+13:48.560 --> 13:55.080
+This is one of the summaries
+
+13:55.080 --> 13:56.880
+for Austin meetup
+
+13:56.880 --> 13:59.200
+and this is written by someone
+
+13:59.200 --> 14:01.400
+who is participating during that meetup.
+
+14:01.400 --> 14:04.000
+You can see they have put up their thoughts,
+
+14:04.000 --> 14:05.520
+what they think about something
+
+14:05.520 --> 14:08.160
+they got to know in the event.
+
+14:08.160 --> 14:14.280
+Another example we can see is M-x Research.
+
+14:14.280 --> 14:16.800
+You can see they have put up
+
+14:16.800 --> 14:18.960
+all the discussion points.
+
+14:18.960 --> 14:21.320
+They even have action items from the meetup.
+
+14:21.320 --> 14:25.240
+One more example we can see is Emacs APAC.
+
+14:25.240 --> 14:28.280
+What I have done here is,
+
+14:28.280 --> 14:30.360
+I have mentioned the topic and links,
+
+14:30.360 --> 14:32.840
+who shared what.
+
+14:32.840 --> 14:36.720
+And that's about post meetup stuff.
+
+14:36.720 --> 14:38.280
+You can keep it simple.
+
+14:38.280 --> 14:40.960
+Just start with hosting your video recordings,
+
+14:40.960 --> 14:44.240
+and just start with basic links and details.
+
+14:44.240 --> 14:50.480
+So, are we ready to start a meetup?
+
+14:50.480 --> 14:52.880
+Definitely.
+
+14:52.880 --> 14:54.640
+Let's see some of the points
+
+14:54.640 --> 14:56.120
+or checklist, I would say,
+
+14:56.120 --> 14:57.640
+you should do before you start
+
+14:57.640 --> 14:58.200
+a meetup group.
+
+14:58.200 --> 14:59.800
+What are the next steps?
+
+14:59.800 --> 15:04.440
+Have a co-organizer.
+
+15:04.440 --> 15:07.960
+So, have at least one co-organizer or person
+
+15:07.960 --> 15:09.640
+to talk to during the meetup,
+
+15:09.640 --> 15:12.600
+so that even if no one shows up
+
+15:12.600 --> 15:14.320
+you will have someone to talk to
+
+15:14.320 --> 15:16.240
+and you both can discuss
+
+15:16.240 --> 15:20.160
+about the topic you decided to.
+
+15:20.160 --> 15:22.200
+If your friend or the person
+
+15:22.200 --> 15:23.760
+you have reached out to
+
+15:23.760 --> 15:26.760
+are hesitant to become a "co-organizer",
+
+15:26.760 --> 15:28.960
+because that feels like responsibility,
+
+15:28.960 --> 15:29.720
+it's fine.
+
+15:29.720 --> 15:32.360
+You can ask them to just come with you
+
+15:32.360 --> 15:36.480
+and have the discussion during the event.
+
+15:36.480 --> 15:38.720
+And like Andrea explained
+
+15:38.720 --> 15:40.200
+in his talk about 'buddy',
+
+15:40.200 --> 15:43.520
+buddy is someone who is helping you
+
+15:43.520 --> 15:45.000
+with your Emacs journey.
+
+15:45.000 --> 15:48.800
+Buddies and their mentees
+
+15:48.800 --> 15:52.280
+can make their meeting public,
+
+15:52.280 --> 15:56.040
+and that can be a good way to start
+
+15:56.040 --> 15:57.240
+or spin-off a meetup.
+
+15:57.240 --> 16:01.920
+Have a website for your meetup.
+
+16:01.920 --> 16:04.440
+You should definitely have a website
+
+16:04.440 --> 16:05.920
+where people can go and read
+
+16:05.920 --> 16:08.640
+about your event or the group.
+
+16:08.640 --> 16:10.280
+Keep it simple.
+
+16:10.280 --> 16:13.440
+Have RSS feed, so that people can subscribe.
+
+16:13.440 --> 16:15.520
+And whenever you have new talks,
+
+16:15.520 --> 16:17.680
+make sure you add those talks
+
+16:17.680 --> 16:18.880
+to the announcement pages.
+
+16:18.880 --> 16:23.960
+Let's quickly see some of the example websites.
+
+16:23.960 --> 16:32.480
+The first one here is again
+
+16:32.480 --> 16:34.160
+Emacs Asia-Pacific event.
+
+16:34.160 --> 16:36.880
+You can see we have details,
+
+16:36.880 --> 16:41.080
+what is the timing, how to submit a talk,
+
+16:41.080 --> 16:42.000
+how to attend.
+
+16:42.000 --> 16:45.720
+Next example is Emacs Berlin.
+
+16:45.720 --> 16:47.480
+So, you can see they have mentioned
+
+16:47.480 --> 16:48.680
+what is the next event,
+
+16:48.680 --> 16:51.440
+which were the previous events,
+
+16:51.440 --> 16:53.840
+how to participate, how to stay updated.
+
+16:53.840 --> 16:57.040
+And similarly, there is M-x Research as well.
+
+16:57.040 --> 16:59.080
+They have mentioned what are the events,
+
+16:59.080 --> 17:00.600
+what are the upcoming events and all.
+
+17:00.600 --> 17:09.280
+You can just get started
+
+17:09.280 --> 17:11.160
+by taking any of the websites,
+
+17:11.160 --> 17:13.040
+and just modify it to your liking.
+
+17:13.040 --> 17:14.200
+That's totally fine.
+
+17:14.200 --> 17:17.640
+The next thing you will need
+
+17:17.640 --> 17:19.080
+is a video conferencing tool.
+
+17:19.080 --> 17:23.360
+It should support video, screen share, chat.
+
+17:23.360 --> 17:25.120
+These are the few of
+
+17:25.120 --> 17:27.680
+the free software options.
+
+17:27.680 --> 17:29.240
+One is BigBlueButton
+
+17:29.240 --> 17:31.000
+and another is Jitsi Meet.
+
+17:31.000 --> 17:33.040
+You can request for an account
+
+17:33.040 --> 17:36.840
+on the given instance to EmacsConf organizers
+
+17:36.840 --> 17:38.280
+on this mailing list,
+
+17:38.280 --> 17:40.400
+or you can stick to any
+
+17:40.400 --> 17:42.280
+of the Jitsi Meet instances.
+
+17:42.280 --> 17:45.960
+Communication media.
+
+17:45.960 --> 17:47.280
+You should have at least some way
+
+17:47.280 --> 17:51.120
+for people to interact post meetup
+
+17:51.120 --> 17:53.000
+or before the meetup.
+
+17:53.000 --> 17:55.760
+You can use any of the existing IRC channels,
+
+17:55.760 --> 17:59.880
+#emacsconf, or maybe you can use the existing
+
+17:59.880 --> 18:01.720
+GNU/Linux user groups lists.
+
+18:01.720 --> 18:07.600
+I would recommend you to read or watch
+
+18:07.600 --> 18:11.000
+"Starting an Emacs meetup" by Harry Schwartz.
+
+18:11.000 --> 18:13.080
+They have mentioned details
+
+18:13.080 --> 18:14.840
+about in-person meetups,
+
+18:14.840 --> 18:17.720
+but there are many important points
+
+18:17.720 --> 18:20.080
+to consider in that post
+
+18:20.080 --> 18:21.320
+as well as in the recording.
+
+18:21.320 --> 18:23.200
+So, go ahead and definitely watch
+
+18:23.200 --> 18:24.840
+before you start your meetup.
+
+18:24.840 --> 18:29.560
+If you need any help with
+
+18:29.560 --> 18:32.520
+BigBlueButton account, hosting,
+
+18:32.520 --> 18:35.280
+or captioning the talk recordings
+
+18:35.280 --> 18:37.160
+for very specific or good talks,
+
+18:37.160 --> 18:38.880
+don't hesitate to reach out to
+
+18:38.880 --> 18:40.480
+EmacsConf organizers.
+
+18:40.480 --> 18:42.320
+There are many volunteers
+
+18:42.320 --> 18:43.560
+subscribed to that list,
+
+18:43.560 --> 18:45.920
+so you will definitely find
+
+18:45.920 --> 18:50.080
+someone to help you.
+
+18:50.080 --> 18:50.760
+I had one idea.
+
+18:50.760 --> 18:53.240
+If you are one of the organizers,
+
+18:53.240 --> 18:55.400
+or if you plan to start a meetup,
+
+18:55.400 --> 18:57.360
+I was thinking if
+
+18:57.360 --> 18:59.280
+we can have a common platform
+
+18:59.280 --> 19:00.400
+for all the organizers
+
+19:00.400 --> 19:01.240
+to discuss what they are doing,
+
+19:01.240 --> 19:04.000
+what they are experimenting.
+
+19:04.000 --> 19:06.920
+If you are interested,
+
+19:06.920 --> 19:10.400
+drop me an email at this email address.
+
+19:10.400 --> 19:13.200
+If I get somewhere with this idea,
+
+19:13.200 --> 19:15.440
+I will definitely involve everyone
+
+19:15.440 --> 19:16.280
+who is interested.
+
+19:16.280 --> 19:21.240
+With that, we come to the end of my talk.
+
+19:21.240 --> 19:23.440
+I would like to thank Sacha and Leo
+
+19:23.440 --> 19:26.560
+for their inputs while I was creating this talk,
+
+19:26.560 --> 19:30.040
+and thank you for joining.
+
+19:30.040 --> 19:35.280
+Now it is time for the questions.