[[!sidebar content=""]] [[!meta title="Attending and organizing Emacs meetups"]] [[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2022 Bhavin Gandhi"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/meetups-nav)" raw="yes"]] <!-- Initially generated with emacsconf-generate-talk-page and then left alone for manual editing --> <!-- You can manually edit this file to update the abstract, add links, etc. ---> # Attending and organizing Emacs meetups Bhavin Gandhi (he/him, IRC: bhavin192, [@bhavin192@toots.dgplug.org](https://toots.dgplug.org/@bhavin192)) [[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/meetups-before)" raw="yes"]] (You can select English or Spanish as the closed captions for this talk.) 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 [[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/meetups-after)" raw="yes"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2022/info/meetups-nav)" raw="yes"]] [[!taglink CategoryCommunity]]