Local MeeGo Networks

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	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1430 México Distrito Federal]		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1430 México Distrito Federal]
	** [http://groups.google.com/group/meegodf Google Group]		** [http://groups.google.com/group/meegodf Google Group]
		+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3811 Guadalajara] (CANDIDATE)
	====United States====		====United States====
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	* [[Local_MeeGo_Networks/China/HongKong| 香港 (HongKong)]]		* [[Local_MeeGo_Networks/China/HongKong| 香港 (HongKong)]]
	* [[Local_MeeGo_Networks/China/Nanjing| 南京 (Nanjing)]]		* [[Local_MeeGo_Networks/China/Nanjing| 南京 (Nanjing)]]
		+	* [[Local_MeeGo_Networks/China/Dalian| 大连 (Dalian)]]
	====[[Local_MeeGo_Networks/India|India]]====		====[[Local_MeeGo_Networks/India|India]]====
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	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1383 Delhi] (CANDIDATE)		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1383 Delhi] (CANDIDATE)
	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=2142 Hyderabad] (CANDIDATE)		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=2142 Hyderabad] (CANDIDATE)
		+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3741 Kochi]
	====Philippines====		====Philippines====
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	====Japan====		====Japan====
	* [http://meego-users.jp/ 横浜（Yokohama）]		* [http://meego-users.jp/ 横浜（Yokohama）]
		+
		+	==== [http://wiki.meego.com/Local_MeeGo_Networks/Malaysia Malaysia] ====
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		+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=28892 Kuala Lumpur] (CANDIDATE)
		+	* [http://www.facebook.com/Meegomy facebook page]
	===Europe===		===Europe===
		+
		+	====Armenia====
		+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=19786#post19786 forum thread]
		+	* [http://meegonetwork.arnet.am meegonetwork.arnet.am]
		+	* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/MeeGo-AM/200860229934020 facebook page]
		+	* [http://identi.ca/meegoam meegoam at identi.ca]
		+	* [http://twitter.com/meegoam meegoam at twitter]
	====Austria====		====Austria====
	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1482 Vienna] (CANDIDATE)		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1482 Vienna] (CANDIDATE)
		+
		+	====Belgium====
		+
		+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=23369#post23369 Brussels] (CANDIDATE)
		+	** [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_246817438666338 Facebook group]
		+	** Twitter group being created : meegobrube
	====Finland====		====Finland====
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	====France====		====France====
-	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=19604 Paris] (CANDIDATE)	+
		+	* MeeGo Network France
		+	** Irc : irc://irc.freenode.net/meego-fr (main communication channel)
		+	** Wiki: http://wiki.meego-fr.org
		+	** Web : http://www.meego-fr.org
		+	** Local sub-groups
		+	*** [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=19604 Paris] (CANDIDATE)
		+	*** [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=20511 Cote d'Azur (French Riviera)] (CANDIDATE)
	====Germany====		====Germany====
-	* Berlin: '''mobile freidae'''	+	* Berlin: '''MeeGo Freeday'''
-	** [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1562 Thread in forum.meego.com]	+	** [http://www.meegofreeday.org mobile freidae website]
-	** [http://www.mobilefreidae.org mobile freidae website]	+	** [http://www.facebook.com/meegofreeday Facebook page] - Make sure to like the page to get all information regarding upcoming MeeGo Freeday events
-	** [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=169329399766085&set=a.169329363099422.38508.132585210107171#!/pages/mobile-freidae/132585210107171 Facebook event page]	+
	* Düsseldorf: '''Qt & MeeGo Netzwerk NRW'''		* Düsseldorf: '''Qt & MeeGo Netzwerk NRW'''
	** [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1522 Thread in forum.meego.com]		** [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1522 Thread in forum.meego.com]
	** [https://www.xing.com/net/qtmeegoddorf/ Xing Group for the Network]		** [https://www.xing.com/net/qtmeegoddorf/ Xing Group for the Network]
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	====Ireland====		====Ireland====
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	====Poland====		====Poland====
	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1424 Krakow]		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1424 Krakow]
-	** [http://www.meetup.com/Krakow-MeeGo-Network/ MeetUp.com page]	+	** [http://groupspaces.com/KrakowMeeGoNetwork/ GroupSpaces.com page (recently moved to)]
	** [https://twitter.com/meegokrakow Twitter page]		** [https://twitter.com/meegokrakow Twitter page]
	** [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Krakow-MeeGo-Network/203337393027409 Facebook page]		** [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Krakow-MeeGo-Network/203337393027409 Facebook page]
-	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1653 Wrocław] (CANDIDATE)	+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1653 Wrocław]
	** [https://twitter.com/meegowroclaw Twitter page]		** [https://twitter.com/meegowroclaw Twitter page]
	** [http://www.facebook.com/pages/MeeGo-Wrocław/172915426094537 Facebook page]		** [http://www.facebook.com/pages/MeeGo-Wrocław/172915426094537 Facebook page]
	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=2278 Warszawa] (CANDIDATE)		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=2278 Warszawa] (CANDIDATE)
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		+	====Romania====
		+	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3727 Bucharest]
	====Spain====		====Spain====
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	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1415 Bilbao] (CANDIDATE)		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1415 Bilbao] (CANDIDATE)
	* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1417 Madrid] (CANDIDATE)		* [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1417 Madrid] (CANDIDATE)
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		+	====Turkey====
		+	* [http://www.meegoturkiye.org meegoturkiye.org website]
		+	* [http://twitter.com/MeeGoTurkiye meegoturkiye @ twitter]
		+	* [http://www.facebook.com/meegoturkiye meegoturkiye @ facebook]
		+	* [http://www.meegoturkiye.org/listeler meegoturkiye mailing lists]
	====United Kingdom====		====United Kingdom====

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Latest revision as of 14:58, 16 September 2011

Local MeeGo Networks organize face to face meetings and other activities on the real ground. They bring what no online social network can provide: real handshakes, real kudos, real applause, real face to face chat. They are free as in beer and you might even get some real drinks for free as well!

Contents 1 Calendar 2 The Monthly Meetup 3 A Summit 4 Other activities 5 Starting a new network 5.1 Listing new candidate networks 5.2 Once you are 5 aMeeGos 6 Tools for meetups 7 Local Networks in the World 7.1 America 7.1.1 Argentina 7.1.2 Brazil 7.1.3 Canada 7.1.4 Mexico 7.1.5 United States 7.2 Asia 7.2.1 China 7.2.2 India 7.2.3 Philippines 7.2.4 Taiwan 7.2.5 Japan 7.2.6 Malaysia 7.3 Europe 7.3.1 Armenia 7.3.2 Austria 7.3.3 Belgium 7.3.4 Finland 7.3.5 France 7.3.6 Germany 7.3.7 Ireland 7.3.8 Poland 7.3.9 Romania 7.3.10 Spain 7.3.11 Turkey 7.3.12 United Kingdom

Calendar

The local events can be found at events with the prefix [LMN].

The Monthly Meetup

Local MeeGo Networks keep a routine of monthly meetups open to everybody combined with activities focused on specific audiences.

For the monthly meetups there is a common framework:

• Short Welcome: announcements and applause to the meetup host.
• Up to 5 lightning sessions of 5 minutes each: demos, intros, insights... Low-tech or No-tech is welcome.
• Applause.  ;) Next meeting announcement. More applause.
• Plenty of time just to chat and have a good time. If possible, find a sponsor for local drinks and food.

We encourage the local networks to improve the formula and adapt it to the local taste. Remember to contribute your improvements to this page!

A Summit

• Guidelines and Tips for organizing a Regional Summit

Other activities

Local MeeGo Networks are encouraged to organize specific activities according to the local agenda and the community needs. Some ideas:

• Peer training.
• Install party.
• MeeGo localization sprint.
• Promotion in a local event.
• Full presentation of a product or project.
• Session starring a special guest.
• Joining/following other, related events (conferences, summits, etc)
• Group coordinators are requested to become MeeGo Greeters as well
• Team-building.
• Meetup Tour (Work in progress)
• Your idea here.

Starting a new network

Starting is simple: find 4 MeeGo peers and organize a dinner or a social meetup once a month. That's it. If things deserve to grow they will grow.

• Tips for Getting Started

Listing new candidate networks

If you are in the process of creating a new network advertising your intentions will only help. Start a new thread at the Community Matters forum and list it above following this example:

• City or Region (CANDIDATE)

The forum thread starter can be really simple. Please add any info relevant to the locals. Non-English speakers: after the intro in English consider adding a translation in your local language, and feel free continuing the discussion in the language(s) you prefer:

Title: $PLACE MeeGo Network

Body: Hi, there is an interest in creating a Local MeeGo Network at $PLACE. If you are interested please answer here. The first goal is to get 5 aMeeGos in order to consider the group formally created. See http://wiki.meego.com/Local_MeeGo_Networks

Once you are 5 aMeeGos

Next steps once you have reached the critical mass:

1. Find a date and a place for a first monthly meetup.
2. Find 4 more peers confirming to attend.
3. Choose the right tool to organize the network.
4. Publish your network including a link to this page.
5. Link your network from this page.
6. Add your events to http://meego.com/community/events with the prefix [LMN]

Done!

Tools for meetups

Choose the tool that will work better in your own context. You can go for a wiki page + forum thread, you can use a specialized tool or you can do something else. If a certain social network is very popular in your area consider that. Just make it easy for others to join the network and get involved.

The tools currently used are:

• Meetup - All-in-one solution, popular at least in some parts of the US. Requires a small monthly fee. You are encouraged to find a local sponsor but the MeeGo project can subsidize the first 6 months if your proposal is convincing.
• LinkedIn Groups - "LinkedIn Groups can help you stay informed and keep in touch with people that share your interests" (from LinkedIn Groups page)
• Google Groups
• Facebook Groups - "Share, chat, and email with small groups of friends"
• Twitter accounts for promotion and outreach. In order to be listed by @meegocom you need to stay on topic and avoid purely personal tweets. Requests are made by reopening this bug.

Local Networks in the World

America

Argentina

• Buenos Aires (CANDIDATE)

Brazil

• Manaus (CANDIDATE)

Canada

• Montréal, QC (CANDIDATE)
• Toronto, ON (CANDIDATE)

Mexico

• México Distrito Federal
  • Google Group
• Guadalajara (CANDIDATE)

United States

• Austin, TX (CANDIDATE)

• Dallas / Fort Worth, TX

• New York/New Jersey
  • Facebook Group Page

• Portland, OR

• RTP, NC (CANDIDATE)

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Los Angeles, CA (CANDIDATE)

Asia

China

• 北京 (Beijing)
• 上海 (Shanghai) (CANDIDATE)
• 香港 (HongKong)
• 南京 (Nanjing)
• 大连 (Dalian)

India

• Bangalore (CANDIDATE)
• Delhi (CANDIDATE)
• Hyderabad (CANDIDATE)
• Kochi

Philippines

• Manila (CANDIDATE)

Taiwan

• 台北 (Taipei) (CANDIDATE)

Japan

• 横浜（Yokohama）

Malaysia

• Kuala Lumpur (CANDIDATE)
• facebook page

Europe

Armenia

• forum thread
• meegonetwork.arnet.am
• facebook page
• meegoam at identi.ca
• meegoam at twitter

Austria

• Vienna (CANDIDATE)

Belgium

• Brussels (CANDIDATE)
  • Facebook group
  • Twitter group being created : meegobrube

Finland

More information about Networks in Finland can be found here: MeeGo Network Finland. Information includes details about different mailing lists and IRC channels as well as other useful information.

• Helsinki
  • MeetUp.com page
• Jyväskylä (CANDIDATE)
• Oulu
  • MeetUp.com page
• Tampere
  • MeetUp.com page
  • Facebook page
• Turku (CANDIDATE)

France

• MeeGo Network France
  • Irc : irc://irc.freenode.net/meego-fr (main communication channel)
  • Wiki: http://wiki.meego-fr.org
  • Web : http://www.meego-fr.org
  • Local sub-groups
    • Paris (CANDIDATE)
    • Cote d'Azur (French Riviera) (CANDIDATE)

Germany

• Berlin: MeeGo Freeday
  • mobile freidae website
  • Facebook page - Make sure to like the page to get all information regarding upcoming MeeGo Freeday events
• Düsseldorf: Qt & MeeGo Netzwerk NRW
  • Thread in forum.meego.com
  • Xing Group for the Network

Ireland

• Dublin
  • Thread in forum.meego.com (CANDIDATE)

Poland

• Krakow
  • GroupSpaces.com page (recently moved to)
  • Twitter page
  • Facebook page
• Wrocław
  • Twitter page
  • Facebook page
• Warszawa (CANDIDATE)

Romania

• Bucharest

Spain

• Asturias (CANDIDATE)
• Barcelona (CANDIDATE)
• Bilbao (CANDIDATE)
• Madrid (CANDIDATE)

Turkey

• meegoturkiye.org website
• meegoturkiye @ twitter
• meegoturkiye @ facebook
• meegoturkiye mailing lists

United Kingdom

• Birmingham
  • Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/MeeGoExperts
• Cambridge (CANDIDATE)
  • Twitter - http://twitter.com/meegocambuk
  • Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/?sk=group_192977094048912
• London (CANDIDATE)