Local MeeGo Networks

Revision as of 20:05, 11 September 2010

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!

Networks in the World

• Bangalore, India (CANDIDATE)
• Buenos Aires, Argentina (CANDIDATE)
• Cambridge (Cambridgeshire UK) (CANDIDATE)
• Dallas / Fort Worth, USA
• Delhi, India (CANDIDATE)
• Helsinki, Finland (CANDIDATE)
• Montréal, QC, Canada (CANDIDATE)
• Toronto, ON, Canada (CANDIDATE)
• San Francisco Bay Area, USA
• Tampere, Finland

Calendar

The local events can be found at http://meego.com/community/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!

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.
• 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.

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 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/Community_Office/Marketing/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.