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Node.js community resource for encouraging and promoting in-person events.
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Commercial events? #73

Closed walterheck closed 10 years ago

walterheck commented 10 years ago

I run a training company providing in-person classroom training in a part of the world where there currently is very little node.js training. Are commercial events like this welcome? Here's a list of upcoming locations: http://www.olindata.com/training/upcoming?technology=251

hackygolucky commented 10 years ago

Hrm. Interesting question. My assumption was that these are all community run/related events. What line do we draw that at?

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Walter Heck notifications@github.comwrote:

I run a training company providing in-person classroom training in a part of the world where there currently is very little node.js training. Are commercial events like this welcome? Here's a list of upcoming locations: http://www.olindata.com/training/upcoming?technology=251

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/mikeal/node-meatspace/issues/73 .

evantahler commented 10 years ago

Perhaps as long as they are free it is OK?

mikeal commented 10 years ago

Any event that is open to the public is valid.

gergelyke commented 10 years ago

How about introducing a new, 'Free' flag on the events (if they are free)? Something similar: meetspace_free

mikeal commented 10 years ago

I don't think that quite captures the nuance we're trying to express. There are many events that don't make a profit, some that do, some that are bigger like conferences, some that are small like meetups, some that are hands-on like workshops. I'd like to stay away from encouraging any particular type of event. The issue with tools like meetup is that they really push you in a specific direction in how an event is organized and presented. I'm more interested in experimentation and new formats like NodeSchool and NodeCopter but some of these are going to come with a cost (copters aint cheap) so, IMO, it would be better not to encourage any particular type or format.

gergelyke commented 10 years ago

Makes sense, I think, then all the public events are welcomed.

walterheck commented 10 years ago

I could see the benefit of having a price or something mentioned though? For instance our trainings are not cheap and if you are not interested in those kind of events why not know that before you click on them? So I'd propose something similar to what @gergelyke proposed, with the nuance that we mention price, not free/non-free. Would that be a good middle ground?

rosskukulinski commented 10 years ago

It gets tricky though when you get to conferences that have different prices/packages.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Walter Heck notifications@github.comwrote:

I could see the benefit of having a price or something mentioned though? For instance our trainings are not cheap and if you are not interested in those kind of events why not know that before you click on them? So I'd propose something similar to what @gergelykehttps://github.com/gergelykeproposed, with the nuance that we mention price, not free/non-free. Would that be a good middle ground?

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walterheck commented 10 years ago

Couldn't that be solved by saying either "from 500USD" or "500/1500/2500 USD"? Keeping it simple at least..

gergelyke commented 10 years ago

I know, it is not easy to decide, but how about "for the profit"/"not for the profit" events? Still not sure, if we should categorize them.

hackygolucky commented 10 years ago

I think displaying this much info(prices), for now at least, seems a bit much. The linking allows for people to read more about the event they're interested in.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Gergely Nemeth notifications@github.comwrote:

I know, it is not easy to decide, but how about "for the profit"/"not for the profit" events? Still not sure, if we should categorize them.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/mikeal/node-meatspace/issues/73#issuecomment-31811504 .

walterheck commented 10 years ago

Ok, i'll submit a pull request with our trainings then. If people complain too much, we can always see how to move forward. My primary interest is in furthering the adoption of Node.JS (in our case through education) and doing so in a "proper" way, even though I also happen to make money off of the trainings.

gergelyke commented 10 years ago

Let's do this :)