September 2019

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Schedule the meetup

• [x] Talk with Poligon and choose a date/time when their venue is available. Standard time is Tuesday at 7pm to 9pm, but we don't mind some variation. Book it.

• [x] Go to https://www.meetup.com/Ljubljana-Lambdas/ and use the Schedule a new Meetup link to schedule a new meetup.

  • [x] Enter Ljubljana Lambdas <Month> <Year> for Meetup title
  • [x] Select the booked date and time for the meetup.
  • [x] Select Poligon for Where.

  • [x] Enter Description. Template:

    Hi fellow Lambdas!
    
    The next Ljubljana Lambdas Meetup will take place on Tuesday <DATE> <MONTH>, at 7pm in Poligon.
    
    Speakers: post a comment to https://github.com/ljlambdas/meetups/issues/1! First two people to do so get to share their ideas/tips/hacks/rants.
    
    See you soon!

  • [x] When done click Publish and then Announce it now so members of the user group are notified by email about the upcoming meetup.

Announce the meetup

Wait a few days. If there are no speakers that have stepped up, you will have to manually poke them to do so. Go through the list of potential talks. The rule is First-Come-First-Served: whoever comments on #1 first, gets to be the speaker. Once you have two talks, continue with:

• [x] Go to https://www.meetup.com/Ljubljana-Lambdas/, click on the upcoming meetup and post the following:

  Dear Lambdas of Ljubljana and beyond!
  
  We are glad to announce the speakers and sponsors for the upcoming Ljubljana Lambdas meetup that will happen on <DAY> <DATE HERE>, at <TIME HERE> in Poligon!
  
  Talks:
  
  <SPEAKER NAME AND TALK 1 TITLE HERE>
  
  <SPEAKER NAME AND TALK 2 TITLE HERE>
  
  After the talks you are welcome to stay around and participate in random discussions with fellow attendees.
  
  More info and RSVP on <LINK TO MEETUP.COM EVENT HERE>.
  
  See you there!

• [x] Post announcement to https://www.facebook.com/groups/242976319229784/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/522926241218467/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/slotechstud/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/158003467603274/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6884481293/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/353060628229741, https://www.facebook.com/groups/165720846803088.

Narrate the meetup

• [ ] Come to Poligon 20 minutes before the start of the meetup.
• [ ] Open up the Meetup.com event page on the projector so that new people know they are in the right place.
• [ ] Decide on a provisional date for next meetup.
• [ ] Ask each speaker for a sentence or two about who they are and what they do. Tell them you need this so you can introduce them.
• [ ] Coordinate with speakers who will go first.
• [ ] The schedule is normally something along these lines. Feel free to improvise:
  • [ ] "Raise hand if you are new to this meetup".
  • [ ] "Raise hand if you are new to functional programming".
  • [ ] Introduce speaker 1.
  • [ ] Take a photo during talk 1.
  • [ ] Introduce speaker 2.
  • [ ] Take a photo during talk 2.
  • [ ] Thank speakers.
  • [ ] "We need talks: beginners welcome! web, mobile, desktop, embedded, big data, everything goes!"
  • [ ] "Provisional date for next meetup, raise hands".
  • [ ] "Raise hands who is looking for work? Stand up who is hiring? Mingle!"

Follow up

• [ ] Post photos to https://www.meetup.com/Ljubljana-Lambdas/

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Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Ljubljana-Lambdas/events/264578402/