September 2018

[zupo]

Schedule the meetup

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

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

  • [x] Enter <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 Pythonistas!
    
    The next Python Meetup will take place on Monday 20th August, at 7pm in Poligon.
    
    Speakers: post a comment to https://github.com/ljpy/meetups/issues/16 or send an email to ljpy-organizers@googlegroups.com. First two people to do so get to share their ideas/tips/hacks/rants!
    
    Sponsors: post a comment to https://github.com/ljpy/meetups/issues/16 or send an email to ljpy-organizers@googlegroups.com. First one to do so gets to be the sponsor!
    
    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 sponsors and/or speakers that have stepped up, you will have to manually poke them to do so. Go through the list of potential talks and sponsors. For speakers and sponsors, the rule is First-Come-First-Served: whoever comments on #1 or #2 first, gets to be the speaker/sponsor. Once you have a sponsor and two talks, continue with:

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

  Dear Python people of Ljubljana and beyond!
  
  We are glad to announce the speakers and sponsors for the upcoming Python 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. Free beer will be provided by <SPONSOR NAME HERE>!
  
  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.
• [x] Submit the event to https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar#Submitting_an_event
• [x] Tweet with @python_lj account:

  Next #python #meetup in #ljubljana coming soon! <LINK TO MEETUP.COM EVENT HERE>

Narrate the meetup

• [x] Come to Poligon 20 minutes before the start of the meetup.
• [x] Open up the Meetup.com event page on the projector so that new people know they are in the right place.
• [x] Decide on a provisional date for next meetup.
• [x] 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.
• [x] Coordinate with speakers who will go first.
• [x] If the sponsor is attending, ask them to prepare a 3 minute pitch about what they do and (potentially) who they are looking for.
• [x] The schedule is normally something along these lines. Feel free to improvise:
  • [x] "Raise hand if you are new to this meetup".
  • [x] "Raise hand if you are new to Python".
  • [x] Introduce the sponsor and give them 3 minutes for their pitch.
  • [x] Cross out when you take a beer!
  • [x] Introduce speaker 1.
  • [x] Take a photo during talk 1.
  • [x] Introduce speaker 2.
  • [x] Take a photo during talk 2.
  • [x] Thank speakers.
  • [x] Open http://lmorillas.github.io/python_events, "raise hands who is going".
  • [x] "We need talks: beginners welcome! web, mobile, desktop, embedded, big data, everything goes!"
  • [x] "We need sponsors: give back to the community!"
  • [x] "Provisional date for next meetup, raise hands".
  • [x] "Raise hands who is looking for work? Stand up who is hiring? Mingle!"

Follow up

• [x] Post photos to https://www.meetup.com/Ljubljana-Python-Group/
• [x] Tweet best photo with @python_lj account, something like:

  Good times yesterday at #ljubljana #python #meetup! <LINK TO MEETUP.COM EVENT HERE>

• [x] Verify that the sponsor received invoice from Poligon.

[zupo]

The sponsor who wanted to take care of the entire event in September canceled. So we're back to our regular format.

Before I send out a public call-for-talks, do any of you who are already on the talks list want to step up? @avian2, @ikolar, @MrChriss, @AleksMat, @gandalfar, @NejcZupec, @wafelj, @meryuk, @Baveni, @plamut

Preliminary date is Thursday 20th. Sept.

[zupo]

Date confirmed: Thursday 20th Sept.

[plamut]

Sorry, I'm off to the Canaries at that date already, maybe in March 2019 :)

[jurecuhalev]

I can/will do a lightning talk (5min) on the topic: "Easy code improvement wins with CircleCI", if we're still planning to do short talks?

[zupo]

Since the major sponsor/organizer canceled, I wasn't planning to do lightning talks no. I'm out of the country until the day before and cannot do much more than "regular" format. That said, if someone wants to take over the "finding 6 to 10 people to do lightning talks", then we can have lightning talks. Until then, I'm looking for two regular talks.

[edofic]

@zupo if you still need a sponsor Bitstamp is happy to sponsor this one

[zupo]

@edofic: Thanks! @brianking will confirm whether TopTal is doing the third round by end of next week, and if they aren't, you're on! In the opposite case, I'll book you for October.

[zupo]

We have the talks booked: @avian2 with "Extending GIMP with Python" and @amagr with "Tips for junior developers and seniors working with them"!

[zupo]

@brianking confirmed the sponsorhip, we're good to :shipit: !