canmove, Confirmed users
1,953
edits
Marketing/Developer/Meetups HOWTO: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Marketing/Developer/Meetups HOWTO (view source)
Revision as of 00:02, 19 February 2016
, 19 February 2016→Developer Meetups at Community Spaces How-to Guide
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
This document is a guide for Mozilla volunteers who want to host developer-oriented meetups in [[Contribute/WPR/Community_Space_Initiative|Community Spaces]] that are not associated with a MozSpace. Much of this guidance also applies to developer meetups in MozSpaces or in communities that do not have a Mozilla physical presence. '''Please note''' that events in MozSpaces must have an employee sponsor and follow [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/WPR/Events additional guidelines]. | This document is a guide for Mozilla volunteers who want to host developer-oriented meetups in [[Contribute/WPR/Community_Space_Initiative|Community Spaces]] that are not associated with a MozSpace. Much of this guidance also applies to developer meetups in MozSpaces or in communities that do not have a Mozilla physical presence. '''Please note''' that events in MozSpaces must have an employee sponsor and follow [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/WPR/Events additional guidelines]. | ||
==What is a meetup?== | |||
The term "meetup" was popularized by the website [http://www.meetup.com/ Meetup.com]. It refers to an informal gathering of people who share a particular interest, typically on a regular interval. In the context of developer-oriented meetups, the key factors are "shared interest" and "regular interval". The shared interest should be broad enough to admit a wide range of topics, but not so broad as to lose cohesion. The interval should be frequent enough that members remember it, but not so frequent that organizer burn out. (More on this below.) | |||
==Deciding on meetups to host or sponsor== | ==Deciding on meetups to host or sponsor== | ||