2nd Local London Meetup

[jflory7 (Justin Wheeler)]

This discussion has a lot of good topics emerging that are not specific to the next London meetup! In order to keep this Discussion topic focused, I created two new Discussion topics for conversations I thought we should keep having:

Growing London meetups into a UK-wide SIG?

Continuing the discussion from 2nd Local London Meetup… I am forking this into a discussion-focused thread so we can keep the other thread focused on logistics for a London meetup. I quoted several replies here to kick off the conversation. I don’t know if there is truly a golden answer, but I think the important thing to sustain the effort of organizing meetups is to be consistent in showing up and having a space. Ben Cotton wrote about the flywheel theory of community engagement, and I thin…

Inclusivity of exclusively in-person events?

Continuing the discussion from 2nd Local London Meetup… I am forking the conversation from over there, because my reply on this specific topic became long, and I realized it could be a wider discussion of its own weight. I am framing this new Discussion topic on how to take an inclusive approach to organizing exclusively in-person events. @hankuoffroad shared his concerns in the previous Discussion topic about wanting to include virtual attendees who could not travel for the local meetup in Lo…