Most software/tech groups in Brisbane use meetup.com. This is why you only see the original announcement on the Rails Oceania group and then the rest of the reminders are only to our local region..
Yes, its a paid service ($140/year) although you can run three meetups from one subscription, in my case Ruby, JS and Jelly and I just cover the cost personally (although people bought me beers at our christmas drinks… thanks) Example of our next Ruby meetup: http://www.meetup.com/brisbane-ruby-rails/events/46911752/ or a previous meeting with photos and ratings http://www.meetup.com/brisbane-ruby-rails/events/37343312/ - you see every meetup (71 for Brisbane) or JS meetup with custom domain is http://BrisJS.com You can have multiple levels of hosts or I can assign hosting duties to a person and they then have full access for that month only. It also does all the reminders directly, reducing noise to the regional area of the meeting. Here are some Pros (there are some cons below) - handles RSVP's (yes/no) - supports recurring and auto reminders - calendar feed (ical, etc) - preset venues - google analytics - history of meetings and who attended - after meeting ratings and comments - photos and face tagging - supports RSVP limits and auto waiting list - support for custom domain - allows for adding hosts per month and allow them to edit/manage details - support for sponsorship on page - support for fee based events (inbuilt merchant) - upcoming meeting comments - support for optional RSVP questions - file/presentation management - group list moderation feature - easy to find for new members - email blasts based on criteria (date joined etc) - iPhone and android apps - 3 meetups on one account (also run Jelly off it) - No one has to write software Negatives - $140 per month - cannot export DB of users and emails - No one has to write software There are also free alternatives http://www.bigtent.com/ http://groupspaces.com/c/welcome Im all for building cool stuff, although if there is a viable solution already built, I'll use it. Cheers, Nigel On 10/01/2012, at 8:52 AM, Gordon Yeong wrote: > As a thought, perhaps we could consider using Google apps for whatever domain > we decide on. > google calendar - can be used to manage our meetings and of course, members > who subscribe to the group's calendar will automatically see when and where > the meetings are (especially if it's 5pm and you're rushing out of work to > attend one of the meetings, the details are on the phone's calendar entry). > This could be very handy. > google sites - well, if we are going to just publish meeting minutes/notes > and perhaps job opportunities, perhaps google sites would be useful for the > moment. Not a very strong thought here but just mentioning it. > > note: google groups - well, we already have the Ruby or Rails oceania google > group and it's showing benefits for discussions and opportunies for newcomers > people to learn :) > > Cheers, > Gordon :) > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
