Also learned today that since "meetups everywhere" are free, they don't show up in events search, so they are less discoverable. Maybe they are good for smaller or new local sysadmin chapters/groups but once you want discoverability you move to the $12 a month paid meetups… just a thought.
On Monday, November 26, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Matt Disney wrote: > Thanks, Carolyn and Bret, this is indeed a good application of Meetups > Everywhere. I just created http://www.meetup.com/sysadmins . Hopefully this > will be a useful promotional tool for sysadmin related meetups, especially on > SysAdmin Appreciation Day. We'll take a closer look at sprucing it up soon > and get the word out via other social media about that page. > > However, I should note an issue with it: according to what I've read and > seen, there is no way to link an existing meetup group to this new Everywhere > page. So as Adam suggested, the search function on meetup.com > (http://meetup.com) will remain important. > > Thanks, > Matt > > On Nov 26, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Bret Fisher <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > This sounds like the job for "Meetups Everwhere > > (http://www.meetup.com/everywhere/create/)". Once someone "official" > > creates the root of the org (meetup.com/lopsa (http://meetup.com/lopsa)) > > via link above, then local communicies can create subs based on location, > > e.g. meetup.com/lopsa/virginia-beach-va > > (http://meetup.com/lopsa/virginia-beach-va) > > > > We've done this with another org I'm in that works well: > > Code for America Brigade is the official org root > > http://www.meetup.com/cfabrigade/ > > with 47 local communities, e.g. > > http://www.meetup.com/cfabrigade/Virginia-Beach-VA/ > > each one is controlled by their locals with singular branding under the > > main org. > > > > "what is meetup everywhere > > (http://www.meetup.com/help/What-is-Meetup-Everywhere/)" > > > > -- > > Bret Fisher > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > @BretFisher > > > > > > > > On Monday, November 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Adam Moskowitz wrote: > > > > > Carolyn Rowland wrote: > > > > Is there a way that LOPSA could have one meetup site and all of > > > > these local meetups could fall under that. > > > > . . . > > > > The benefit is, if you go to a strange city, you can look up other > > > > LOPSA events instead of having to know the secret URL to each LOPSA > > > > group's meetup page. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rather than wait for the LOSPA Board to debate this, then wait again for > > > them to implement it, then have to undo the work people have already > > > done, I think it would be better for LOPSA to create a "rendevous point" > > > somewhere on the LOPSA web site where folks can register their local > > > URLs. Also, that's going to work only if LOPSA makes it easy for folks > > > to post and update the local URLs. > > > > > > Better yet, just encourage the folks forming these groups to have > > > "lopsa" somewhere in the name and then let meetup's search take care of > > > the hard work. > > > > > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/
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