Re: How to start a PHP User group

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 20:16, Valentin Secades <vsecades@qxdev.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > Good afternoon.  I wanted to inquire about starting a PHP user group..  What > would one need and how would one go about this?  We have a local chapter but > they've been silent for over a year or more, and although I have tried to > get some response out of them, it's not been of a lot of use. Couple of guys went to a bar. They got drunk. Started talking about PHP and made some noise. Couple of other guys in the bar noticed the discussion was about PHP and joined them. After a fun night out they decided to meetup next week again to see who would win in a bar fight, symfony or drupal. The rumor hit the streets, and those 4initial guys brought couple of their other PHP friends and coworkers. And a User Group was born. The peeps decided to meetup biweekly/monthly and created a loose plan on what the subject of the meetups would be. The end. :) > Also, if we were to get a conference going locally, what do you need in > terms of information to get some promotion set up for it? Time and location, and something about the conference. See http://php.net/conferences f.e. -Hannes