Re: [UG-ADMINS] New UG

Hi Nigel, I was in a similar position 6 months ago. It is, as James said, a great idea to start a UG in you town. The first time, and to be honest each time since, i was very scared that people won't show up and it will go nowhere. But we've grown a bit since then, started doing regular talks and partnered up with the local WP ug and even some companies started to take interest in the development of the community. A very good advice I was given in the beginning was to start really small, just call several developers you already know, tell them to tell others and go out for a drink and talk about php for a couple of hours. Nothing formal and nothing to scare people off early on. Also I found the php.ug slack and people on twitter using #phpug really welcoming and helpful, answering all my silly questions for the first meetings. 7php has also written on the topic: http://7php.com/category/conferences-user-groups/phpusergroup-howto/ Good luck! And don't forget to have fun in the process! Boyan On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:13 AM Nigel James <nigel.james@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks very much for your warm welcome. > > i am still putting out feelers but I think there could be an opportunity > here. > > (Half of me is telling me I am crazy and pull out now - if nothing happens > you will know that dude won!) > > Thanks for the great links - great stuff) > > Nigel > > On 18 April 2017 at 15:47, James Titcumb <james@asgrim.com> wrote: > > > Hi Nigel, > > > > That is indeed a great idea! :) > > > > First up, some of the material on > https://wiki.php.net/usergroups/handbook > > may be of use. > > > > Also, make sure you get the UG registered on > > http://php.ug/ :) > > > > Welcome to the UG-Admins list also! > > > > Thanks > > James > > > > On 18 April 2017 at 05:14, Nigel James <nigel.james@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> This morning I had the crazy idea of starting a UG in my town. Canberra, > >> ACT, Australia > >> > >> I have a few ideas but if there is wisdom from this group that would be > >> great. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Nigel James > >> > > > > > > > -- > Nigel James > ---------------------------------- > nigel.james@gmail.com > http://about.me/nigeljames >