Re: [UG-ADMINS] Re: PHP User Group help

Hi Brian, The best piece of advice I can give you is to figure out the format that works best for your group. I spend my time in two cities. In Huntsville, AL, we tried evening meetups and had a poor turn out. Today, my company hosted a lunch for over 30 people to hear one of our engineers talk about how we use Docker. In Birmingham, lunch meetups don't work as well because of the bigger city sprawl. Our best meetups are in the evenings when people can converge in one place. They are often very casual and while only 5 or 10 people may show up, it's often a different mix every time. Figure out what works for your group and things will take off. Brian. > On Nov 8, 2017, at 20:50, Brian Johnson <bwjohnson@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric & Cal, > > Thanks for the welcome. I had already joined the listserv, but it hadn't > occurred to me to send an introduction email. Since I see you guys have > copied this list on this email chain, I'll do that now: > > Hi, I'm Brian Johnson. I live in Colorado Springs, CO. And, I recently > decided to start a PHP user group here, despite having no idea what I'm > doing. The user group does indeed have a meetup page: > https://www.meetup.com/PeakPHP > > I scheduled the first meetup for Dec 13, and set some recurring meetings > for the second Weds of each month. > > Eric - thanks for the tip regarding Thomas Rideout. I'm definitely excited > to learn there's someone w/ some experience in the neighborhood. > > --Brian > brian@peakphp.org > >> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:07 PM Eric Van Johnson <eric@diegodev.com> wrote: >> >> >> Brian - >> >> Yes to echo Cal's advice join the mailing list. >> >> Thomas Rideout (@realrideout on twitter) is a co-host of mine on PHPUgly. >> He lives in Colorado Springs and will be very excited to hear this and I am >> sure would be more than willing to do a talk or to. Thomas helped me run >> San Diego PHP and San Diego Laravel User Groups before moving. I won't over >> commit him but he might be a great resource. I will ping him. Let me know >> if you start up a Meetup Page or something we can start pointing people to. >> >> >> -- >> Eric Van Johnson >> CTO > DiegoDev Group, LLC >> >> phone: (858) 451-4556 ext. 404 <(858)%20451-4556> >> skype: ericvanjohnson >> web: www.diegodev.com >> >> *No trees were killed in sending this message, but a large number of >> electrons were terribly inconvenienced*. >> The information contained in this email communication may be confidential >> and legally privileged. This email is for the sole use of the intended >> recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient please do not read the >> information contained herein. If you have received this email in error, >> please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the >> original message. >> >> >>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 5:45 PM Cal Evans <cal@calevans.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Brian! >>> >>> CONGRATULATIONS! >>> >>> Ok, first things first, join the PHP User Group Leaders < >>> ug-admins@lists.php.net> mailing list. introduce yourself . This list is >>> an >>> invaluable resource for UG leaders. >>> >>> Ok, as for RW. I don't know of any Zend people in CO. but let me check and >>> I'll get back with you. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> =C= >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Brian Johnson <bwjohnson@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello. We met briefly after your "Culture of Respect" talk at this >>> year's >>>> Zendcon. I asked for some advice regarding speaking at conferences, and >>> you >>>> suggested starting at my local user group. >>>> >>>> Well, I came home to find there was no active PHP user group in my area.. >>>> So, I decided to start one (https://www.meetup.com/PeakPHP/). I'm >>> writing >>>> to you today because I (and the user group I'm starting) are based in >>>> Colorado Springs, CO. I know that Rogue Wave has a presence in the >>> Denver >>>> area, a relatively short drive away. I wonder if you might be able to >>> point >>>> me in the direction of some Denver-area Rogue Wave / Zend people who >>> might >>>> be appropriate presenters at a PHP user group, and also might be >>> willing to >>>> make the trip to Colorado Springs for one of our meetings. >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide. >>>> >>>> Brian Johnson >>>> brian@peakphp.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >> *Culture of Respect <http://bit.ly/1tOIyjG>* >> >> >>> How to find, hire, and retain developers >>> >> -- >> >> Eric Van Johnson >> CTO > DiegoDev Group, LLC >> skype: ericvanjohnson >> web: www.diegodev.com >> >> *No trees were killed in sending this message, but a large number of >> electrons were terribly inconvenienced*. >> The information contained in this email communication may be confidential >> and legally privileged. This email is for the sole use of the intended >> recipient(s). 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