The Auckland web meetup has been using meetup.com for several years and it seems to work pretty well.
If there are caps on numbers (eg, there's only enough beer / food / space for 200) the RSVP system is useful. ( http://www.meetup.com/aucklandweb/ ) On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Ben Schwarz <ben.schw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I don't know what I can do to publish it much more than I have > already. > Admittedly I only posted it to rubyonrails.com.au today, so a little > bit late, but everything has been on the group to date. > I've been thinking about using meetup.com - has anyone used this for a > usergroup? Otherwise, if you have suggestions, please share them! > > As for your wild "trek" outside of the CBD grid (that whole block can > be a killer), HTFU :-) > > > See you there. > > > > > > On Oct 29, 2:10 pm, Korny Sietsma <ko...@sietsma.com> wrote: > > Ah - thanks Mike for mentioning this - I'd completely missed the > > change of venue; and carlton is a bit of a hike from the Thoughtworks > > office! > > > > (Not that I can make it tonight anyway - but if I *had* been coming, > > I'd have wandered to TW by default...) > > > > - Korny > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Steve Hoeksema <st...@seven.net.nz> > wrote: > > > Ben posted this: > > > > > Venue confirmed! > > > > > RMIT Lecture hall > > > 23-27 Cardigan St. Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia (http://bit.ly/1ME3fH) > > > > > Go in the sliding doors and down the stairs directly in front. > > > > > The 'theme' is "world class talks". > > > The aim of this month is to produce a world class talk. > > > It doesn't have to be long, just make it good. > > > > > (Can you feel the pressure yet guys?) > > > > > All talks will be recorded (unless the speaker(s)) have any > > > objections). > > > Hopefully we'll have audio and video of some description. > > > > > I'll be aiming to put these into a podcast, along with the content > > > from the Sydney group. > > > (Other groups too, just hit me and we'll work something out) > > > > > Arrive at 6 for a 6:30 (sharp) start. > > > > > See you there! > > > > > Speakers, bring a video adapter for your laptop. I don't know what > > > will be available on the night. > > > > -- > > Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com > > kornys on twitter/fb/gtalk/gwavewww.sietsma.com/korny > > "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part > > that wonders what the part that isn't thinking > > isn't thinking of" > > > -- Steve Hoeksema +61 404 938 816 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rails-oceania@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
