Hey Eleanor, Thanks for sharing your ideas.
> On Oct 18, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Eleanor Tutt <eleanor.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Very cool & good pointers! > > Am I correct that you set the location on Meetup in the morning and then you > meet in the afternoon? (i.e., quick & "flash mob"-y?) That sounds like a lot > of fun as it wouldn't take a lot of pre-planning or worrying about > expectations. Until now I have picked the location a few days - a week in advance. Day-of would be interesting too, especially in combination with your idea below: > > It might be worth promoting the *idea* of the flash map mob as a permanent > Meetup event - you could probably make it sticky so it always shows up on the > front of the page, but without a set date attached (does Meetup allow that?) > That could help with awareness/excitement I think. I think that is a great idea and I am going to try it right away. > > Long-term, the "generic" meetup might even have a way to text to opt in to > "flash map mob" notifications - I know I have opted into several text > notification services from local organizing groups and I definitely notice > those announcements more than I would notice a Meetup for day-of > announcements. I'd be sad if I missed the flash map mob b/c I wasn't checking > Meetup and/or email! YMMV depending on how people typically organize in Salt > Lake City. I didn’t know Meetup had such sophisitcated methods of letting folks know about events and have them RSVP by text message too! Do you know how to set that up? Thanks, Martijn _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
