From: "Darryl L. Pierce" Date: 2011-11-11T09:43:10+09:00 Subject: Re: Forming a Ruby meetup group... On 11/10/2011 06:34 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: > I can second this and/or take it a bit further... Seattle.rb used to > do presentation in several different formats over the years. > Eventually we evolved into a weekly "nerd party" (aka, hack night). > Totally free-form, no presentations. We went from a rather dry > presentation format to (at the time) beer, pizza, and kiln cooked > sandwiches and it ignited our meeting attendance. There are three key > components in there: > > 1) weekly = no big deal if you miss one > > 2) food & beer/coffee = much more relaxed environment = more > inviting > > 3) agenda-less format = more flexible and inviting I definitely like this. When we do the bar camp here in RDU it's all ad hoc organization at the last minute - people vote at the time as to what they want to do with their time. -- Darryl L. Pierce http://mcpierce.multiply.com/ "What do you care what people think, Mr. Feynman?"