The Seattle area has several WordPress-related meetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. groups. I am the lead organizer for the Seattle WordPress Meetup Group, which is the only one of the Seattle-area meetups Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. that is part of the chapter program. I have been letting organizers of other meetup groups cross-promote their events in the Seattle WordPress Meetup group, as long as they follow the chapter program’s guidelines. Organizers list their events both in their own meetup group and in the Seattle WordPress Meetup Group.
I have been trying to convince some of these groups to just become a part of our meetup instead of a separate entity, but they like having their own identity, and they like having the freedom to sometimes do events that don’t follow the chapter guidelines. However, this makes things get awfully fuzzy – if some of their events conform to the guidelines and some don’t, should I let them list any of their events on our meetup group?
For some context, here is the Seattle WordPress Meetup group page: http://www.meetup.com/SeattleWordPressMeetup/
Here are some of the other meetup groups in the area that cross-list with us:
- Tech it Easy with WP: http://www.meetup.com/Tech-it-Easy-with-WP/ Aside from the questionable use of “WP” in their name, I think all of their events follow the guidelines. They used to have some paid events, but they have stopped doing that. Their events are some of the best in our entire meetup group.
- BobWP WordPress Workshops: http://www.meetup.com/BobWP-Puget-Sound-WordPress-Workshops/ Bob has cross-promoted some of his events, but there has been question about whether they conform to the guidelines or not.
- Seattle WooCommerce Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-WooCommerce-Meetup/ They have not yet cross-promoted any events, but they have asked me if they can.
So how should we handle these sorts of situations?
- allow cross-posting of events that conform to guidelines
- allow cross-posting of events only if all of the meetup’s other events conform to guidelines
- don’t allow any cross-posting, but let people post events in the discussion board
- some other option?
