Improving the Meetup organizer application form

During the last MeetupMeetup 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. vetting sprint, Francina brought up that the Meetup organizer application form might need some changes. In many of the applications received, the information given is quite limited and deputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. need to ask more information before any vetting can be done.

Need to ask more information from applicants, makes the vetting process take more time and adds a extra work to deputies. As well it does for the same from applicants perspective. All and all, this causes unwanted time-to-time backlog and slower resolution time for applications. By improving the Meetup organizer application form, we can hopefully make vetting a bit more streamlined, shorten the time that applications are in queue and introduce new meetupsMeetup 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. to chapter program faster.

Current meetup form can be found here.

Please share your thoughts how the Meetup organizer application form could be improved. Is there some questions you need to ask almost every time while vetting new application? What kind of information is lacking from applications? What additional information would help you to make the decision or make you feel more comfortable while doing it?

Share your ideas and thoughts by Saturday, February 9, 2019.