{"id":217,"date":"2013-01-22T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:43:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-23T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T17:55:55","slug":"call-for-volunteers-meetups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2013\/01\/22\/call-for-volunteers-meetups\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for volunteers: Meetups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I\u2019ve taken point on <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Meetups<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Meetup<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/handbook\/meetup-organizer\/\">Meetup Organizer Handbook<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, it\u2019s time to get a team togther that will focus on developing a first class system for them.  Initially, there will be one team, though in the future we may decide to split the work up amongst subteams.  <\/p>\n<p>The first task that this group is going to have is to come up with some simple guidelines (Simple being the important word) for <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>meetup<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Meetup<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/handbook\/meetup-organizer\/\">Meetup Organizer Handbook<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> organizers to agree to.  I don\u2019t predict (and strong don\u2019t want) these to be as complex, however I think it\u2019s important to set mutual expectations between the organizers and the central account to prevent misunderstandings later on. <\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m looking for on this team:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like a diverse group of meetup organizers.  Please be willing to share your ideas in a respectful manner.  At least one person will hopefully know how to spell (since that is far from my strong suit if you don\u2019t know already).  <\/p>\n<p>How you can sign up?<\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment below  and mention the meetup that you are currently an organizer\/co-organizer of.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: To be clear, right now just looking for existing meetup organizers for this team.  There will be plenty of opportunities for the entire community to contribute though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/tag\/meetups-2\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>meetups-2<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fcommunity%2F2013%2F01%2F22%2Fcall-for-volunteers-meetups%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I\u2019ve taken point on 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., it\u2019s time to get a team togther that will focus on developing a first class system for them. 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