PubDays (or something) meetup discussion

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VonC

8:21 AM

@Alison: the "plan" is in place, and registrations are on-going at t.co/nmD9V10

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VonC

2:12 PM

@Alison: hi. Did you see t.co/nmD9V10, and do you think it is a valid start to begin sending emails to the people initially registered for DevDays London 2011?

Alison S

2:24 PM

Hi, I saw that. I'll work on something to send out the beginning of next week?

VonC

2:45 PM

Nope, too late

I need to have feedbacks much sooner than that

Alison S

2:57 PM

what type of feedbacks are you looking for?

i was under the impression you wanted to send an email invite....?

VonC

Mainly if they want to refister to this meetup event or not

(*) register

So a simple email mentioning the existence of said event would go a long way to get that feedback

And help me see if I can gather 80 or so people for that venue

Out of curiosity, were there at least 80 people initially registered for DevDays London (your edition) when you pulled the plug?

Alison S

Yes, more than 80 had registered

way more

VonC

Excellent. Would a short email mentioning this alternative be complex to do for you? (maybe because you would have trouble to extract the exact mailing list?)

Alison S

my concern with trying to get something sent out this week is that i'm totally swamped

VonC

Ok, anyone you could delegate that task?

Alison S

3:04 PM

nope, its just me :-)

VonC

Or even (long shot but I got to ask) leave it to me to send those emails if you were willing to send that list to me?

Alison S

well, I can't do that. But, if you'd like to write the email for me, that would go a long way :-)

Also, have we put this out on the twitters?

VonC

Yes for the twitter... but with my "large" audience, I won't go far ;)

A twitter from Joel or Jeff would be much appreciated.

Here is an example of email you might consider sending

Hi,

You are receiving this email because you did initially registered to SO DevDays London 2011.
As you know, all DevDays were cancelled (http://devdays.stackoverflow.com/)

However, a smaller "DevDays London" is being organized by some Stack Overflow member and might interest you:
- one afternoon
- same day than the original venue (Monday, 14th November)
- at Canary Wharf (not far from the original conference center)
- a much smaller price tag ;)

You can see more details (and register if you are interested) at http://www.meetup.com/DevDays-London-2011-Plan-B/events/33387912/i3/socialmedia/

Note: a post on Google+ would also help (I have posted on my page, but again my social footprint is quite small)

VonC

3:54 PM

Back in one hour (time for me to commute back from work to home)

1 hour later…

VonC

4:55 PM

And back

Benjol

5:49 PM

@VonC, good work. 7 sign-ups is not great, but a good start.

@AlisonS, please please pull all the levers you can. If not I'll send you my plane tickets for reimbursal :D

APC

I was the other volunteer for the London Days, alongside VonC. I've signed up too. So that makes 8

Or at least, I will have signed up once the notification email arrives 8-)

VonC

Excellent :) Thank you @APC.

APC

Well it would be a shame to see all the energy and effort wasted. I'm actually not working in London, which is a drag. But I will be back by November.

1 hour later…

Benjol

7:25 PM

FogCreek phone number, just in case anyone wants to try reaching 'the man himself': +1 (212) 279-2335

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