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| How to start LLVM Social in your town |
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| Here are several ideas you can take into account when designing your specific |
| LLVM Social. |
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| Before you start, it is essential to make sure that the meetup is as welcoming |
| as any other event related to LLVM. Therefore you shall follow LLVM's |
| `Code of Conduct <https://llvm.org/docs/CodeOfConduct.html>`_. |
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| Other than that - your mileage may vary. Please adapt your social to what works |
| best for your specific situation. |
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| General suggestions |
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| * We highly recommend that you join the official LLVM meetup organization. In |
| addition to covering the cost of the meetup, all LLVM meetups are advertised |
| together and easily found by potential attendees. Please contact |
| tanyalattner@llvm.org for more details. |
| * Beware of cultural differences: what works well in one region may not work in |
| other part of the world. |
| * Do not be alone to organize the meetup. Try to work with a couple other |
| organizers. This is more motivating as an organizer, and this makes the |
| meetup more resilient over time. |
| * Each event can have a different form such as a social event, or |
| a hackathon/workshop, or a 'mini-conference' with one or more talks. You do |
| not have to stick to one format forever. |
| * Whatever format you choose, `LLVM Weekly <http://llvmweekly.org/>`_ is an |
| excellent topic starter: go through the 3-4 recent LLVM Weekly posts and |
| prepare a list of the most interesting/notable news and discuss them with the |
| group. |
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| Advertisement |
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| * Try to advertise via similar meetups/user groups |
| * Advertise your meetup on the mailing lists (llvm-dev, cfe-dev, lldb-dev, |
| ...). Feel free to post to all of them, or at least to llvm-dev. |
| But as these mailing lists have high traffic and some LLVM developers are not |
| very active on them, you may reach more interested people using the mailing |
| feature from meetup.com. |
| * Advertise the meetup on Twitter and mention |
| `@llvmweekly <http://twitter.com/llvmweekly>`_ and |
| `@llvmorg <http://twitter.com/llvmorg>`_. |
| * Announce the next meetup in advance, and remind in one week or so. |
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| Tech talks |
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| * It’s a great idea to have several talks scheduled for several upcoming |
| meetups to get the ball rolling. |
| * Keep looking for speakers far in advance, ideally you should have 2-3 |
| speakers ready in the pipeline. |
| * Try to record the talks if possible. It adds visibility to the meetup and |
| just a good idea in general. Any modern smartphone or tablet should work, but |
| you can also get a camera. Though, it is recommended to get an external |
| microphone for better sound. |
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| Where to host the meetup? |
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| * Look around for bars/café with projectors. |
| * Talk to tech companies in the area. |
| * Some co-working spaces provide their facilities for non-profit (i.e., you do |
| not charge attendees any fees) meetups. |
| * Ask nearby universities or university departments. |
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| How to pick the date? |
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| * Make sure you do not clash with the similar meetups in the city (e.g., |
| C++ user groups). |
| * Prefer not to have a meetup the same week when the other similar meetups |
| happen (e.g., it’s not a good idea to have LLVM meetup on Thursday after |
| C++ meetup on Wednesday). |
| * Meetups on weekends may attract people who live far away from the city, |
| but the people who live in the city may not attend. |
| * Make a poll, but beware that not every responder will join (we had ~20 votes |
| on the poll, while only ~8 people attended). |
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