Activating a Clojure Community
summary
Five practical lessons for running a Clojure meetup: treat 1500 "members" as a mailing list but expect <100 typical turnout, schedule a monthly cadence and give speakers about two-week notice, shortlist 2–3 recurring venues, enforce a protocol (announce bathrooms, stick to schedule), prioritize 30–60 minutes of social time before and after, recruit sponsors to cover food and beer, cross‑promote with related meetups (Hololens, JavaScript) and plug into ClojureBridge volunteer opportunities.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:11Who am I
- 1:17Clojure NYC History
- 2:09Community is Hard
- 3:31Consistency
- 4:40Focus
- 5:42Protocol
- 6:28Network
- 7:31Food
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