Running a local Chapter
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Chapter needs: steady speakers, sponsors and a small volunteer board (about six active helpers) to handle venues, vetting and outreach. Expect to pay for quality AV, food and mic handling and for good venues — sponsorship typically covers $2–3k per meetup. Peak attendance reached 100–140 people pre-COVID, chapters keep active with roughly every other month meetups listed on meetup.com. Vet speakers for presentation skill, refuse vendor pitches/pay-to-play, offer food/drink to boost turnout, and plan an annual conference to fund operations.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:37Serges background
- 2:47What is your local chapter
- 4:09The venue
- 5:17What is a chapter
- 8:21How do people show up
- 11:03Team effort
- 15:36Speakers
- 16:16Vendors Sponsors
- 18:42Meetups
- 22:17Venue
- 25:03Funding
- 26:58Audience Outreach
- 27:31Having Fun
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