Starting Your Python Users Group
Getting the Word Out
Create a chapter on the http://python.meetup.com website. Such chapters cost
- per month; some say $19.95/month but I'm paying $9.95/month so far. It's a good way for people to find you though, and you can take donations from the membership. Here in the DFW Pythoneers, we have found many of our members via this method.
Edit the wiki at http://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups to get your
- user group listed. Some people come here to find such groups.
- Identify other user groups in your area and, with their permission, post an
- announcement of your meetings. For DFW Pythoneers we use the DFW Unix Users Group, and need to start making use of the .NET Users Group, the Apple Users Group and the North Texas Linux Users Group.
Organizing Activities
Decide on the flavor of your meetings.
- Some people are looking for social opportunities and here in Dallas we hold
- those once a month, an evening at a local restaurant.
- Others want something more in-depth; we hold twice-monthly Saturday afternoon
- sesssions at a local bookstore that has wireless. Sometimes we have presentations and other times sprints, with hands-on coding.