Promoting the Meetup

[david conner]

After we finalize the name, how should we promote our meetup?  

Joe Crawford (@artlung) has added us to his site t.noke.us.  He's a developer from our area, but recently moved to SF.  This was the first site I came across in my search.  Our meetup is currently listed as blacksburg.rb, but we can update it later if we need to.

Should we create a twitter account?  What ideas do y'all have?

[Andrew Olson]

So, anyone opposed to renaming to blueridge.rb or Blue Ridge Ruby?

After we get that straightened out, we can make Twitters, etc.

-andrew

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[Clay Nichols]

David,

Did someone do some sort of survey to get an idea of what potential attendees would be most interested in?
(I think I remember filling out such a survey)

For example, personally, I've not used Ruby. I'm just very interested in it.  But I may be unusual.  I kinda view developing a support group  like developing a product. It really helps to know what the "customer" want.


-Clay

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[Brad Gignac]

blueridge.rb sound great.

[Samuel Toriel]

We did talk about this a little bit at the meetup and didn't really come to a solid conclusion. I think ultimately it will be based on the people who show up and the interests that they bring to the table. I personally don't care what the group is called or if it is focused on a language, methodology, or paradigm, but having a solid developer meetup in the area that is consistent would be nice :)

[Clay Nichols]

An organic approach is just fine.

I "took the helm" of a small group of local small hi tech folks (New Media Group)  earlier this year.
One thing I found helpful is to *suggest* some topics (and let other suggest some topics) via the email announcement. It's like having an agenda for a meeting. That might drum up a bit more attendance.
But that might also work better if you delayed it til the group has "gelled" a bit more.



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[Lukas Lozovski]

I can spread the word about this group around the Virginia Tech Cyber Security Club and the Linux and Unix Users Group at Virginia Tech. 

I know some people there use Ruby and they might be interested in this.

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