[ubuntu-uk] MeetUp

[Gareth France]

It will not let me sign up! When signing in with Facebook it keeps 
asking me to specify a location even though I have.

On 16/11/15 20:06, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Background:- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams/MeetupProposal
>
> We (Canonical) have signed up (and pay for) for a MeetUp Organiser
> account. This makes it easy for people in the Ubuntu community around
> the world to create and manage events on MeetUp.com. I created one for
> the UK Team here:-
>
> http://www.meetup.com/Ubuntu-UK-Local-Community-Team
>
> Feel free to join. I'm not going to start spamming the group with
> stuff, so don't worry about getting a flood of notifications. I'm
> new-ish to MeetUp too, so feel free to point out any mistakes /
> omissions on the above page :)
>
> You can see the 'world map' at the url below. Currently we're just
> starting out, so there's only a couple of groups :)
>
> http://www.meetup.com/pro/ubuntu/
>
> The idea being if anyone _anywhere_ in the UK wanted to create an
> Ubuntu related event they can create / manage / publicise it for free
> on MeetUp to other like minded individuals. If people join the 'team'
> they will get notified of upcoming events and can sign up (if
> required) to get updates about those events. I'm sure many of you have
> heard of MeetUp and/or have used it too. The wiki page above goes into
> way more detail.
>
> In short:-
>
> * Nobody is forcing anyone to use MeetUp, it's just a service we
> thought people might like to use
> * We can create events anywhere around the UK (or beyond) despite the
> group being 'based' in London (it's not based there, it's just that
> the site wants a 'place' by default)
> * Other services are available
>
> As a starter we're looking to set-up some themed events maybe starting
> as soon as next month and ongoing through next year which people may
> be interested in attending. If people have ideas on subjects they'd
> like talked about, or additional events elsewhere, let me know.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>