[ubuntu-uk] MeetUp

[Travis Mooney]

Gareth —

I have managed to join up with my meetup account (which isn’t tied to FB, it’s email based). Maybe give that a try?

Kind regards,

travis

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> On 16 Nov 2015, at 20:12, Gareth France <gareth.france at cliftonts.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
> 
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