kb:bestpractices:meetings:lug
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LUG Meetings
0. Prep
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create forums post
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ask people for ideas on content, date and location
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hint: copy contents of previous meeting's post and update accordingly.
create shorturl-
log into provider's webspace via sFTP or similar
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create new link in .htaccess (either
wuelog.org/xxornoblug.org/xx)
1. Topic
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Find a theme for the evening
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once set, think about “artwork”
Find presenters for the theme2. Details
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Pick a date and time
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for WUELUG it's always 5 - 9pm
Pick a location3a. Finalise
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Create art work
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find free stock photography that goes with the topicadd copy (what, where, when)Create Eventbrite page
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put image and text
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update shorturl for event
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either
noblugXX.eventbrite.co.ukorwuelugXX.eventbrite.de
Update forums post-
update text
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add image
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add date/time/location
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add eventbrite link
Post to other locations-
LV Discord server
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Invite to LabVIEWWiki Calendar
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Invite the LabVIEWWiki as a guest (labviewwiki -at- gmail -dot- com) and include all relevant details
…?3b. Update
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keep both NI forums post and Eventbrite page up to date with changes to agenda or time/date/location
4. Advertise
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add entries to Zenkit Marketing Posts
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post on usual channels with artwork and brief description
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repost periodically (once a week?)
5. Event
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Use Eventbrite to track actual participants
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only registered users who show up will be tracked for recertification points
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look into using the Eventbrite app for that
6. Post-Processing
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update the Group Information page
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move the “next meeting” item down to “previous meetings”
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add the preliminary date for the next meeting three months in the future without link
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eg “#21: March 2024” and the topic “Tbd.”
update the meeting's post with a summary of what happened and how it went-
take previous (WUELUG) meetings' summaries as template
publish blog postNI Recertification
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All attendees, presenters, organisers: fill in NI Recertification by Points form
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Organiser: upload list of participants
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in Eventbrite, go to “Reporting → Org. Reports → Attendees → Custom Question Responses”
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Excel spreadsheets stored in
\\Marketing\User_Groups\xxxLUG\Meetings\
HSE Data Locations
These locations are specific to our own HSE infrastructure. Feel free to copy the basic setup for your own user groups.
1. NAS
Path:
\\Marketing\User_Groups\-
generic content about user groups
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private data (eg. participants lists)
2. Google Drive (public)
URL:
/xxxLUG/-
default artwork
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this serves as placeholder and template for meeting-specific artwork
meetings-
one folder per meeting labelled eg
NOBLUG00 2024-06-
marketing (folder containing art work etc)
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photos (folder photos of the meeting)
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any presentations etc
logomisc. stuff3. Google Drive (internal)
URL:
/Hampel-Soft/User Groups/xxxLUG internal/-
non-public things like brainstorming documents, member lists etc.
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kb/bestpractices/meetings/lug.txt · Last modified: 2026/03/17 14:13 by joerg.hampel
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