Hey @Morbid, suggest you get in touch with @opacey as he’s currently doing a fine job of pulling things together in London, sure he would appreciate the help 
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Hi @Morbid, I’ll send you a PM, thanks for getting in touch, Thanks @dug for the mention. Cheers, Oscar
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Anyone in Miami/Florida ~mid May ready for a SAFE meetup/drinks?
Hello everyone.
Am Rodgers from Uganda, still a student at Kampala International University, doing Information and Technology and am a blockckchain enthusiast. Kindly inquiring if we can have a Maidsafe meetup group in Uganda too
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That would be excellent if you wanted to start one!! Here are a few pointers to get you started.
Here’s a rundown on things to think about when planning the meetup:
- Venue: So far I’ve been able to find places that have allowed us to meet for free. However, every meetup has been in a different location for that reason. We’ve met at incubators/innovation centers and a university campus.
- Marketing: I’ve found it helpful to get plugged into and leverage the local DLT/blockchain scene. The most recent meetup we had in partnership with an already existing blockchain group was able to help attract new faces. I try to start marketing the meetup at least a few weeks in advance.
- Style/Themes: For the most part the SAFE Network: Chicago meetups have been more on the informative side than on the social/hangout side. The materials I’ll attach will show you the themes we’ve covered. For the first couple of meetups I tried to sync up with MaidSafe folks to do live interviews. Meetup attendees really enjoyed these, but the time difference was challenging.
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Materials: I’m including links to the materials I created for the meetups to date. In general, I start the meetups with an intro to MaidSafe and the SAFE Network, so all of the materials have this section.
SAFE Network_5.30.19.pdf SAFE Network_9.15.pdf SAFE Network_Chicago Launch.pdf
- Swag/Food: So far MaidSafe has been helpful in providing tee shirts, which I hand out at the meetups. In general I find that free food and drink encourages attendance, so I provide those out of pocket. Some meetups choose to gather in local bars, which provides attendees the opportunity to purchase their own drinks. Even so, at least over here, as the meetup organizer, you’ll still likely incur a charge for hosting the meetup at a bar/restaurant. I’ve found it’s more cost effective to find somewhere to meet for free and just purchase drinks/food for people.
Hopefully this is helpful. Let me know what other questions you might have. I’m more than happy to help in any way that I can.
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Thank you @Sotros25, had gone through this helpful material a few minutes ago.
Could we also have a Uganda meetup.com group?
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No problem. You’ll have to set up a meetup group at https://www.meetup.com/. The process should be pretty straightforward. If you like, you can model after SAFE Network: Chicago’s page. https://www.meetup.com/SAFEnetwork-Chicago/
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Well, @dugcampbell suggested that he would setup the meetup.com group for anyone willing to run a meetup group because it needs some costs.
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Since you tagged @dugcampbell, he will see you post and I am sure he will comment or message you concerning this.
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Hey @Jabz, will DM you on this now!
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Thank you @dugcampbell 
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Great to see Africa getting its own scene 
Especially Kampala. Great stuff, I’m sure you will find lots of support here on anything you need 
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Anyone in the Gloucester, Cheltenham area of UK fancy meeting up to chat about SAFE?
We might start by combining with the Cheltenham JS meetup or hold our own meet if there’s enough interest.
@dugcampbell I was about to set up the group myself as I’m fine with funding a group if it gets off the ground, but I’m wondering if Maidsafe would better to have all SAFE Meetup groups under your umbrella?
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Hey @happybeing, happy to set up a SAFE Network Cheltenham/Gloucester (?) meetup for you to run if that would be helpful?
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