2017/Nuremberg/HWC

 HWC  was a session at IndieWebCamp Nuremberg 2017.

Notes archived from: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/hwc

IndieWebCamp Nuremberg 2017.

Session: #HWC Homebrew Website Club organizing and stuff

Participants

 * Sven Knebel
 * Sebastian Greger
 * Cweiske
 * Calum Ryan
 * Sebastiaan Andeweg
 * Walter ebert
 * Leo
 * Leo

Promotion & Discovery

 * meetup.com - facebook of events
 * 50 max members cheap. after that you have to pay more
 * berlin paid for half a year, but want to move off
 * you pay per event
 * 50 people that are interested, not 50 actual members or people that come to an event
 * new groups/events published on meetup.com because many people get notfied about that
 * years agoÂ xing was used for that
 * eventbrite.com
 * for discovery
 * upcoming.org

why meetup?
 * useful to find new events one might be interested in
 * RSVP functionality

idea
 * idea: use meetup to get people to your website
 * still pay for more that 50 interested people

twitter
 * get retweeted by events-in-your-city account if there is one

Recruiting

 * How to get people interested into HWC outside of indiewebcamps?


 * jeremy tweets events, mentions people
 * do not use the wiki. it will put people off
 * london has own website, uses webmention RSVP

RSVP

 * London: https://calumryan.com/event/hwc-20170503/
 * shows RSVPs
 * NL: no own site, but sometimes events on organiser's site
 * https://seblog.nl/2017/01/11/1/homebrew-website-club
 * Berlin: URL with RSVP?
 * http://svenknebel.de/temp/hwc

RSVP for non-techies without homepage
 * https://commentpara.de is an anonymous silo for comments (future) RSVP, could be used to micropub-publish by everyoe
 * or just in local comments
 * Quill https://quill.p3k.io supports RSVP when it detects an event
 * URL parameter to reply to > https://quill.p3k.io/new?reply=https://indieweb.org/events/2017-03-22-homebrew-website-club
 * URL parameter to login at
 * -> automatically sign in for non-techies

Do RSVP matter?

is an attendee list helping?
 * no
 * people showing up is important
 * if only few people are on the list, people are less likely to come
 * jeremy is doing it even if he is alone
 * yes
 * see that people are coming
 * social proof that people are coming
 * cancel event if nobody is coming

setup
 * jeremy: meeting room
 * london: tech-focused hotel/user space/cafe
 * san francisco: mozilla office
 * berlin: cafe/bar
 * php usergroup leipzig: coworking space meeting room, fixed date time each month


 * eventbrite also for discovery
 * upcoming.org
 * webring
 * homebrew overview site