[PATCH] D61550: Add recommendations on how to start a meetup in your city

[Christoph Siedentop via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

siedentop added a comment.

Hi @AlexDenisov, I thought  I could help in copy-editing this file. Very nice writing and useful advice. I am not a reviewer on LLVM though, so I cannot merge this.



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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:21
+* Beware of cultural differences: what works well in the US may not work in
+  Europe or Asia.
+* Do not be alone to organize the meetup. Try to work with a couple other
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This might potentially be offensive to those in the Americas but not the US. 


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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:27
+  work, but you can also get a camera. It adds visibility to the meetup and
+  just a good idea in general :) See an `example:
+  <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmo9Xl8PKe5vZH7u75vbTc60dRSFs-8NE>`_.
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Wouldn't this  be a good time to mention that without a dedicated speaker microphone, the audio quality will hardly be good enough?


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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:34
+* Try to advertise via similar meetups/user groups
+* Advertise your meetup on the mailing lists (cfe-dev, llvm-dev, lldb-dev, ...).
+  But as this mailing lists have high traffic, using the mailing feature from
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This is confusing to me: Which of those lists is preferred?


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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:35
+* Advertise your meetup on the mailing lists (cfe-dev, llvm-dev, lldb-dev, ...).
+  But as this mailing lists have high traffic, using the mailing feature from
+  meetup.com where people interested in the LLVM meetups can subscribe to the
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Typo: "this maling lists" --> "these mailing lists".


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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:38
+  announcement, can help to reach more LLVM developers or users, especially
+  those not so active on the mailing lists.
+* Advertise the meetup on Twitter and mention
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New suggestion to cleanup this long-winded sentence:

"But as these mailing lists have high traffic and some LLVM developers are not very active on them, you may reach more interested people using the mailing feature from meetup.com."


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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:52
+  interesting/notable news and discuss them with the group.
+* Keep looking for speakers far in advance, ideally you should have.
+
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This sentence seems to be missing an ending.


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Comment at: llvm/docs/MeetupGuidelines.rst:61
+  not charge attendees any fees) meetups.
+* Ask across universities around.
+
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--> "Ask nearby universities or university departments"


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