Hacks/Hackers March meetup
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** We have a sponsor! Thanks Andurance Ventures**
Dear Hacks & Hackers
It's that time again – the March meetup is here! We're delighted to announce the next event is happening on Wednesday 25 March at Twitter UK.
Who are the speakers?
- Joe Twyman (https://twitter.com/joetwyman), Head of Political and Social Research at YouGov
Joe will be talking about how YouGov is using data collected over the past five years to predict the election outcome.
- Alberto Nardelli (https://twitter.com/albertonardelli), Data Editor at The Guardian
Lightning talks –
Pietro Passarelli, founder of autoEdit (http://www.autoedit.io/)
Megan Lucero (https://twitter.com/megan_lucero), The Times and Sunday Times
Richard Moynihan (https://twitter.com/richjm), Social Media Editor, The Telegraph
Drinks are sponsored by Andurance Ventures – thank you!
Andurance Ventures (http://www.anduranceventures.com/)is a VC with a strong focus on early stage Media Tech startups. Backed Mendeley (sold to Reed Elsevier), Stupeflix (iOS app of the year with Replay) and Cronycle. Always looking for great startups and talented Hacks and Hackers.
More exciting news about our RSVP system: part 94
We're still tweaking the RSVP and ticketing system. We've had positive feedback about releasing places in batches, so we're going to keep that bit. We're starting with 100 places now, and will release the rest later this week and next week.
As always, if you get a place but later cannot come (or change your mind) then please, pretty please change your RSVP.
Additional sign-up form for your real name
We noticed there was some confusion about the difference between Meetup.com RSVP and the Mailchimp sign-up.
TL;DR: You need to be in BOTH lists to be guaranteed a place.
Here's the additional form for your name and company details: http://eepurl.com/bdMeHz
The reason for the Mailchimp sign-up form is that we need your real name and your company name in order to get you into the building. This was a requirement last month at BBC, and it's an ongoing requirement for Twitter.
Many of you don't use your real name on Meetup (what groups have you joined, hmmm?!) so we need a second list for everyone to fill in.
In other words, you need to be on both lists. You need to RSVP here in Meetup.com, and fill in your details on the Mailchimp form as a secondary step.
Meetup.com is still the main list – if you're not RSVP'd in Meetup.com then you're not on the list. I hope this makes sense, but if not, please let me know.
Oh no, I'm too far down the waiting list!
Never fear. You can still buy your way onto the RSVP list by purchasing a limited edition "queue-jumper" paid pass.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hackshackers-march-meetup-tickets-16204991566
Hope to see you next week at Twitter.
– Pete, Sarah, Cassie, Joanna, and the rest of the Hacks/Hackers team