PyCon UK Retrospective

This is the October CamPUG meeting. Normally some of us go on to the pub afterwards.

Traditionally, the meeting after PyCon UK is a retrospective.
Those of us who went to the conference will talk about what happened and what we learnt, and enthuse about the good bits. Those who couldn't make it can find out what they missed, and maybe get a good idea of which talk videos are worth watching after the event.

Tibs may also talk a little about Write The Docs Prague, which he went to the weekend before PyCon UK 2018.

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**How CamPUG uses meetup.com**

We mainly use meetup as a way of publicising meetings, at which it is very good. We also use the RSVP mechanism to get some idea of how many people will turn up to a meeting, but this is very inaccurate - at best, we normally get between half and two-thirds of the "yes" numbers attending.

We do not require people to pay for meetings, or acquire tickets, and we do not "take a register" of who actually turns up. We don't even insist that people have to use meetup to indicate they're coming. It is important to me that this be a free and open meeting.

This does mean that we have a problem when a meeting is very popular and reaches the practical room size - i.e., how many will safely fit in our meeting room (although we've really only had that problem once so far).

From now on, I shall put a limit on the number of "yes" RSVP replies that is larger than the actual room size, but hopefully not too large. I shall try harder to send a message or messages before each meeting to remind people to un-RSVP if they cannot come, and I shall count the actual number of attendees to each meeting and monitor the situation.