Organizing the activities

[antagomir]

We could start planning to how to enhance rOpenGov organization.

Some ideas:

• Regular (annual?) meetup; first in Aug 2021?
• Integration in teaching & events (workshops, hackathons); reusing material
• Steering group
• Coordination & planning for blog posts

[pitkant]

I think all of the bullet points mentioned are essential and and provide a solid foundation to attracting more collaborators in the future.

I think one event / year is a nice baseline for activities to come. If there is a demand for more events, those could come about organically (bottom-up) instead of being designed and set in stone by us (top-down). If the demand does not exist (which I doubt), one event or hackathon a year shouldn't be very taxing to do if it's executed in a smart way, utilising already existing networks and infrastructure.

I think Turku ❤ Frontend is a very good example of a relatively recent and thriving developer community to look up to and there are some useful pointers about community building in Juha-Matti Santala's blog post: https://hamatti.org/posts/how-to-build-a-kickass-developer-community/

[antagomir]

Good to hear. Let us not forget the international network, they can be linked in through virtual connections / presentations, and in some cases even invited to join personally.