How to Create Group and Organize A Meetup in Your City

Since others have subsequently asked about organizing groups and meetups in their area, the moderators and I have decided to create this forum discussion so the community can throw out ideas and dates for meetups in other cities around the world.

Creating Groups:

Create a group within the community.To make the group easier to be searched, don't forget to include your CITY or REGION name in the title of your group.

http://www.livingwithataxia.org/groups

Organizing Meet-up:

Within your created group, you can add a discussion forum to talk about meet-ups following these tips:

1. Pick a date (Saturdays are best)

2. Pick a place (picnics at a park for example)

3. Post an event here

http://www.livingwithataxia.org/events

4. Contact a moderator to help spread the word.

Ben

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Permalink Reply by Ramakrishnan Viswanathan on December 17, 2011 at 7:23pm

Hi Ben

We are trying to form a Toronto centred group of ataxia patients and family members. We had our first meeting on a Sunday last month - November 6th. We have about 15 people in our list and hope to add some more. We have tried to spread the word on Facebook. Do give us your ideas.

The next meeting is planned for end January.

Thanks Viswanathan (In Toronto, Canada)

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Ben Munoz on December 17, 2011 at 8:45pm

I would just keep it simple. Meet for coffee or lunch. And take lots of pictures to post here. :)

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