Ansible Meetup
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These are the guidelines for the `Ansible Zürich Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Zurich/>`_:

- How many topics will be presented at each event?
    - There are up to 3 topics presented and discussed per event.

- How many Ansiblers will attend an event?
    - Usually we've a turnout of about 20-50 people.

- What is the target audience for the event?
    - This is an Ansible community (and open-source) event. The target audience are current Ansible users, and people who want to start using Ansible.

- How experienced is the audience?
    - Usually there's a good mix – from people just getting to know Ansible, up to real Ansible experts, and even contributors.

- Will the events be online or on-premise?
    - Ansible meetups will always be held on-premises.

- Will the events be recorded and/or streamed?
    - Yes, the events will usually be recorded and live-streamed to YouTube. Streaming links will be announced on the meetup site, a few minutes before the first presentation starts.

- What qualifies me as a speaker?
    - You must have experience with Ansible and feel comfortable presenting live to an audience (see question above).

- What are the requirements for a presentation?
    - Presentations need to cover an open-source Ansible topic, and have to include at least a technical demo.

- Is there anything that is not permitted?
    - This is a community event and it should keep that way. Thus, commerical presentations (e.g. sales pitches) are not allowed.

- What's the length of a presentation?
    - Presentations are time-boxed to 20 minutes (presentation & demo), followed by a 10 minute Q&A session.

- Which language can I use during the presentation?
    - You can talk German or English, but slides need to be in English.

.. hint::

    Are you interested in becoming a **speaker**? Ping us and send us the following things:

    - The Ansible topic you're going to present
    - Your full name
    - Your contact details (i.e. email address, phone number)
    - A picture / avatar of yourself
    - The name of the company you're working at
    - Your preferred langauge (German or English)
    - Your shirt size (S, M, L, XL)

.. hint::

    Is your company interested in becoming a sponsor? Ping us and send us the following things:

    - The name of the company
    - The logo of the company
    - The invoice address of the company
    - Your contact details (i.e. email address, phone number)
    - Your shirt size (S, M, L, XL)

Checklist
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This is the Checklist for prepairing the Ansible meetung

3 to 1 month before:
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- Set Date
- Update `Meetup Page <https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/>`_ with the date
- Search Sponsors
- Search Location
- Search Speakers
- Search Catering
- Update `Meetup Page <https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/>`_ with the Speakers & Sponsors
- Update `Twitter <https://twitter.com>`_ & `Linkedin <https://linkedin.com>`_
- Visit the Location with the person responsible for the Streaming and make Fotos etc. and update the technical `Checkliste <https://streaming.confirm.ch/how-to/checklist.html>`_ for the location

2 Weeks before:
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- Setup an Ansible Drill for Live-Streaming with Thaddeus, Andreas and Kenin
- Fix issues that occurred
- Make a organisation document and send it via Mattermost to all Team-members
- Make a quick update about the Planning & Review Session

1 Week before:
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- Push `Twitter <https://twitter.com>`_ and `Linkedin <https://linkedin.com>`_ if there are to less attendance
- Prepare everything for the Meetup (`Streaming Checklist <https://streaming.confirm.ch/how-to/checklist.html>`_, if needed Food,  How we get there, Parking Spaces, Timer etc.)
- Prepare `EMA <https://git.confirm.ch/confirm/EMA>`_ with the Sponsors and Speakers


Final Day:
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- Pack everything
- Make a last Check about the Equipment (`Streaming Checklist <https://streaming.confirm.ch/how-to/checklist.html>`_)
- Be early and relax! (Estimated Time to prepair ~2 hours)

Packing List:
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- Steaming Equipment inkl. JBL
- Grey Boxes with cables, cameras, Stativs, Lights, Netgear Router etc.
- Timer
- Food
- Merchandise
- Speaker Grifts
- People
- etc.