Python user groups 2013

Goals
Between June 1 2013 and Dec 1 2013:


 * At least 3 intro / diversity events get run after consultation with the fellow in each of the first and second half of the fellowship


 * At least 3 user groups improve their speaker diversity in the first half of the fellowship and at least 5 user groups improve their speaker diversity in the second half of the fellowship

Plan
Within the first month:


 * Will announce the project to the group-organizers mailing list.
 * By Mon June 10.
 * Will actually send Fri June 14; blog post will go live today.


 * Write an outline for the informational index page that has info for user group organizers.
 * If time this month, turn that into a high-clarity web page.
 * Will probably try to get in person feedback from Michelle Rowley when I visit Portland for Open Source Bridge.
 * Will publish the source to the website as a git repository on presumably Github, to accept pull requests and other feedback.
 * Outline by June 17.


 * Identify 20 Python user groups and get in touch with their organizers, presumably by email, indicating these goals of the meta-organizer fellowship, linking to the guide, and asking if they'd like to participate and/or chat about the guide.
 * To help me do the contacting in batch, first I'll be making a spreadsheet or similar table of these groups, with estimates for their sizes.
 * Initial contact by Wed June 26.

Info website
Let's start by making it Asheesh's tips for a great user group.

Those are:


 * Think about newcomer-friendliness in your topics
 * Don't do it alone (see also Yannick summary)
 * Host lightning talks
 * Have a social thing after the talks
 * Run a BPW clone
 * Keep track of your success
 * Random sampling is a good tool in general, if you can't reach everyone

What else?