@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ ChiPy in Chicago, also host Meetup.com pages where they cross-announce
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their events so they can reach people who use that site.
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If you do use Meetup.com, the Python Software Foundation will
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- reimburse you for your yearly Meetup.com account fees. See a sample
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- grant application (forthcoming) on how to get that.
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+ reimburse you for your yearly Meetup.com account fees. Just send an
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+ email to the PSF requesting that money; see the :ref: `sample grant
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+ application <sample-grants-meetup>` for what to say when requesting
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+ it. Also note that it looks good for me (Asheesh), the author of this
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+ document, when you request that money. So please do!
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General tips on finding attendees
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* :ref: `search `
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+ ===================================
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+ Appendix: Sample grant applications
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+ ===================================
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+ .. _sample-grants-meetup :
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+ Requesting Meetup.com fees
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+ ==========================
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+ *
From *: Your Name <
[email protected] >
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+ *Subject *: Grant Proposal: $144 for a year of meetup fees for YourUserGroupNamehere
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+ ***---body below this line---* **
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+ Grant objective: Pay for Meetup.com fees for YourUserGroupNameHere user group.
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+ NOTE: If you are a group hosted both on Meetup and elsewhere, you
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+ can also add a sentence like this. "Chicago's main PUG is ChiPy,
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+ which does not use Meetup, but by creating this account, we can
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+ mirror ChiPy events to Meetup.com's active userbase."
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+ I am CC:ing Asheesh Laroia, who encouraged me to submit this
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+ application.
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+ Grant size: $144 total
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+ Grant beneficiaries: ChiPy is an active Python user group, with
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+ lightning talks and other meetings monthly.
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+ NOTE: You should adjust the above text, and then remove this
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+ "NOTE"! A short sentence is fine; no need to write an essay.
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+ Preferred method of funds delivery: a paypal deposit to:
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+ YourNameHere
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+ YourPayPalEmailAddressHere
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+ NOTE: If you prefer a check in the mail, say that instead. PayPal
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+ and check-in-the-mail are the two primary methods of PSF
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+ reimbursement.
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+ Sincerely,
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+ YourNameHere.
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+ NOTE: that's it!
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