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Needs to coordinate with venue host, attendees, etc.\r\n\r\nTypically this is via FB messenger and email. Sometimes phone, whatsapp, sms.\r\n\r\n### Consistent Scheduling\r\nEvery 3rd Monday of the month. From 7:00pm to 10:00pm.\r\n\r\n### Decentralised Location\r\n- More people can attend as different events take place closer to their workplaces/homes.\r\n- Added value of discovering new startups.\r\n- Share venue/food burden over many hosts.\r\n- Avoid repeat hosts indefinitely due to glut of startups.\r\n\r\n## Problems\r\n\r\n### Single point of failure\r\nSo far this was mostly coordinated by myself (@cbas). If I'm unavailable it's not clear how to guarantee continuity.\r\n\r\n### Audience Reach\r\n- Facebook is decreasingly effective as they force publishers to buy ads.\r\n- Any event I create is also only announced to the intersection of FEDS group members and my friends.\r\n\r\n### Community Fragmentation\r\nCompetition between event formats is necessary for long-term success. However unite the JavaScript community and create a critical mass.\r\n\r\n## Reasons to Merge\r\nI think bringing the event under SingaporeJS has some benefits.\r\n\r\n- Fixes single point of failure: If @cbas is unavailable, the event should continue. Should have a designated fallback, fixed rotation, or at least a place to call for help (i.e. this GitHub repo).\r\n- Gain exposure to the SingaporeJS meetup. More people will find out about FEDS TL;DR.\r\n- The SingaporeJS meetup page will better reflect the actual JavaScript activity in Singapore."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SingaporeJS/organizers/issues/comments/125142483","html_url":"https://github.com/SingaporeJS/organizers/pull/9#issuecomment-125142483","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SingaporeJS/organizers/issues/9","id":125142483,"user":{"login":"Valentine","id":676061,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/676061?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine","html_url":"https://github.com/Valentine","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Valentine/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-27T09:27:20Z","updated_at":"2015-07-27T09:27:20Z","body":":+1: bringing FEDS to the Meetup group will help with exposure, at least."}}