My 2 Satoshi's -
This cannot happen on the same day across cities or all effect will be lost. This has to first happen in Delhi and then pick up steam across other cities based on its success.
A dedicated organizing body has to be created to run and administer this effort. They have to be 2 steps ahead of the meetups and keep organizing venues and gather registrations.
You should look at outsourcing that bit to an organization that does conferences as a business. There are several around. You should check out knowledgefaber - They have a good banking network and have featured Bitcoin few years ago.
Else, this is going to be an utter disaster.
Thanks for inputs. We are already planning this with a dedicated national level PR agency to handle the operational stuff. From our end we are managing to bring in as much as Bitcoin community member possible to interact.
However will try and reach knowledgefaber and make sure they get involved at certain level.
Seeing the current low response, it seems that we dont have any community in India or everybody is interested in their personal agendas and dont want community to grow up, except a few senior members.
It will be very helpful if community members can start interacting on this thread and provide there much needed inputs to make it successful.
More and more involvement will be deeply appreciated. Also volunteer efforts will be recognized across the national level meetup and community.
Join us:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVIZDR4X19OTVVrTnByT1hBN1M1dEE6MA
http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-India-Meetup/
Regards,
Amit
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As I said, start with 1 city and make it a big event over there.
Then we will see engagement from more people.
Not every Bitcoiner in India is on the forums and I cannot see this discussion anywhere else, so how can anyone be expected to jump onboard?