examples of other user groups

community/example-user-groups.md

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+# Examples of user groups
+
+## Dogfood
+
+Some communities eat their own dogfood, if their application relies on community.
+* Drupal uses Drupal http://groups.drupal.org
+* Salesforce uses their own software:  Salesforce Communities
+
+## Decentralized
+
+Some software communities have a decentralized approach. 
+This means the local community can use whatever tool to organize their event online.
+Usually this is Meetup.com
+
+Alfresco uses Wiki to organise, but the local groups use whatever they like. Such as Meetup.com
+
+* Example https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Local_Communities#Atlanta_User_Group
+
+RedHat community - http://community.redhat.com/events/
+
+* Community members self-organise via Meetup.com - But central info for community events page is submitted via GitHub. 
+* https://github.com/OSAS/rh-events/wiki/Adding-and-modifying-events
+* E.g., if you want to contribute an event, you do so on GitHub by forking > editing a .yml file and then creating a PR. 
+
+## Centralized
+
+Atlassian - They use SplashThat, a commercial service. 
+
+* http://aug.atlassian.com/about "10,000 people take part in Atlassian user groups (AUGs) in more than 25 countries."
+* Atlassian funds pizza, drink, venue, etc for user groups.
+* "AUG leader" group leaders apply via a form - and they must schedule 4 meetups per year.  http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1656259/I-want-to-be-an-Atlassian-User-Group-Leader
+* Those interested indicate interest via a form https://web.archive.org/web/20140911070954/http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1794131/New-City-Prospectus
+* Atlassian have three staff focused on community management
+* SplashThat - 499/event - 249/month  or enterprise 999/month https://splashthat.com/packages
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