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From YouTube: Virtual Meetups Demo
Description
GitLab supports virtual meetups as a way to keep our community connected when in-person events are not people. This introduction will show you what makes virtual meetups great and a quick demo of how to create a virtual meetup following the steps on our virtual meetups checklist.
Learn more about why we love virtual meetups, how we support them, and our list of upcoming virtual meetups here: https://about.gitlab.com/community/virtual-meetups/
A
Today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
virtual
meetups.
Obviously
you
know
the
world
has
changed
quite
a
bit
over
the
last
month
for
many
of
us
and
I
hope
that
you're
all
kind
of
dealing
with
that
you
know
change
in
your
lives
as
best
you
can
and
if
folks
are,
you
know,
feel
like
they
need
to
connect
with
someone.
You
know
just
know
that
I'm
here
and
I'm
available
for
all
the
folks
in
our
community,
whether
you
need
to
just
have
a
venting
session,
or
you
need
advice
about.
A
A
You
know
exciting
I,
think
you
know
there's
a
few
things
that
we
love
about
a
remote
or
virtual
meetups.
One
is
you
know,
anybody
with
an
internet
connection
can
kind
of
participate,
and
so
it's
you
know,
really
brought
our
global
community
together
and
in
an
exciting
new
way.
That's
not
possible
with
in-person
events.
There
are
a
lot
more
efficient,
so
we've
been
able
to
schedule
them
really
quickly
and
get
people
to
register
really
quickly,
because
the
time
commitment
for
folks
tends
to
be
just
like
a
one-hour
block
versus
you
know.
A
Potentially
you
know
for
an
in-person
event.
There's
travel
to
and
from
you
know,
people
are
doing
it
at
the
end
of
their
workday,
which
can
sometimes
be
a
challenging
kind
of
addition
to
the
day
for
folks,
and
so
we
found
that
you
know
these.
The
attendance
for
these
virtual
events
tends
to
be
better
than
when
we
what
we
see
if
most
of
our
in-person
events,
and
because
that
you
know,
because
of
those
larger
audiences
and
some
of
the
kind
of
forcing
functions
that
require
people
to
participate.
A
Like
you
know,
when
you're
kind
of
pushed
into
a
breakout
room,
it
can
be
easier
for
folks
to
participate
in
the
conversation
versus
when
they
need
to
kind
of
you
know,
but
into
a
conversation
in
a
room
or
you
know,
in
a
group
setting.
We
find
that
people
become
more
active
participants
in
the
remote
meetups,
which
is
pretty
exciting
and
then
the
you
know.
A
One
other
thing
is
that,
because
people
are
tend
to
be
watching,
you
know
out
there,
you
know
desk
or
on
the
table,
with
a
laptop
in
front
of
them
and
a
keyboard
and
mouse,
and
things
like
that.
It's
easier
to
make
the
events
more
interactive.
So
we've
had
some
success
with
demos
and
things
like
that
where
people
are
able
to
fork
a
repo
and
make
changes
to
a
file
and
follow
along
with
the
instructions
in
a
much
easier
way
than
they
would
if
they
were.
A
You
know
sitting
in
a
kind
of
auditorium
or
classroom,
or
something
like
that.
So
we've
had
a
lot
of
success
and
learned
a
lot
over
the
first
couple
of
iterations
of
this
and
I'm
bringing
wanted
to
bring
everyone
together
today
to
just
go
through.
You
know
kind
of
put
that
creation
process
where
the
virtual
meetups
looks
like
and
then
also
to
answer
questions
that
people
have
so
with
that
I'll
be
sharing
my
screen
to
just
walk
through
some
of
the
steps
of
this.
A
I'll
assume,
yes,
since
I
didn't
hear
any
noes,
so
we
created
on
our
website.
We
have
a
meetup
checklist
for
virtual
meetups,
and
so
the
kind
of
process
starts
in
a
similar
way
to
the
in-person
meetups
that
you've
planned
in
the
past,
which
is
creating
an
issue
using
this
meetup
organizer
template,
and
you
can
see
you
know
what
that
kind
of
output
looks
like
here.
This
is
for
an
upcoming
event
that
we're
doing
with
the
education
program
manager
it
get
live,
so
the
fields
are
similar.
You
have
your
group
name,
your
URL.
A
For
your
event,
you
know
who's
the
organizer
where's,
the
location
you'll.
Just
put
you
know
remote
or
zoom,
or
Google
Hangouts
or
whatever
kind
of
online
platform
you
choose,
and
all
this
other
information-
and
you
know,
as
with
the
in-person
events,
you
know
we
don't
need
to
have
all
of
these.
It's
complete
in
order
for
you
to
open
the
issue.
A
If
you
want,
if
your
intent
is
to
plan
an
event,
I
encourage
you
to
just
create
the
issue,
and
then
we
can
collaborate
on
the
details
together,
but
it's
a
really
helpful
way
for
us
to
be
able
to
collaborate
in
a
transparent
way
where
other
folks
in
the
community
and
other
folks
within
get
lib
can
see.
What's
going
on.
So
that's
a
great
first
step.
A
You
know
the
next
step
would
be
deciding
on
the
format
and
I
think
you
know
most
of
the
in
person
meetups
that
we
see
tend
to
follow
a
familiar
format
where
people
come
in
there's
some
time
for
networking
time
for
talks
and
then
time
for
more
networking,
and
that
you
know
it's
kind
of
a
tried-and-true
formula.
I
think
an
interesting
thing
about
virtual
meetups
is
that
there
is
no
kind
of
proven
formula,
so
you
should
experiment
and
decide
what
works
for
your
groups.
I.
A
Think
you
know
having
time
for
discussion
groups
doing
more
of
the
hands-on
workshops.
Maybe
doing
some
of
the
traditional
presentations
that
you
would
see
an
in-person
meet
up.
You
know
could
all
be
interesting
things
to
kind
of
do
in
tandem
or
do
individually,
so
just
think
about.
What's
the
goal
for
your
event
and
how
are
you
gonna
plan
for
that
goal
and
then
choose
the
format
that
works
for
you,
the
next
step
after
that
would
be
picking
your
platform.
So
you
know
what
get
lab
we
use.
A
Zoom
and
I'll
walk
you
through
kind
of
how
to
create
an
event
and
zoom
in
just
a
moment,
but
there
are
other
platforms
that
you
can
consider.
Gypsy
meat
is
an
open-source
tool.
That's
similar
to
zoom
Google
has
their
Google
meat
product.
If
you're
you
know,
company
or
the
organization
that
you
work
for,
has
a
cheese
sweet
as
enabled
you
with
the
G
suite
account
and
then
there's
a
bunch
more.
You
know
kind
of
options.
A
A
So
if
you
choose
zoom,
which
is
a
great
platform
and
I'm
logged
in
to
like
a
free
account
right
now,
so
even
if
you're,
you
know
company
or
an
organ,
if
you
don't
have
access
to
the
paid
tier
zoom,
you
could
still
use
zoom
for
your
meetings
or
need
ups,
and
so
what
you
do
is
just
go
in
to
log
into
your
account.
Go
you
know,
click.
You
know
your
kind
of
profile
photo
go
to
meetings
and
then
you
can
set
up
your
meetup.
So
I
see
Richard
Murphy
here,
so
you
can
do
it.
A
Land
I
get
lab,
meet
up,
provided
a
description,
so
you
know
maybe
you'd
put
in
like
four
o'clock
Eastern
Time.
You
know
welcome
remarks,
4:05
presentation,
4:35,
closing
remarks
or
something
like
that
because
with
the
free
account
you
do
have
a
forty
minute
limit
which
could
be
tricky,
but
I
do
find
that
folks
have
shorter
attention
spans
for
virtual
events.
A
So
I
don't
think
that
there's
necessarily
a
problem
in
having
shorter
events
that
are
easier
for
folks
to
consume
before
they
get
distracted
by
the
you
know,
other
tabs-
or
you
know,
notifications
or
other
things
that
they
get
while
they're
sitting
in
front
of
a
screen
then
you'll
set.
You
know
your
date
using
this
calendar
your
time
you
can
kind
of
toggle
these
settings
on
and
off.
A
You
know
we
recommend
requiring
a
meeting
password
just
for
your
security
and
to
kind
of
prevent
zoom
bombing.
You
can
you
know,
have
your
hosts
video
choose
these
other
settings,
you
know
have
a
waiting
room.
There's
another
kind
of
tip
that
our
security
team
as
to
kind
of
prevent
some
of
the
zoom
by
maybe
that
goes
on.
And
then,
when
you
save
that
meeting
it'll
create.
A
The
like
join
URL
and
so
you'll
copy
that
URL
and
go
over
to
Meetup
and
sorry
once
you
get
to
meet
up.
If
you
want
to
create
an
event
for
your
group,
meetup
calm,
which
would
be
a
great
way
to
kind
of
reach,
your
local
community,
you
go
and
you'll
create
a
new
event
and
we
just
created
a
new
template
for
virtual
events.
So
you
can
start
from
a
template.
Select
virtual
events
and
you'll
see
that
a
lot
of
the
fields
already
populated.
So
you
have.
You
know
your
add
your
topic
here.
A
So
you
know,
maybe
your
to
kind
of
talk
about
get
lab.
Ci
set
your
meeting
duration
to
an
hour.
If
it's
a
40-minute
meeting
and
zoom,
and
then
you
know
we
have
the
description
here
with
kind
of
a
proposed.
You
know
agenda
fields
that
you'll
need
to
update.
Like
your
date,
your
topic
or
organizer
name.
Add
your
description
and
speaker
BIOS.
A
If
you
want
to
do
these
breakout
groups
they're
optional,
but
there's
something
that
we've
had
a
lot
of
fun
with
it
at
the
events
that
we've
organized
yeah
and
then
you
can
kind
of
make
this
your
own.
The
one
thing
that's
going
to
be.
You
know
kind
of
new
to
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
just
blending
online
meetups
for
the
first
time
is
a
instead
of
adding
a
venue
for
your
Meetup.
You
look
like
location
and
and
check
this
box
to
make
it
an
online
event.
A
And
then
you
add
your
zoom
meeting
URL
just
directly
into
the
event,
so
I
think
the
process
is,
you
know
just
as
simple
as
planning.
Excuse
me
just
as
simple
as
planning
and
in-person
meetup
or
you
know,
creating
an
event
page
for
an
in-person
meet
up.
I
just
wanted
to
show
that
to
folks
who
may
be
doing
this
for
the
first
time
so
with
that
just
wanted
to
take
a
kind
of
quick
pause
and
see
if
there
were
any
questions
for
folks.
A
B
You
hey
John
one
quick
question:
it's
Richard
what
what
has
been
y'all's
experience
with
people's
appetite
for
this,
because
I
know
everybody
is
doing
all
online
meetings
now
for
their
regular
day
jobs,
and
so
people
getting
burned
out
or
you
do
you
see
people
really
still
interested
in
doing
it.
Yeah.
A
Great
question
definitely
agree
like
I
think,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
beginning,
you
know
one
of
the
benefits
of
online
kind
of
virtual
meetups
are
that
there's
like
this
global
reach?
So
folks,
you
know,
if
you
plan
on
a
group
an
event
for
the
Atlanta
meetup
group,
you
know
folks
from
anywhere
in
the
world,
would
be
able
to
kind
of
participate
just
by
clicking
a
link,
but
because,
like
that
ease
of
access,
it
also,
you
know,
means
that
you're
kind
of
competing
with
a
global
pool
of
events
that
all
are
looking
for
people's
attention.
A
You
know,
I
think
the
thing
that
I
would
encourage
you
to
think
about
is
how
do
you
create
value
for
your
local
community
like
make
it
attractive?
I
think
you
know
for
folks
who
participate
in
the
media
in
our
in-person
meetups.
You
know
there's
value
in
going
to
the
events
for
learning,
but
there's
also
value
in
going
to
connecting
with
people
that
you
know
kind
of
live
near
them
tend
to
share
their
values.
Maybe
they,
you
know,
have
overlaps
in
their
networks
and
that's
something
that
you
know
a
lot
of.
A
Other
events
won't
be
able
to
provide
for
those
folks
that
are
active
in
the
Atlanta
gate,
lab
community
and
other
gitlab
community.
So
I
would
just
you
know,
start
with
that
focus
on.
What's
going
to,
you
know,
deliver
value
to
the
folks
in
your
immediate
community
and
then
iterate
as
you
kind
of
learn
what
people
need
I
think
this
crisis
has
definitely
revealed
to
me.
The
importance
of
you
know
my
community.
The
people
on
you
know
the
street
that
I
live
on
I've,
never
felt
closer
with.
A
You
know
the
small
businesses
that
I
want
to
support.
You
know
I've,
never
felt
more
appreciative
of
and
I
think
that,
folks,
who
are
active
in
other
kind
of
local
communities
like
whether
it's
their
PTA
or
a
tech,
you
know
group
that
they
participate
in
or
some
kind
of
networking
association
like
people
all
want
to
connect
with
other
people
right
now,
because
it's
become
really
difficult
to
do
that.
A
A
All
right,
cool,
well
I'll,
give
everybody
back
some
time
in
their
day,
I
appreciate
you
coming
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you've
done
in
helping
us
grow
the
get
led
meet-up
community
over
the
past.
You
know
year
and
change
since
I
joined
the
company.
It's
been
really
exciting,
we're
about
to
break
through
the
ten
thousand
member
kind
of
mark
for
all
of
our
meetup
groups.
Let's
see
it
might
have
even
happened
already
today,
so
it's
been
an
exciting
time
for
us.
A
You
know,
what's
going
on
right
now
is
presenting
a
lot
of
new
challenges,
but
also
new
opportunities
and
I'm
hopeful
that
you
know
we'll
be
able
to
find
a
way
to
kind
of
keep
our
community
together
until
you
know
things
things
normalize
a
little
bit
and
then
also
kind
of
build
on.
You
know
the
momentum
that
we
create
around
these
virtual
events.
That
kind
of
maybe
do
more
of
this
in
the
future.
A
So
maybe
your
meetup
groups
instead
of
meeting
you
know
every
month
in
person,
they'll
alternate
between
in-person,
you
know
and
virtual
events,
or
something
like
that
in
the
future,
because
people
recognize
just
the
ease
and
the
opportunities
of
virtual
events
create.
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
start
expended
experimenting
now
and
if
you
need
help,
feel
free
to
set
up
time
with
me,
one
on
one.
You
know
and
I'd
be
happy
to
kind
of
brainstorm
with
you
and
figure
out
something
that's
going
to
work
for
your
local
communities.