Zig Day is not the only “meetup” with a collaborative in-person programming format, and you don’t need permission from us (or anybody else) to start your own event of this kind.
What makes a collaborative in-person programming event a Zig Day is the focus on two main topics: applied systems thinking and focusing on creating Software You Can Love, as understood by the Zig community.
If you have been in the Zig community for long enough to appreciate these two cultural values, then ping Loris at loris@zig.day to start the process.
Here are some quick FAQs about how this works.
The ownership of the event is entirely yours, and of any co-organizer you might have.
No money will exchange hands and if some day you decide to rebrand your event to something else, that’s entirely up to you.
For as long as your event brands itself as a Zig Day, you are expected to uphold the format guidelines, specifically when it comes to:
If your event is a normal meetup where people listen to one or two talks and then go to a pub, that’s not Zig Day. If your event is some kind of venture capital pitch building orgy, that’s not a Zig Day.
That said, within these limits you will still have a huge amount of flexibility to accommodate for your logistical situation and your own personal interests and preferences.
For example even though it’s cool to spend a full day doing collaborative programming, if you can only organize a half-day event, that’s still fine.
As another example, if you have a specific topic or theme that you want to weave into the event, you are welcome to do so (e.g. focus on gamedev or a ‘ladies’ Zig Day), as long as it’s not in conflict with the format guidelines.
When a Zig Day is listed on zig.day the organizers will be able to independently customize their event profile page and create new events.
Your Zig Day will have a dedicated calendar (iCal) and RSS feed that will get updated whenever you create a new event. Additionally, users will be able to subscribe for email updates and will receive an email for every event.
The event calendar also supports updating events in case of any last-minute change (well, not literally last minute, calendar applications usually update at best every few hours).
In the future zig.day might introduce native support for RSVPing to events.
Yes, you are free to create chat groups and whatnot. Note that we will not share with you email addresses of users who sign up for email updates on zig.day.
You are also free to use any RSVP service you like, although you should be mindful of minimizing the number of services you require your attendees to sign up for.
Yes, you are allowed, as long as the amount you ask is balanced in relation to expenses to run the event. It’s entirely up to you to setup money collection in a way that is in compliance of your fiscal obligations.