# FOSS Meetup - April 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Virtual\ **Created:** [3 March 2021 07:15 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636 "2021-03-03T07:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [3 March 2021 07:15 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/1 "2021-03-03T07:15:53Z")
April FOSS Meetup will happen on 10th April 2021 from 2 - 4 PM. **List of speakers** - [@Meera\_Sundar](https://meerasundar.com/) - [@Shivani\_Bhardwaj](https://about.me/shivani.bhardwaj) - [@mrkaran](https://mrkaran.dev/) This is the list of final speakers for the April FOSS Meetup. Interested in speaking at our upcoming FOSS Meetup? Please leave a message in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![mrkaran](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mrkaran](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/mrkaran)\ **Post date:** [28 March 2021 07:01 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/2 "2021-03-28T07:01:15Z")
@fossdot I’d like to do a small talk on Self Hosting applications (for personal use). A bit more context on - Why I self host? - Considering different ways to host - A bit deep dive into my current setup of self hosting apps (DO server, Nomad/Consul cluster) - Storage considerations, Backups etc - Some ideas to self host userful applications (from [https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted)) Would love to hear the community feedback about the proposal 😄 Anything you’d like to me to change in the above list of topics that I intend to cover, please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [28 March 2021 19:02 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/3 "2021-03-28T19:02:00Z")
Hi @mrkaran, We will be glad to have you as a speaker for the April Meetup. The list of topics seems interesting. I am adding you to the list of confirmed speakers 😄 I hope 30 minutes will work for you. ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [6 April 2021 07:52 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/4 "2021-04-06T07:52:18Z")
RSVP for the meetup at [https://fossunited.org/meetup/2021/04/rsvp?new=1](https://fossunited.org/meetup/2021/04/rsvp?new=1) ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [9 April 2021 09:36 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/5 "2021-04-09T09:36:11Z")
**Link to join the call** - [bbb.fossunited.org/b/wis-pzm-4ek-y1x](https://bbb.fossunited.org/b/wis-pzm-4ek-y1x) ---
**Author:** ![vjFaLk](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vjFaLk](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/vjFaLk)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2021 05:00 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/6 "2021-04-11T05:00:30Z")
One piece of feedback I’d like to share is that there should be a dedicated Q&A section after every talk. Having it async in the chat box isn’t ideal. ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2021 18:43 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/7 "2021-04-11T18:43:06Z")
@vjFaLk The idea sounds good. From next meetups onwards we can create a separate discussion thread here on forum for each of the talk, but will people be able to participate on two separate screens (one on BigBlueButton and second on forum discussion) ? Right now it’s easy for participants to chat on a single screen. ---
**Author:** ![vjFaLk](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vjFaLk](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/vjFaLk)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2021 02:52 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/8 "2021-04-12T02:52:16Z")
I think didn’t explain very well. I’m suggesting a 5-10 mins Q&A section after every talk where people can unmute and ask questions. But I like what you thought of as well but as a post meet-up forum discussion which would also have links to resources. ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2021 06:55 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/9 "2021-04-14T06:55:54Z")
@vjFaLk We ask our speakers to keep 5-10 mins for the QnAs, but I feel 30 mins is not enough for them for the presentation and QnAs. I think we should invite only two speakers from next meetup? That will give us time for QnAs. What do you say? ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2021 07:17 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/10 "2021-04-14T07:17:31Z")
Btw those who missed this Meetup here is the recording - [![](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/1X/db1fb06bce13845c58ae592d33afba34c13be294.jpeg "FOSS Meetup - April 2021 | Sonic Pi | Suricata | Self Hosting Apps for Personal Use | FOSS United") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JQG5CNlo6o) ---
**Author:** ![vjFaLk](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vjFaLk](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/vjFaLk)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2021 10:46 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/11 "2021-04-14T10:46:08Z")
You guys could try that. Also less people for you to get for the talk and also manage. ---
**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2021 11:10 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636/12 "2021-04-14T11:10:18Z")
> [@fossdot](#): > > I think we should invite only two speakers from next meetup? That will give us time for QnAs. What do you say? Yes. @Anand what do you think?