FOSS United Chennai Meetups - 2025

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Postmortem report for the FOSS United Chennai March Meetup

For Event Details: March FOSS Meetup

Event Photos: Ente Photos

The Good

  • We got 50+ diverse participants, which was good to see after a long gap.
  • The venue was so friendly except for the security part; they were happy with the meetup and took care of the F&B.
  • Participants were so interactive and very much involved in the talks and community discussions.
  • Chennai chapter used to open discussion after each monthly meetup, which turned out so a fruitful discussion this time. We got very impressive thoughts and suggestions on upcoming meetups and also concerns about the March meetup.
  • We had a good number of volunteers at the meetup, which we used to lag in most of the meetups.
  • The Event started too late but we closed the event at the right time since one speaker dropped since he was not well.

The Bad

  • Considering the feedback, the participants felt few talks were not interactive rather was like a college lecture.
  • Few of the participants left the meetup after the break.
  • The HDMI Cable was not connecting properly with the speaker Laptops unless the venue technician helped them.
  • Participants felt difficulty in the visibility of the screen especially when it is presented in a dark theme.
  • Participants felt the talks weren’t structured as per the time ( kind of non-tech talks at the time, where participants seemed less interactive).

The Ugly

  • Organizers were late ( ~30 mins from the event start time ) to the venue, which made the participants wait so long. For few participants who came by 1:30 PM were waiting an hour for the event to start.
  • Till the event started, the venue was playing some promotional videos in a loop mood, which created an inconvenience to the participants.
  • Though there was one organizer who was there at the venue on time the event was not started.

Takeaways

  • The Organizers should make sure the event starts on time
  • We should host different types of meetups ( dev sprints, workshops, panels ) rather than just talks.
  • Spend more time on framing the agenda.
  • Add more interactive sessions and fun activities.

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Few of the participants left the meetup after the snack break.*

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FOSS Meetup Chennai - April 2025

Date - 26th April, 2025
Venue - Full Creative, International Tech Park, Ascendas, Phase 1, 1st Floor, Pinnacle Building, CSIR Rd, Tharamani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600113

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Timings - 2PM - 6PM

Registrations for the meetup are now open! RSVP here FOSS Meetup Chennai - April 2025

You can submit a talk here CFP - FOSS Meetup Chennai April 2025

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Are we meeting this Saturday? Also do we have to fill up some form to confirm our registration?

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Hey, Yes we are having our April meetup this Saturday.

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April 2025, Postmortem Thread here.

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