FOSS United Chennai Meetups - 2025

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

Location:
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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

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

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

April 2025, Postmortem Thread here.

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