# FOSS United Chennai Meetups - 2025

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**Category:** Community Event\
**Created:** [24 March 2025 19:15 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-chennai-meetups-2025/5389 "2025-03-24T19:15:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harsh\_Patel](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/harsh_patel/32/1346_2.png) [@Harsh\_Patel](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Harsh_Patel)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2025 16:37 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-chennai-meetups-2025/5389/6 "2025-04-28T16:37:32Z")

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April 2025, Postmortem [Thread here.](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-chennai-april-meetup-2025/5629/2)

> [@FOSS United Chennai April Meetup 2025](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-chennai-april-meetup-2025/5629/2):
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> Post-event report for the FOSS United Chennai April 2025 Meetup
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> Event details: [April FOSS Meetup](https://fossunited.org/c/chennai/2025/april)  
> Event photos: [Ente Photos](https://albums.ente.io/?t=TtikTdkA#HoUpaUhrgzMieP69c7SgXEC3juCSGEzevZrFK1bUP8yR)
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> # The good
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> - We got 50+ diverse participants despite other community events happening on the same day.
> - Participation of attendees in providing feedback and attending talks was impressive, with more demand towards workshops
> - The venue was highly ambient and they helped in coordinating throughout the event
> - The volunteers were able to engage participants and were able to coordinate efficiently
> - The event was completed in a timely manner and stayed on track despite a 30 minute delay since the next speaker was able to cover their talk during network troubleshooting.
> 
> # The bad
> 
> - The talk’s order had to be altered due to technical difficulties which led to confusion in the initial phase of meetup
> - Some of the participants left the meetup after the networking break
> - The workshops seemed rushed up and clarification in the term “workshop” for “talk with demo” should have been done earlier to avoid it, this caused issues with participation.
> - Participants who were seated backwards had difficulties in accessing the screen due to visibility issues and was amplified by dark theme
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> # The ugly
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> - There were issues with networking which caused delay in starting the first talk by around 35 minutes
> - Though there was an organizer in the venue, the event wasn’t started
> - The CFPs were finalized the day before the meetup which caused confusion among the speakers, leading to miscommunication of requirements for workshop to participants
> - The date of the meetup clashed with 12 other meetups at the same time
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> # Takeaways
> 
> - Meetup dates must be planned by discussion with other communities to avoid clashes
> - Different types of events with focus on workshops must be done with clear communication of pre-requisites and isntructions for smooth participation must be planned
> - Delegation of proper roles for volunteers and framing agenda to avoid last minute works
> - Provide more time for Q & A for workshops and hands-on events
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> * * *
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> ![april-meetup](https://forum.fossunited.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b953a4dbbc510df9406bd476d932ef5f20a430a6.jpeg)

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