This is an experiment which is supposed to help us reach more people online. For example, Hari’s interview for a YouTube channel spread the word about ChennaiFOSS 2.0.
We can’t exclude marketing/education using social media at this time. We can ask for the feedback from the community to improve the content. Also, we have on-boarded 2 interns for three months for this this project. Above quote is from the discussion which happened in an internal meeting (Aug 2023).
To focus on other regions is a different topic. If you are suggesting that we need more people for expansion, then we probably do need to hire more staff. Social media management should be handled by a separate team and shouldn’t be dependent on expansion or the number of meetups.
Sorry, I was referring to the growth and sustainability model. Why couldn’t all the FOSS groups from the past sustain themselves? Because the volunteers moved on to their personal lives after a few years.
TinkerHub was also inactive because no one was working full-time for it. When Mehar started working full-time, things changed.