7 Reasons you should help organize your local user group

Local User Groups are great, and they don't get enough attention. It's easy to get started hosting events for your local user group. Here's 7 reasons why you should.

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1. 7 reasons you should help organize your local user group. @ryanbrunner @torontorb
2. You get to know more people in your community.
3. Recruitment is way easier.
4. It's way less nerve- wracking than talking at RailsConf.
5. Not everyone can make it to big conferences.
6. It's less hard than you think it is.
7. Strong dev communities are great - and you can make this happen.
8. Spread the Rails <3
9. Some ideas •  Talk nights •  Pub nights •  Hack Nights •  Hack and Tell •  Teaching ruby - to kids, to non-hackers, to university students.
10. Thanks! @ryanbrunner @torontorb