Hello, Local guides!
We (Bangladesh local guides (BDLG) community) just completed our 121st meetup. It was the Pre-Connect Live meetup. The main motive of this meetup was to get introduced with connect live attendees, discussion about connect live and connect forum.
Though the meetup time was 3:30 pm BDT, we (organizing team) reached there around 2:30 pm. People start arriving there at ±3:00 pm. Within 3:30 pm almost everyone was there. (This meetup was invited only and only 50 local guide was invited due to space allocation and other stuff). The program venue was on a well known, nice decorated restaurant in the Dhanmondi area.
As the host, I started the program by giving thanks to everyone for coming (especially, on rainy weather) as well as the organizing team for their hard works. Then I requested @RafsanRana for anchoring the program.
Everyone was giving their intros including name, from where they came, interactions with local guides, maps, etc.
No, no! These eleven (11) person didn’t make any guilty, neither they were punished! This was their first Local guides meetup, so a big clap for them.
After that special season, snacks (Soup and aunthon/wontons) were served.
Then it was an open networking season.
Everyone talked to each other, asking problems, solutions, etc.
Then it came the main and important season “Meet with Connect Live attendees”. It was a kind of panel discussion with @MahabubMunna bhai, @LyricMitra apu, Farhana Rupa apu, and Abdullah Al Mamun bhai. They share their experience about how they become selected, their Connect forum activities, activities on maps and community. It was a bit details season. We’ve learned many things from their discussion.
After the heavy discussion then it was a fun time. There was a lottery function.
Five lucky people got a prize (A big thanks to Stat Tech for those gifts ). It was really a fun season.
Then, it was time to get food.
Before and after food people gave their fingerprint wish to “Connect Live’19”
Last, not least it was time for the group photo.
I thanked again everyone for coming and give us a warm full evening.
We had a plan to connect with @SoniaK apu online but didn’t happen anyway! We missed you apu.
I’m very much thankful to the whole organizing team. Especially, @RomanSyed, @Designer_Biswajit da, @SShuvo, @Sourav_Biswas, Arafatul bhai, Shovan, Sunmoon, Bishnu Modhu, Miraj bhai, Murad bhai, Mahabub Munna bhai (as always) and all.
I hope you guys like our meetup and this recap post.
Hope to see you at the next meetup.
Till then, have a good day. Wish you all the best, have fun.
Cheers~











