Yearly Google Sponsored Meet-up

[#1]

We Can Have a Google Sponsored Meet-up yearly hosted by the Googlers in our communities. This can be done prior before the Summit always held at San Francisco or after, whatever way works for Google, am sure either before or after,  the community will appreciate them. 

This will help spur and also motivate Local Guides who might not be selected to attend the Summit Google do organize in San Fransisco. We can have the Googlers visit our communities and hold sponsored meetup  aimed at Knowledge sharing of the Google Maps and the Local Guides program. I know perfectly well this will be beneficial to the community and also to  the Googlers. Local Guides could get to meet some of the amazing Googlers who moderate this community in person. Googlers too will also have the opportunity to Travel, explore and visit different cities and also meet some of the Local Guides whom they interact with virtually as well. Am sure this won't cost anything.

e.g I Have seen some Googlers go on an adventure to look for Biryani in thier community, how about them trying out some new adventure like tasting the Nigerian Jollof ? Have a meet-up and roll out the invites to Local Guides

In like manner this can be done as well, having Photowalks, map edit walks, food crawl, accessibility meetups etc. All sponsored, you can also make great videos from such meet-ups as well to keep the social space more of in a Local Guides activities.

Hi Team, I hope this few points of mine can see this idea implemented.Caption a cross section of Local Guides from all over the world enjoying coffee and taking group photos during a joint global meetup event

[Atsukot]

Hello @HelloSamsonR, thank you for sharing your idea with us.

We have done the Connect Live pop-up event in Tokyo last week. Please check this out: We brought Connect Live to Tokyo! We may show up in other cities around the world 😉

[Atsukot]

Hello @AIMAN_SAEED, thank you for sharing your idea with us. I merged your idea to Yearly Google Sponsored Meet-up since both of you have the same idea. 

[AIMAN_SAEED]

Thanks for the update @Atsukot

[RahulKumarB]

google host meet up in every city 

to join new persons in local guide community

and learn about it.

Spoiler

 https://rahulpics.carbonmade.com/

and we also try to learn more about our city

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[HelloSamsonR]

Hi @Atsukot Thank you for sharing, I have checked it out. It was definitely indeed awesome. No doubt the community would have benefited immesenly from this little summit organized by the team.

[Atsukot]

Thank you, @HelloSamsonR for sharing the idea with us, and everyone for your feedback! I changed the status to "in progress" since the LG team is already started to hosting a Connect Live pop-up event regionally.

Please refer to these posts: Connect Live in Tokyo and Connect Live in Lima.

[HelloSamsonR]

Great to know about these latest development @Atsukot. It is indeed some great news to hear.

[teresasc1]

It's fun to organise local events, however unfortunately these are not always well organised and important topics are not always discussed.

I was wondering if there could be a local guides meetup committee per country that could be responsible to organise an annual event. The idea of this event, supported by Google Maps itself, was so that strategies and features for that country could be discussed. Bringing stronger contributors togethers seems fundamental to bring this community and the local communities closer together and more active! 

We could call it something like <countryname>CONNECT

[Ivi_Ge]

Hello @teresasc1, thank you for sharing your idea with us. I merged your idea to Yearly Google Sponsored Meet-up since both of you have the same idea. 

[Atsukot]

Hello @RahulKumarB, thank you for sharing your idea with us. I merged your idea to Yearly Google Sponsored Meet-up since it's the same idea.