Connect live main event should be held in every continent - Status changed to: Voting open

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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

[suresh1930]

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[IrrPavlova]

Thank you for clarifying, @suresh1930. Your idea is open for voting now and other Local Guides are free to show their support.

[AngieYC]

Hello @suresh1930,

Thank you for sharing, similar idea had been suggested before.

I will be merging it - Yearly Google Sponsored Meet-up, where you can also find an answer to the idea. 

[Kolapo]

I'm in love with this idea, it will encourage others in the community to join the Local guides program and more importantly individuals that couldn't make it to the yearly summit in SF.

[suhnisindh]

Google Community start a scholarship program in which all top holder of Google local guide around all the world can meet at a one place to share ideas with each other and also who create the Groups of people and than they visit the world and explore it more.

[kaushikhgohil]

I think local guide meetup should be organized by Google itself in specific region wise, Because in India meetups will be more helpful if it is organized by google centers 

[solelongue]

Organize annual meetings of local guides

[Sandipgayen]

If Google would arrange meet-ups in every specific country every year then we can hope maps can be better day by day .

[Qweku101]

Google should organize meet ups at various countries because, for instance I'd like to attend the 2019 meet up in USA but I don't even a passport. 

Organizing country based meet ups would help a lot of us from rural and remote places

[Dinhok22]

Que tal realizarmos eventos como o que será realizado na California, em outras capitais de países diferentes?

Aqui no Brasil, eu organizaria tranquilamente um evento desses no Rio de Janeiro.