With this Foojay Podcast, we introduce a new topic: once per month, we will virtually travel to a Java User Group (JUG) to learn how they organize their events and learn from their experiences.

For this first Foojay JUG Podcast, we are flying to Manchester in the UK.

Guests

• Jonathan Bullock (@jonbullock, @jonbullock@foojay.social)
• Nick Ebbitt (@nickebbitt)

Podcast host

• Frank Delporte (@frankdelporte, @frankdelporte@foojay.social)

Content

• 00'00 Short intro and music
• 00'15 Introduction about the topic of this podcast
• 00'24 Introduction of the guests and host
• 00'50 How the Manchester JUG started and Nick and Jonathan joined as organizers
• 03'50 How many JUG sessions are organized
• 04'22 About the Manchester JUG community and how many people join sessions
• 07'30 The most remarkable sessions and speakers (Josh Long and Venkat)
• 09'33 Attracting new speakers
• 12'40 Pre and Post Covid and virtual sessions
• 15'15 Attracting local speakers
• 16'58 Learn about new technologies and core Java at a JUG or conference
• 22'43 About diversity
• 25'05 Locations where the JUGs are organized
• 26'44 How much effort is needed to manage a JUG
• 29'50 Where you can find the Manchester JUG
  • https://twitter.com/mcrjava
  • https://www.youtube.com/@ManchesterJavaCommunity
  • https://www.meetup.com/ManchesterUK-Java-Community/
  • https://github.com/orgs/ManchesterJavaCommunity/projects/1
• 30'20 Other activities (unconference, 10-year anniversary, jmanc)
• 35'46 Practical organization approach
  • https://github.com/orgs/ManchesterJavaCommunity/projects/1
• 37'55 Cooperation with other JUGs
• 39'28 Conclusion