January's UX for Humanity Chat

Hi Klara! We’ve tried to contact you personally on many occasions, but it doesn’t seem we can get a hold of you!

Can you please confirm in the “about the event” info, that this is a community-member lead event and post a comment below as well?

This will ensure people have the best experience when attending the event and mitigate any confusion or mishaps.

Hi Klara!

I went ahead and adjusted the event in the description to state that this is a “community-member lead event.” Can you also make sure to keep a close eye on the meetup now that it is approaching quickly?

We ask this to not assume liability for any sudden responsibility issues, cancellations, or mishaps on our end. We have had some really intense mishaps by member-lead events, over the last 3-4 years, and have to ask this! (No-shows, sudden changes, cancellations, etc.) I hope you can understand our needs for these requests because of this.

Unless there is another Klara Jarolimova imitating you, it does seem you are in our Slack Community.

Our Slack URL is: idf-chicago.slack.com

Klara, You definitely have access to the Chapter slack, I tried to follow up with you after your November event, after people were left waiting for you to show up. I am not sure if you saw the chapter-wide email last December that had a link to the statement generated by leadership that set out the expectations for events generated by members of this chapter. For your convenience: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ab4dL6dzzxG1A_-ubpL-ZU3OhXj1MkvN0VupcfgCDt8

Yes, I saw your comment on Slack and here. I told the barista to let you know I had a medical emergency and wrote it on the event page. Apologies again!! I’m checking this daily now before the event. It’s still at my place unless more than eight people are attending. The place is not big enough for more than eight! I hope no one has cat allergies, because we’d have to move to a cafe near by!! Let me know!! I’m also posting on Slack!

Klara. You didn’t respond to my question on Slack. I asked  you if you attended your event because a person who attended that event indicated to me that the barista conveyed to them that you were running late but you would attend.

In the guidelines, we specify pick a location and stick to it. The location should be stable and not contingent on anything for at least two reasons. 1) it isn’t sound to plan an event that might or might not happen in a location because it makes it hard for people to plan or even attend and is potentially a massive waste of a potential attendee’s time.  2) That the location can change last minute, assumes people can access the event page and load the new information - and you cannot assume that bandwidth. These are just two of the reasons for the policy of a stable location. I also find it deeply concerning that you have posted your personal address on a public web page.

Got it! I will share the detailed location on Slack then. I only said the location would change if more than eight people attended.

Hi there! I am an attendee and would like to know how to join our Slack community

Hi all! So it looks like we’re at total capacity. I’m still planning to have this at my place, but if it gets crowded, we’ll have to move to a cafe around here (there are many). Also, this is BYOC (bring your coffee). I have some, but you’re encouraged to bring your favorite. Thanks!

Hi everyone, the address stays the same. I dropped my phone number in Slack should you need to call it with any questions. Please bring your favorite brew tomorrow. See you soon!