Editing Grenoble (section)

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">How to create a meeting</FONT>===
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A meeting page ([http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=109629 example]) makes it possible for the interested people to subscribe to the meeting, without spamming the whole group (numerous messages like "I'll be in !"). And it allows everybody to know at a glance who'll participate in that meeting. So :

1. Start on [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?new=1 "Community" / "Create event"]<br /> 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Warning''' : for a '''sub-meeting''' of an existing meeting, see the next paragraph.<br />
2. Set a maximum of information, especially the times and location.<br />
4. Validate with the button "Save event"<br />
5. You can send invitations : <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1 On the page of you rnew meeting, click on "Send out meeting invitations"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2 Select the appropriate group(s) that you want to inform,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.3 And/or select a recent couch search that you previously did, in order to invite those resulting people.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.4 Send invitations by clicking "Save and send Message ASAP"<br />
6. Go to [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?show_my_meetings=1 "Community" / "My events"] and copy the link to your meeting <br />
7. Then don't forget to post that meeting link on the appropriate groups !<br />
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'''For a sub-meeting of an existing parent meeting :'''<br />
a. In the web adress of the existing meeting, find the "meeting ID" (e.g: [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=94807 ...meetings.html?mid='''94807'''] -> 94807)<br />
b. Start on [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?newsubmeeting=94807 meetings.html?newsubmeeting=94807] with the parent meeting ID (94807). The form is then auto-filled with the parent meeting data.<br />
c. The rest is all the same : see step 2 above.<br />

''More information [http://couchwiki.org/en/LES_RENDEZ-VOUS_ET_EVENEMENTS_COUCHSURFING_%28%22Meetings%22%29 here (fr)].''<br />
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'''To find a date/time which fits most people:''' you can use [http://www.doodle.com/ Doodle polling tool], very easy to use.<br />
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'''Weekly meetings : example of description''' for the meeting page, and to post on the group :
 Hi !
 
 Next wednesday, our Grenoble CS meeting will take place at ......
 Here are the '''address and directions''' : .....
 The '''weekly theme''' is : ...''You can choose an original theme''...
 
 '''Meeting link''' : http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=....
 Please, do subscribe before coming ! It is not mandatory but very handy to keep in touch afterwards.
 Hope to find you there next Wedensday ;-)
 
 '''NEW CSers''': If you just arrived on CS, do not hesitate to join us for questions about CS, to meet the community of Grenoble, and above all, 
 to spend some good time :-) 
 
 '''ORIGIN OF THIS MEETING''': This meeting was originally on tuesdays (based on answers to a survey in September 2010), it then moved to wednesday picnics
 in Park Mistral, to take advantage of the free open-air movies in that park.