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Add template for organizing gatherings
This is a first pass at a comprehensive checklist for organizing a gathering. We can iterate as needed.
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name: Gathering Checklist
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about: This is the checklist for planning a Gathering.
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title: Gathering Planning - [CITY], [DATE]
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labels: events
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assignees: ''
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# Gathering - [CITY] - [DATE]
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## Event Details
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**📆 Date:
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🗺 Venue Address:
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👯 Organizing Team:**
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- InnerSourcerer 1
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- InnerSourcerer 2
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- InnerSourcerer 3
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## Community Organizers' Checklist
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👉 **Start here:** [Gathering Guide for Organizers](https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/foundation-governance/blob/master/how-to/gathering-organizers-guide.md#about-sponsorship)
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### 8-24 weeks before the event
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- [ ] Determine the day and time
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- [ ] Secure the event space with the venue
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- [ ] Notify @OliveCannon the event has been confirmed
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- [ ] "Call for Sponsorship" documentation prep
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- [ ] Start looking for sponsors
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- [ ] (Optional) CFP form preparation
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- [ ] Launch early bird registration through EventBrite
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### 7 weeks before
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- [ ] Finalize speaker lineup
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- [ ] Work with Marketing Team on translating social media posts (If needed)
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- [ ] Confirm major sponsors
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- [ ] Update EventBrite registration page with speaker/schedule information
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### 6 weeks before
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- [ ] Confirm catering choices with the venue / nearby providers (Make sure to provide options for those with dietary restrictions)
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### 5 weeks before
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- [ ] Finalize event format
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### 3 weeks before
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- [ ] Send reminder to registered attendees
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- [ ] Confirm technical requirement
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- [ ] Food and beverages and quantities finalization
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- [ ] Finalize all logistics
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- [ ] Brief all staff and volunteers
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### 2 weeks before
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- [ ] Final venue walkthrough
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- [ ] Final registration push
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### 1 week before
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- [ ] Final speaker check-in
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- [ ] Prepare all materials
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- [ ] Final attendee communications
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- [ ] Prepare emergency procedures
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### Day of Event
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- [ ] Execute according to plan
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- [ ] Document the event
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- [ ] Enjoy!
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### 1-2 weeks after
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- [ ] Send a "thank you" email to sponsors
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- [ ] Create and share a [brief report](https://gatherings.innersourcecommons.org/reports/)
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## Marketing Team Checklist
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### Upon confirmation of Date, Time, and Venue
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- [ ] Create page on the Gathering Website (@OliveCannon)
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- [ ] Event Promotion: Newsletter (@ElizabethN)
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- [ ] Event Promotion: Socials (@OliveCannon)
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- [ ] Create Slide for the Gathering (@OliveCannon)
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### 3-4 weeks before the event
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- [ ] Send box of stickers, etc to organizer
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- [ ] Continue Event Promotion (@OliveCannon)
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### After the Event
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- [ ] Move event to "Past Events" on the Gathering Website
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- [ ] Promote Report on socials (@ElizabethN)

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