Meetups and get togethers. Te tūtakitaki me te whakahuihui.
[December 2010] As human beings we love to socialise with others, sometimes in an unstructured way as with parties, a drink at the pub, lunch with a friend, or even just chatting with the people who always get the same bus that we do.
Sometimes we join community organisations in order to meet and spend time with others.
And sometimes we just like to meet others who share our interests, such as learning another language, talking politics, keeping fit, or riding motorcycles.
The Meetup website helps groups of people get together for meetups.
Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.
When I visited the website I tried searching for meetups around Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rotorua, Napier, Auckland, and Whangaarei.
I had mixed success.
In some of those locations there were several groups and meetups available. In a couple of others there were none.
Groups included fitness, poker, wellness, Spanish language, hiking, web design, movies, music, philosophy, real estate, social events, climate change, car enthusiasts, smoking, quizzes, food….
As you can see, there's a wide range of topics — in fact, something for everyone.
Anyone can start a meetup group. Organisers pay a small monthly fee for the service. People who attend the meetups do not pay a fee to the website, but organisers may charge a membership fee if they wish.
As at November 2009 it costs around US$12 to US$20 per month for an organiser. For that amount an organiser can run up to 3 meetup groups. See information on costs.
Perhaps this service could be useful for your organisation. It would certainly be a good idea for you to take a look at the Meetup website.
Be sure to tell us if you sign up and how it works out for you.
Te tūtakitaki me te whakahuihui.
He tino pārekareka ki a tāua te tangata te hui tahi me ētahi atu, kore kaupapa noa i ētahi wā pēnei i ngā whakangahau, tētahi unu i te hōtēra, te kai me tētahi hoa, te kōrerorero noa rānei ki ngā tāngata e haere tahi ana ki runga pahi.
I ētahi wā ka hou tātou ki ētahi whakahaere hapori kia tūtaki, kia whakapau tāima hoki me ētahi atu.
I ētahi wā anō ka tūtakitaki noa tātou ki ētahi atu ki te tiritiri i ā tātou mahi kaingākau, pērā i te ako i tētahi reo kē, te kōrero tōrangapū, te korikori tinana, te eke motopaika rānei.
E āwhina ana te paetukutuku Meetup i ngā rōpū tāngata ki te whakaemi kia tūtakitaki.
Ko Meetup te whatunga rōpū haukāinga nui rawa i te ao. E meinga ana e Meetup hei mea māmā noa te whakarite i tētahi rōpū haukāinga, te kite rānei i tētahi o ērā manotini e tūtakitaki kē ana kanohi ki te kanohi. Neke atu i te 2,000 ngā rōpū e hui ana i ngā hapori haukāinga ia rangi, tēnā, tēnā me tana whāinga ki te whakapai ake i a ia ake anō, i tōna hapori hoki.
Ko te tino koronga o Meetup ko te whakahauora ake anō i te hapori haukāinga me te āwhina tāngata huri noa i te ao ki te whakarite i a rātou ake anō. Ko te whakapono a Meetup ka taea e ngā tāngata te whakarerekē i tō rātou ake ao whaiaro, te ao whānui rānei, mā te whakarite i ngā rōpū i a rātou te kaha ki te mahi whakarerekētanga.
I taku toronga ki te paetukutuku i ngana ahau ki te kimi tūtakitakinga i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, ōtautahi, ōtepoti, Waihopai, Rotorua, Ahuriri, Tāmaki-Makaurau, me Whāngārei.
I āhua pai ahau.
I ētahi o aua takiwā he maha tonu ngā rōpū me ngā tūtakitaki i wātea mai. I ētahi atu hore kau rawa tētahi.
I roto i aua rōpū ko te korikori tinana, te purei kāri, te hauora, te reo Pāniora, te hīkoi haere, te hoahoa tukutuku, ngā kiriata, te pūoro, te mātauranga whakaaro, te hoko whenua, takahanga pāpori, te huringa huarere, te hunga kaingākau motokā, te kai hikareti, te panga, te kai…
E kite nā koe he nui noa atu ngā take —ina rā, he kaupapa mō ngā tāngata katoa.
E āhei ana tētahi tangata te tīmata i tētahi rōpū tūtakitaki. Ka utua e ngā kaiwhakahaere he utu iti noa ā-marama mō te ratonga: http://www.meetup.com/help/Does-it-cost-money-to-start-a-Meetup-Group/
Kāore e utu ana ngā tāngata e tae ana ki ngā tūtakitaki i tētahi utu ki te paetukutuku, heoi tērā pea ka whakatakoto utu mema ngā kaiwhakahaere mēnā e hiahia rātou.
Mai i te Whiringa-ā-rangi 2009 ko te utu ā-marama mō te kaiwhakahaere he US$12 ki te US$20. Mō tērā moni ka āhei tētahi kaiwhakahaere te whakahaere atu ki te 3 o ngā rōpū tūtakitaki.
Tērā pea ka whaitake tēnei ratonga ki tōu whakahaere. He whakaaro pai tonu mōu te tirotiro ki te paetukutuku Meetup.
Me kōrero mai anō ina hono mai koe, he pēhea te haere ki a koe.
Panui tips contributed by Miraz Jordan, http://knowit.co.nz . Need help or advice about the Internet? Contact Miraz. Miraz also writes the Tech Universe column for the NZ Herald - it's published online every weekday at http://bit.ly/bGX7UY .
Nā Miraz Jordan i takoha ēnei Kupu Tohutohu, http://knowit.co.nz . Kei te pīrangi āwhina, tohutohu mō te Ipurangi? Whakapā ki a Miraz. He kaituhi hoki a Miraz i te wāhanga Tech Universe ō te NZ Herald - kei te tā ipurangitia ia rā mahi i http://bit.ly/bGX7UY .