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Lightning Talk: Kansai Regional Rubyist Meetups

Tomoya Kawanishi • June 05, 2015 • Singapore • Lightning Talk

The video titled 'Lightning Talk: Kansai Regional Rubyist Meetups' features Tomoya Kawanishi, the founder and chairman of Ruby Kansai, who discusses the history and evolution of Ruby meetups in the Kansai region of Japan. Ruby Kansai, established in November 2004, is one of the oldest Ruby communities, akin to the launch of Ruby on Rails. The meetups have adopted a formal structure, generally occurring on Saturdays, with significant attendance emphasizing speaker-led discussions. Recently, a shift towards more casual, small meetups has emerged, providing opportunities for tailored engagement based on individual preferences. Kawanishi highlights the distinct benefits of small meetups, which encourage deeper discussions, promote teaching, and foster personal connections. He emphasizes the joy of helping others as a key happiness factor. Looking ahead, Ruby Kansai aims to be the central hub for connecting Ruby enthusiasts of varying skill levels, facilitating cross-community collaboration with other language groups and local tech communities. Upcoming events include a regular meetup in Kyoto and a major January keynote featuring notable Ruby figures, aiming to attract large audiences and further invigorate the Kansai Ruby scene. Kawanishi invites participants to contribute as speakers and engage with the evolving landscape of Ruby meetups in the region.

Lightning Talk: Kansai Regional Rubyist Meetups
Tomoya Kawanishi • June 05, 2015 • Singapore • Lightning Talk

I would like to tell the story about Ruby Kansai and Kansai Regional Rubyist Meetups.

The first part describes Ruby Kansai and myself. Ruby Kansai is one of the oldest Ruby Meetup in Japan, that is born in 2004. I am the founder of Ruby Kansai and now the chairman of Ruby Kansai.

I would like to share what I have learned through the experience of organizing Ruby Kansai and what motivates me to do so.

The second part is about the story of regional Ruby meetups in Kansai. Recently many people have founded Ruby meetups in Kansai. Now over 10 Ruby meetups are active in Kansai. I also founded one regional, small Ruby meetup -- Amagasaki.rb.

I would like to share with everyone the differences between big meetup like Ruby Kansai where over 80 people attend and small meetup like amagasaki.rb where less than 10 people attend. Both styles of meetup have good and bad parts.

Lightning Talk: Kansai Regional Rubyist Meetups by Tomoya Kawanishi

The last part is the future of Ruby Kansai. As the oldest and biggest Kansai Ruby community, Ruby Kansai would like to be hub, which connects beginners and experts, local and remote Rubyists, Ruby and other languages, suits and geeks.

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00:01:27.200 ruby concise meet up
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00:03:08.159 through the discussion
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00:05:04.160 to build win-win relationship to make
00:05:06.960 the ruby community in kansai more active
00:05:13.919 let me wrap up my presentation
00:05:17.039 in kansai region many ruby meetups are
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00:05:20.880 please
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00:05:25.840 that's all thank you
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