Hi Brittany and Marcella, I responded to Elizabeth above and wanted to be sure you saw it too.
Sorry the framing of the form was confusing. I have update the form and the post to better reflect the purpose of the form, it's more or an in-take form than an application.
You don’t need our permission to host a meetup. We’re simply here to help support those who want to do so with some resources and promotions.
We ask hosts to fill out the meetup in-take form so we can get to know about their hopes and dreams for hosting. We’ll ask you about your Substack publication and any experience you have gathering people. And, we'll also ask you for a starter plan, including a date, for your first meetup.
Our team will review on an ongoing basis and be in touch to connect writers to resources and next steps on promotion. Please let me know if you have any other questions!
Can you tell us more about what kind of support Substack is offering? Like do you have a database of Substack writers by geography that enables you to send an invitation out to everyone in a particular area (DC in my case) who might be interested? Or do writers need to find one another independently?
Another way to do it would be to ask everyone who is interested in a meetup to fill out a form, and then you could provide those email addresses to one or more of the people who volunteered to host so they can discuss the best time and location.
Anyway like others I'm finding this process confusing. I would like to attend a meetup and am open to hosting but I need to better understand what I'd be signing up for.
Our current plan for helping writers spread the word is primarily through our channels include On Substack, Substack Writers in Notes, and our event page. We don't have a database of writers who want to attend meetups and where they are based though it might be something we consider building in the future.
The other way we plan to support hosts is through the Substack Writer Meetup Forum where hosts can connect with other hosts around the world and the Substack Writer Success team. There we will share resources on how to best bring fellow writers together.
This is our first iteration of the program and we hope to iterate with hosts that raise their hands.
We're finishing up the first round of applications and will share invites to the first round of meetups writers are hosting hopefully early next week.
Ditto. Same here.
Hi Brittany and Marcella, I responded to Elizabeth above and wanted to be sure you saw it too.
Sorry the framing of the form was confusing. I have update the form and the post to better reflect the purpose of the form, it's more or an in-take form than an application.
You don’t need our permission to host a meetup. We’re simply here to help support those who want to do so with some resources and promotions.
We ask hosts to fill out the meetup in-take form so we can get to know about their hopes and dreams for hosting. We’ll ask you about your Substack publication and any experience you have gathering people. And, we'll also ask you for a starter plan, including a date, for your first meetup.
Our team will review on an ongoing basis and be in touch to connect writers to resources and next steps on promotion. Please let me know if you have any other questions!
Can you tell us more about what kind of support Substack is offering? Like do you have a database of Substack writers by geography that enables you to send an invitation out to everyone in a particular area (DC in my case) who might be interested? Or do writers need to find one another independently?
Another way to do it would be to ask everyone who is interested in a meetup to fill out a form, and then you could provide those email addresses to one or more of the people who volunteered to host so they can discuss the best time and location.
Anyway like others I'm finding this process confusing. I would like to attend a meetup and am open to hosting but I need to better understand what I'd be signing up for.
Hi Tim,
Our current plan for helping writers spread the word is primarily through our channels include On Substack, Substack Writers in Notes, and our event page. We don't have a database of writers who want to attend meetups and where they are based though it might be something we consider building in the future.
The other way we plan to support hosts is through the Substack Writer Meetup Forum where hosts can connect with other hosts around the world and the Substack Writer Success team. There we will share resources on how to best bring fellow writers together.
This is our first iteration of the program and we hope to iterate with hosts that raise their hands.
We're finishing up the first round of applications and will share invites to the first round of meetups writers are hosting hopefully early next week.
Thanks for the response!