Do you want to start a new chapter, join an existing group, or just get more involved in general? Fantastic! Here, we compiled a list of resources as well as some crowdsourced tips from other organizers.

If you’re rebooting a chapter or starting a new one…

• Check out the rules and recommendations for new groups
• Read our list of suggested meetups
• Or Hacks/Hackers Africa’s list of potential meetups
• Erika Owens in Philadelphia published a list of suggestions for organizers
• Cindy Royal in Austin shared tips for a successful hackathon
• Download and customize official logos for your group
• Pose a question on the Google Group for organizers
• Try holding intermittent or quarterly events (quality over quantity!)
• Instead of planning a chapter-wide event, plan a dinner or outing for you and your co-organizers.
• Email us if you have any questions, or just want to brainstorm.
• If you need some startup money, let us know. We might have some money (not much) we can funnel to startup chapters, but $50 can go a long way in a bar toward appetizers

If you want to get more involved…

• Subscribe to the weekly newsletter
• Join our open call the first Wednesday of every month
• Check out the calendar of all Hacks/Hackers meetups worldwide
• Join the Slack channel

If you want to grow your chapter…

• London shared their template for organizer roles and responsibilities (warning: link will download a Word doc), and task assignment worksheet (Word doc)
• Try finding sponsors by making a verbal announcement at your meetup or reaching out to potential sponsors by email
• Make a venue database for your city, so that you (and future organizers) have a place to refer back to