Community support
Every community starts with someone who cares.
A room, a speaker, sometimes a bit of money. Tell us what your meetup is missing — helping local communities happen is what Ruby Europe is here for.
- €3,000available right now, across Europe
- €300is roughly the most one meetup gets
- ~7 daysand a real person replies to you
It doesn't have to be about money
Ruby Europe exists to support the European Ruby community. When a local meetup thrives — people meet, learn and build together — the whole ecosystem grows with it. So we help on whatever front you're short on. Sometimes that's a company willing to lend a room. Sometimes it's finding someone to give a talk. Sometimes it's covering the real costs. Often it's a mix.
If what you're missing is a venue or a speaker and we can help you find one, that might be all you need. That's a good outcome, not a smaller one.
What we can help with
A venue or host
We'll put you in touch with a company or space willing to host your meetup.
A speaker
Someone gave a talk in another city this month. We can ask them to give it in yours, or pass your call for papers along the network.
Funding
When money is the blocker: the room, the food, a speaker's travel, equipment, promotion.
Getting started
Running a first meetup, or waking up a group that went quiet. We've done both.
Something else? Say so in the form — it has a box for exactly that.
A conference that didn't keep its profit
- Ruby Community Conferenceone day, once a year
- €3,000 left after costscreated by attendees, speakers and sponsors
- Handed to Ruby Europeno strings attached
- Your meetupup to €300
Ruby Community Conference is organised by Visuality and has never been run for profit. Once the last edition covered its costs, €3,000 was left over — money that attendees, speakers and sponsors created together. It's now going back out to local meetups.
No scoring, no paperwork maze
Tell us what you need
The form below takes a few minutes. Funding, a venue, a speaker, or "I'm not sure yet" — all fine.
We reply within about 7 days
A real person reads every request and works out how we can help. If we need more, we'll just ask.
We make it happen
An introduction, a speaker, money towards the costs — whatever fits. Often more than one.
Tell us what you need
It takes a few minutes. No login.
Email us your request
Write to contact@rubyeurope.com and tell us your name, your city, what stage your meetup is at and how we can help. If you need funding, say roughly how much (up to €300).
A real person from Ruby Europe will read it and get back to you within about 7 days.
Common questions
- Do I need a registered organisation?
- No. Individuals and informal groups are welcome. Invoicing is only sorted out after we've agreed to support you.
- What if I only need a venue or a speaker?
- Perfect. Tell us what's missing and we'll try to connect you with it. If it turns out you don't need money at all, even better.
- Does my event need to be big?
- Not at all. A small local meetup is exactly the kind of thing we want to help happen.
- Do I have to credit anyone?
- No. If you'd like to share how it went afterwards we'd love to hear it, but it's entirely up to you.
Who makes this possible
The money behind this round came from one company's conference. There's room for more — if you'd like your company to put something into European Ruby communities, we'll tell you exactly where it goes.