Three weeks after joining Steemit I had to go on a holiday to Nepal. Though the holiday had been booked much earlier, I decided I would make the most of my time in Nepal, and also hold a STEEMIT meet-up if possible. I contacted the only user from Nepal I found on steemit, @tshering-tamang, who seemed enthusiastic and we decided to go ahead. I also volunteered to take care of the costs involved.
On reaching Kathmandu, we met up and discussed how to proceed. It was finally decided that we include a short awareness seminar where we would try to explain Steemit.com and the technology behind it. We also decided we would get some T-shirts printed which we would then give to every participant who attended the meet-up.
We decided on Saturday the 13th of August, at the Nirvana Gardens Hotel in the Thamel area of the city, while @tshering-tamang started advertising on local Facebook groups and putting it out among his friends. We also put up banners in some places in the city and hoped we would have a good gathering.
The day came, and we were pleasantly surprised when around 30 people turned up for the event!
As decided, I gave a short presentation on the block-chain and crypto-currencies as best I could, and @tshering-tamang explained the workings of steemit.com website and the community.
But the Q/A session was the most engrossing. We were bombarded with questions, especially one's which were directed towards the creation of currencies, and we did our best to explain it, helped by the countless blogs we both had read on steemit which helped us understand in the first place.
We realized our efforts had paid off when three of the participants declared they had recently opened an account on steemit, and another five more told us they would go back home and instantly open an account!!
It was a great successful day and we had succeeded in creating a buzz ina country high up in the himalaya's, and which also has the highest mountain on earth, Mt Everest!
It was as if Steemit was on top of the world, literally!!
Looks like the meetup was wonderful. Great initiative and execution of the plan. The giveaway T-shirts are surely going to create an impact in spreading the word across the mass population. Lovely T-shirt design and a healthy crowd.
Good job and congratulations on the success of the meetup.
It was! And a lot of people seems to have joined up after this meet. Sorry you were not here!
True! You got to have T-shirts!
Lol the t-shirts caught everyone's attention and was good advertisement.
The world is really small today.
Cool
And getting smaller! Just took the opportunity and met some fantastic people. This community is great !
Looks like the freshest poster out there :D Nice !
It was designed by @tshering-tamang and Thanks!
Thank you @norbu dai and the banners were designed by @avinash and @c-sujan helped a lot too.
Hat's off to you and your friends for designing such an attractive banner!
This looks amazing. What a fantastic community to be apart of!
Thanks! And it was amazing to be a part!
Im really glad that all this is happening from day to day basis. How great is that?
Feels like the bitcoin beginning all over again!
Yes This meetup was great and got to meet some cool people.
Fantastic work @Norbu!!
What an excellent turnout you achieved, especially considering the short notice.
I feel very proud to be a member of the steemit community when seeing such inspiring efforts as these you have contributed.
Keep spreading the word and doing the good work my steemit brother! :)
I have never felt so satisfied in organising an event like this one and funding it. I too believe we can create a amazing community and I shall do this again in India when I get back home!
Wow! It's amazing to see how people are taking things in their hands and make things happen. Congratulation @norbu. u and your team desserve my vote.
Thanks! I have benefitted being a part of the community and want it to grow.
Great @norbu. We should've pooled our resources and made it one big event! DIdn't know you were doing it on the same day as the SE-Asian one :)
On to bigger and better!
Wow you held one for SE-Asia on the same day? Am on holiday and working this darn thing on the mobile is a bummer for me! But I agree we must pool up and make it "bigger and better". Thanks for reading.
Is there a post on the SE-Asian meetup too?
Was looking for a post here on steemit and have not found one yet.
may be @menta is still working on it??
Thank you so much @norbu dai for making it possible. @avinash, @c-sujan, @bobworks, @varuas @greatcoder are some of the new users from Nepal. Show them some love people.
Wouldn't have been possible without your help. I was just on a holiday!
It was one of the best summarized event to start with the know hows about stemmit. It was precise and well thought of. Cheers to @tshering-tamang and @norbu sir for their effort. Hoping we have more such events and ever growing stemmit crowd in Nepal with time.
Cheers!!! :D
Yes it would be great if community here meet up like this once in a while and encourage others to join too!
Awesome work man!
Thank you
Steemit was literally on top of the world.
Haha it was, literally!
i'm hoping i could replicate this in my country
Yes you can! And if there is anyway we can help, just call:))
it was insightful, hope to meet you again @norbu dai and team
I sure hope I get to meet you guys again. Thanks for showing up and have a great time on steemit.
Yes, the event was a huge success with a lot of new faces coming in very short notice. Glad that I got this opportunity to attend the event. :) Hopefully we will see more steemers and more meetups in future ... see you soon @norbu dai, much appreciated initiation and yea thank you @tshering-tamang for making this possible. ..
I too am glad I did this! Was great to meet you guys and hope we get to meet again!
Great