First Atlassian User Group in Minsk

A short report on how we conducted the first Atlassian User Group in Minsk.

After I saw that there was no official Atlassian User Group in the first-post-CIS-technological-capital, they decided to hold an event with colleagues from the Jira-enthusiasm from StiltSoft, and, at the same time, to test the ground - are there any who suffer? share experiences.

Even on the way to the venue on the eventspace, the taxi driver dismissively abandoning “Ah, this is where IT people-meityshniki something” - immediately set up the right mood!
They put stickers, badges, and all the merch on the table - by the end of the event, so that there, to the top of the official one - nothing was left.

They told about:

1. The fact that in Minsk would need a person who could hold meetings and report to the Atlassian regional committee.
2. How SkuVault switched to Atlassian Stride (squeeze already on Habré) , (PDF here)
3. And how Jira can help distributed teams, for transparency of work (PDF here)

Mitap was spent, quite a lot of people came (60 RSVP, 30+ came directly), the beer in Zybitskaya in Minsk is good. And most importantly, the AUG leader for Minsk was also found, thanks to a mitap! So Minsk - wait for new announcements.