The day finally came and it was our first official teammalaysia gathering !
The idea of fixing a date for our first official teammalaysia gathering came straight after our Donation Drive for Destiny Homes.
The simple theory of pinning a date to it and make it happen seems to work wonders ! One of the first few people who acknowledge it was @awesomianist which has always been one of the pillars of growing TeamMalaysia . Of course not to forget people like @danieldoughty and his supportive wife @viverridae . The positiveness of @karinzdailygrind , @elizacheng , @davidke20 , @zord189 , @aaronleang & @littlenewthings ... also @maverickfoo who didn't attend however send his official representative @deborism
The Steem Cartooneeerrs
It was great to see people like @sireh a true advocate of steem-cartoon and also meet with the rest of the creative gang which until todate i know only by their work and how many times they got hit by Curie ... =)
The entire room was filled with so many wonderful people from all over Malaysia and also we had @the-alien & @kevinwong joined us .... somewhere in the pictures below.
total turnout - 70 plus including kids
This is just a very small fraction of TeamMalaysia and what surprised me was that when everyone came , it didn't felt like its some awkward networking event which I was accustomed to . It was more like finally meeting a friend or a family member which you have not met for a long time.
The Steem Network is not like any other cryptocurrency which people talk about. Yes there are financial gains , however there is also an element of social media which is not seen in any other blockchain out there. And more then 70% of the people in the room were not blockchain experts. Cuz we do not need to be one to be on Steemit
I guess everyone has posted their experience on the first of many teammalaysia gatherings ( http://steemit.com/created/mymeetup18 )
For me, it was truly one of my most memorable moment in life where after months of organizing back to back events with the help and support of the entire community ... then everyone just getting together like a large family was truly and indeed worth every single minute of doing it. It was also a reminder to myself that we should not stop at growing teammalaysia as we need to push for mass expansion and adoption of The Steem Network in Malaysia.
I'm really grateful for all of those who came , I apologize for not being able to mingle with every single one of you as would have loved to. For those who was unable to make it .... this is just the first of many gatherings to come and I have a strong feeling that we would surely need a bigger hall !
Not to leave @maverickfoo out .... and also to straight away start planning for our next activity , we had a separate meetup that evening. After @danieldoughty "powernap"
Key discussion :-
Making things happen for East Malaysia and introduction of our first 101 BoilerRoom Masterclass.
- Date : 10th & 11th Feb 2018
- Location : Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
- Venue : TBA
- Cost : 5 Steem
This Masterclass would be conducted by @maverickfoo and it would cover things like how to come up with interesting content based on your niche and also how to focus on writing and not get distracted easily. A lot of tips and stuff can be learned thru this masterclass.
If you are keen to join in , we only have limited seats ! Yes, we would be doing on in Klang Valley Soon after as well. All in the state of planning.
straight after we visited @cheetah ... the outlet
Getting straight back into action
Monday came ... and got invited by @maverick foo to do a quick talk with teenages for a pilot project which @maverickfoo has been working closely with for the past week. The idea was to get these teenages to create content and also to earn some money to support their families in the process.
This talk was about making a video using simple tools like your handphone and publishing it onto steemit.
More information can be found from @maverickfoo's blogs
Whats upcoming ?
Just a few stuff ... which mostly would be announce thru @myach account .
- T-Shirt design contest for TeamMalaysia
- T-Shirt design contest for TeamMalaysiaJr
- TeamMalaysiaJr activities
- More 100 degrees - Introduction to Steemit
- More 101 boiler room
- SteemFest Malaysia | Sept 2018
Watch out for all these to come real soon . Its going to be a truly exciting year for TeamMalaysia .
What an amazing event @bitrocker2020, thanks for sharing your takeaways and a glimpse at what's to come! Go #teammalaysia!
Cheers guys , you have been one of our strongest supporter of this community . Thanks so much for consistently helping us grow
Awesome update for the great event, you are like the soul for the team already haha!
Since when you start to compete for the witness stuff?
I started my witness node about 6 months ago ... But got to top 100 only around November
Ahhh finally a photo of me eating a BURGER! And yay the second photo with Bitrocker (first one was in Bangsar ;) )
Thank you for organizing the event! And I'm happy that you actually took the sticker and straight paste it on your phone cover, it means so much to me, I was in joy when I saw you did it.
hey .. i'm more then happy to do it. i wished i had thought of that idea too ! always a fan of your blogs =)
Thanks for organizing the event!
Like you said, it never felt awkward and it was actually fun to meet all the awesome people under these unique circumstances.
Truly a strong community!
Looking forward to the next one!
cheers bro .. it was really fun watching everyone meet each other just like old friends meeting . the beauty of blogging, we share so much with each other that by the time we meet , its like we've known each other for years.
Yeah, it's like we were all already introduced to each other before the gathering :)
It was great finally being able to put faces to names. Thanks once again for hosting. Looking forward to the upcoming events (KK maybe?)
Hah .. soon !
Good to be part of something big like steemit
I only hope, at some point, within my participation in Steemit, to be able to become part of a team like yours. Wonderful. I congratulate you! . Greetings
I'm sure there is a community near where you live. Else u can start a small gathering and it grows from there 😁
Yes, I will verify. Greetings.
Thanks for creating this event to make teammalaysia strong .Good stuff
Thumbs up!... lets do it again... hahaha!
Okay my Sept is completely booked 🤣 for SteemFest Malaysia
On behalf of MY Community. Thanks for the effort & dedication!
Looking forward for any upcoming events to participate in! :)
Mantap
Lol!! The cheetah outlet was funny
SteemFest Malaysia. September. Die die oso will attend!
great schedule and activities for teammalaysia @bitrocker2020 ..glad to be part of this wonderful community!!
I just got to know about the existence of this support team for Malaysian writer, glad to know we have such an encouraging figure like you. I'm new here but i've been posting few credible contents that could use some lights. Happy to be a part of this community. keep up the good work kind sir.
thats great ! welcome to steemit buddy ! and great to have another doctor in the house =) .. checkout @papanog another malaysian steemian in the medical field.
Great, I felt a bit lonely coming here now that I know we have a support group and awesome people like you backing it up and another steemian from the medical field, I found people who speaks my lingo now. Thank you so much, will check out their articles and your articles definitely
what a great meet up! looking fwd to the next one and I hope i'm able to make it!!!
Wow this is awesome! I'm actually trying to organise a meet-up for KL in February. Don't want to step on your toes so thought I would reach out and see whether I should arrange this or if you would rather :-)
@yasminep ... hey there ... great to take the initiative ! we are organizing several stuff around KL and KK in Feb . One of it is to launch TeamMalaysiaJr where we get kids to learn how to create art / content with the theme of Chinese New Year. And also a Content Making Masterclass in Kota Kinabalu. Would love to have coffee with you and see how we can get something happening from your end. As now i'm closely work with several Women Entreprenuers network groups to engage and get more onboard i guess it would be something which we can work on together ?
So good to be connected! I love what an impact you are making! Well done you! Yes totally, let's get a coffee. I'm here to mainly unite people with their own small business - but also everyone else too! Is there a place I can contact you privately? :-)
Not sure if you picked up my last reply, but do let me know about that coffee! Would love to connect..
Hey @yasminep .. are you on discord ? Find me me there under the same name
oh gosh i can't seem to add you :-( Just downloaded it to contact you, but it's not working
LoL .. what's ur registered name ? Lemme ping u
Haha yasminep same as here! Thank youuuu!
Actually, if you don't mind - would you drop me an email to [email protected] and we can connect from there. Thanks :-)
So great to see the faces of so many that i know from Steemit user accouns and profile photos only! Amazing meet up soo looking forward to the next 1.
Kudos on all the support and dedication u doing for the community! Bless up