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| title: Go-1.8-Release-Party |
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| ### What's happening? |
| To celebrate the release of Go 1.8 we're to organising a world wide release party on February the 16th, 2017. |
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| #### Hang on, did you say Go 1.8 ships on the 16th of February? |
| Nope! Go 1.8 is in good shape to ship in early February, but no firm release date has been published; it might be as early as the 1st of Feb, or it might not. |
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| ### Sounds awesome, how can you get involved? |
| - If you host a Go user group or meetup, schedule a meetup on the 16th of Feb, or as close to it as convenient, and celebrate with Gophers around the world. |
| - If you're a member of a Go user group or meetup, pester your organiser and let them know you'd like to participate. |
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| After the event post a photo, make a video, write a blog post, scribble on your Facebook wall, or tweet something pithy. Let's see how big we can make the celebration. |
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| Spread the word using hashtag [#GoReleaseParty](https://twitter.com/hashtag/goreleaseparty) |
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| Don't forget to add your meetup's details :point_down: right here. |
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| #### Who's involved? |
| Here is a list of the groups who are participating. |
| - Buenos Aires, Argentina: Feb 16 7:00 pm. Location: Mercado Libre's Headquarters. (https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/Golang-Argentina/) |
| - Orlando, FL: Feb 16 7:00PM, Location TBD, [Orlando Gophers](https://www.meetup.com/OrlandoGophers/) |
| - Mexico City, Mexico: Feb 16 7:00pm at Palo-IT, view the [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/GophersMX/events/237559318/) for details. |
| - Helsinki, Finland: Feb 16 5:30pm, [view the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Helsinki-Gophers/events/237504573/) |
| - Tehran, Iran: Feb 16 5pm , at [Clickyab] (https://clickyab.com) office. Visit [event page](https://goo.gl/XgQ02E) for more info or contact [@fzerorubigd](https://twitter.com/fzerorubigd). |
| - Florence area, Italy: Feb 16 6pm CET, at Develer SRL. Visit [event page](https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-go-18-release-party-31564433069?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing) for more detail or contact [@golab_conf](https://twitter.com/golab_conf). |
| - Aachen, Germany: Feb 16 7pm, [view the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Gophers-Aachen/events/237423932/) |
| - Bengaluru, India - Feb 16th 7.00pm at [Gojek] (https://twitter.com/GojekTech) office. Contact [@rbharshetty] (https://twitter.com/rBharshetty) or view the [meetup] (https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Bangalore/events/237156123/) for details |
| - Munich, Germany: Feb 15 7pm at Stylight. Contact [@lc0d3r](https://twitter.com/lc0d3r), [@munich_gophers](https://twitter.com/munich_gophers) or view the [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Munich-Gophers-Go-User-Group/events/236962991/) for details. |
| - Washington DC: Feb 16 7pm at MakeOffices Dupont. View the [Golang meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-DC/events/236696696/) and [GDG-DC] (https://www.meetup.com/gdg-dc) [Meetup] (https://www.meetup.com/gdg-dc/events/237677174/) for details. |
| - Columbia, MD: Feb 16 5:30pm at Tier 1 Consulting Group. See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Go-Maryland/events/237121509/) |
| - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada **Postponed due to weather, will be rescheduled** Contact [@danp](https://twitter.com/danp128) for more info. |
| - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil: Feb 16 7pm at The Plant. Contact [@joaoh82](https://twitter.com/joaoh82) for more info or go to [Go Belo Horizonte](https://www.meetup.com/go-belo-horizonte/) |
| - Florianólis, SC, Brazil: Feb 16 7pm at Neoway Business Solutions. Contact [@ricardolonga](https://twitter.com/ricardolonga) for more info or go to [Floripa Gophers](https://www.meetup.com/Floripa-Gophers/events/236729070/) |
| - São Paulo, Brazil: Feb 16 7pm at TBD. Contact [@vdemario](https://twitter.com/vdemario) for more info or check the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/golangbr/) |
| - [@GolangParis](https://twitter.com/golangparis), France, Feb 16 7pm at [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/features), see [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/Golang-Paris/events/236696058). Ping: gaufres [at] golangparis.org. |
| - Sydney, Australia: Feb 16 6pm at TBD. Contact [@chewxy](https://twitter.com/chewxy) for more info. The [event page](https://www.meetup.com/golang-syd/events/236680493/) |
| - Moscow, Russia: Feb 16 7pm. [Meetup group](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Moscow/events/237132934/). |
| - Novosibirsk, Russia: Feb 19 11am NOVT. Contact [@lkalneus](https://twitter.com/lkalneus) for more info. [Live stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1KBpBpEinA) |
| - [@DenverGophers](https://twitter.com/DenverGophers) Feb 16 6:00pm at Comcast Viper. View the [meetup](http://bit.ly/denver-1-8-release-party) or contact [@apriendeau](https://twitter.com/apriendeau) for more info. |
| - [@MinneapolisGo](https://twitter.com/MinneapolisGo) Feb 16 6:00pm at Agosto. View the [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Minneapolis-Ultimate-Golang/events/236698705/) or contact [@corylanou](https://twitter.com/corylanou) for more info. |
| - Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Feb 16 6pm at [Wercker](http://www.wercker.com). View the [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/golang-amsterdam/events/236723017/) for more details and RSVP. |
| - Wroclaw, Poland: Feb 16 7pm at Kuznicza 10. View the [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/GoLang-User-Group-Wroclaw/events/236727341/) or contact [@viru](https://github.com/viru/) for more details. |
| - Stockholm, Sweden: Feb 21 6pm at TV4. View the [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Go-Stockholm/events/236748141/) or contact [@marcusolsson](https://twitter.com/marcusolsson/) for more details. |
| - New York, NY: Feb 16 at 6:30PM at Stack Overflow. RSVP for [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/golanguagenewyork/events/236871667/) Contact [@wikiwalk](https://twitter.com/wikiwalk) for more details. |
| - Madrid, Spain: Feb 16 at 7:30PM at source{d}, The event will be announced on [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/go-mad/). Contact [@mcuadros_](https://twitter.com/mcuadros_) for more details. |
| - Murcia, Spain: Feb 16 at 7:00PM at CEEIM. Will announce the event on [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Gophers-Murcia/). Contact [@ANPez](https://twitter.com/ANPez) for more details. |
| - Taipei, Taiwan: Feb 16 at 7:30PM at [Dcard](https://www.dcard.tw). RSVP on the [kktix page](http://golang.kktix.cc/events/gtg21). Contact [@kkdai](https://twitter.com/Evan_Lin) for more details. |
| - Budapest, Hungary: Feb 16 at 7:00PM at [Prezi House of Ideas](https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1065+Hajós+street+35.,+Budapest,+hu). RSVP on the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/go-budapest/events/236811843/). For details please contact the organizer: [@gulyasm](https://twitter.com/gulyasm) |
| - Reston, VA: Feb 16 at 6:45PM at Comcast. See more details and RSVP on the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Reston/events/236807731/). |
| - Lille, France: Feb 16 at 6:45PM at [Epitech Lille](https://goo.gl/maps/C6H7CjZWrFv). [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/GDG-Lille/events/236825262). |
| - Hamburg, Germany: Feb 16 at 7PM place at [loodse](https://loodse.com/en/). [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/Go-User-Group-Hamburg/events/236813440/). |
| - Okayama, Japan: Feb 16 7pm at Kurashiki Coffee Shop. See an [event page](https://connpass.com/event/48433/) or contact [@qt_luigi](https://twitter.com/qt_luigi) for more info. |
| - Phoenix, AZ: Feb 16 at 6:30PM, at [Brightcove](https://www.brightcove.com), Scottsdale. See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Phoenix/events/236891853/) or contact [@golangPhoenix](https://twitter.com/golangPhoenix) |
| - Toronto, Canada: Firkin on King, See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/go-toronto/events/236855730/) |
| - Seattle, WA: Feb 16 at 6PM at Uber, See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/golang/events/236803478/) |
| - Vancouver, BC, Canada: Feb 16 at 6PM at [Hootsuite](http://hootsuite.com), See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/golangvan/events/236807698/) |
| - San Francisco, CA: Feb 16 at 6:30PM, venue TBD. See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/golangsf/events/236673793/) |
| - Copenhagen, Denmark: Feb 16th at 6PM, at Vivino. See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Go-Cph/events/233646078/) or contact [@phr0e](https://twitter.com/phr0e) or [@CphGophers](https://twitter.com/CphGophers) |
| - Leeds, England, UK: Feb 16th at 6PM, at White Cloth Gallery in Leeds (LS1 4HT). See [event page](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/go-18-release-party-tickets-31217190457) |
| - Zurich, CH, Feb 23rd at 6:30PM at Unic AG offices in Altstetten. See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Zurich-Gophers/events/236745236/) |
| - Framingham, Ma - Feb 16th 7pm - See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Framingham-Golang-Meetup/events/236999473/) |
| - Cambridge, Ma - Feb 16th 6:30pm, at the Google Office in Cambridge - See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Boston-Go-lang-User-Group/events/237190202/), contact [@bostongolang](https://twitter.com/bostongolang) |
| - Tokyo, Japan - Feb 16th 7pm - See https://gocon.connpass.com/event/48281/ |
| - San Diego, CA @ ScouRED - Feb 16th 6pm - See [event page](https://www.meetup.com/sdgophers/events/236202461/), contact [@carlisia](https://twitter.com/carlisia) |
| - Philadelphia, PA - Feb 16th 6PM, at Sidecar. See [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/GoLangPhilly/events/236965685/) or contact [@golangphilly](https://twitter.com/golangphilly) |
| - Milan, Italy - Feb 16th 6.30pm, at Ibuildings' offices. For info tweet to [@kmox83](https://twitter.com/kmox83) or [@mavimo](https://twitter.com/mavimo) - See the [event page](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Milano/) |
| - Singapore - Feb 16th 7.30pm, at Singapore Power office. See the [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/golangsg/events/236725569/) or tweet to [@golangSG](https://twitter.com/golangSG) |
| - Cardiff (Wales UK) - Feb 15th 18:00 at Tramshed Cardiff. See the [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/Cardiff-Go-Meetup/events/237158460/) or tweet to [@cdfgolang](https://twitter.com/cdfgolang) |
| - Minsk, Belarus - Feb 16th 7.00pm at Juno. [Meetup Page ->] (https://www.meetup.com/JunoCrew-meetups/events/237671824/) [Registration here ->](https://goo.gl/forms/Fw07rIouWDyMiT5e2) |
| - Bangor (Wales UK) - Feb 16th 7:00 PM hosted by [NorthWalesTech](http://northwales.technology/). See the [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/NorthWalesTech/events/236961582/) or tweet to [@northwalestech](https://twitter.com/northwalestech) |
| - Odessa, Ukraine - Feb 25th 10:00am at VertaMedia. See the [meetup page](http://vmes.vertamedia.com/). |
| - Valencia, Spain - Feb 18th 17:00pm at Oh my Game Bar. Visit the [Telegram group](https://telegram.me/golangvalencia) or visit our [twitter](https://twitter.com/golangvalencia). |
| - Austin, TX (USA) - Feb 16th 6:30 PM (GMT-6) visit the [Austin Go Language User Group](https://www.meetup.com/atxgolang/events/237329768/) Meetup page for details |
| - Hyderabad, India - Feb 16th 6:30 PM visit the [Hyderabad Gophers](https://www.meetup.com/Hyderabad-Gophers/events/237360939/) Meetup page for details or contact [@itsbalamurali](https://twitter.com/itsbalamurali), [@gouthamve](https://twitter.com/putadent) for more details. |
| - Edmonton, AB (Canada) - Feb 27th 6:30 PM visit [Edmonton Go](https://edmontongo.org/) and RSVP via the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/startupedmonton/events/jptkwlywdbkc/). |
| - Dallas, TX - Feb 16th 7:00 PM visit [GoDFW](https://www.meetup.com/GolangDFW/) and RSVP via the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/GolangDFW/events/237369419/) |
| - Trójmiasto (Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia), Poland - Feb 13th 6:00 PM visit [GUGT](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-User-Group-Trojmiasto/) and RSVP via the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-User-Group-Trojmiasto/events/237271455/) |
| - Istanbul, Turkey - Feb 16th 7:00 PM at [Insider](http://useinsider.com/?utm_source=Github&utm_campaign=Go%201.8%20Release%20Party). RSVP via the [eventbrite page](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/insider-go-18-release-party-tickets-31826925190). |
| - Strasbourg, France - Feb 16th 6:30 PM at [La Plage Digitale](http://www.alsacedigitale.org/). RSVP via the [meetup page](https://goo.gl/R1A8Mg). |
| - Waterloo, Canada - Feb 16 7:00 PM at the Lion's Brewery at the [Heuther Hotel](http://www.huetherhotel.com/). RSVP via the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-KW/events/237554495/). |
| - Republic of Korea - Feb 16 8:00 Pm at GangNam 2nd TOZ. See the [meetup page] |
| (https://www.facebook.com/groups/golangko/). |
| - Dublin, Ireland - Feb 16 6:30 PM at Arista Networks. [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Go-Meetup/events/237589126/) details. |
| - Berlin, Germany - Feb 28 7:00 PM at Amazon. RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/golang-users-berlin/events/237611330/). |
| - Portland, OR (pdxgo) - Feb 16 6:30 PM at Esri R&D Center. RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/PDX-Go/events/236702058/). |
| - Lyon, France - Fev 16 7 PM at OVH. RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Lyon/events/237073142/) |
| - New York - Fev 16 7:00 PM at [Nulab](http://nulab-inc.com/). RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Bowery-Go/events/237620656/) |
| - Dresden, Germany - Feb 16th 6:30PM at [LOVOO](https://www.lovoo.com). RVSP at http://doodle.com/poll/s2bw6eu4ywhqg9ut |
| - London, UK - Feb 15th 6:30PM at Skills Matter Code Node RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Go-London-User-Group/events/236963108/) |
| - Auckland, NZ - Feb 15th 6:00PM at Vend, RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Go-AKL/events/237547913/) |
| - 🇻🇳 Saigon, Vietnam - Feb 21 7:00 PM, RSVP at our [Facebook Event page](https://www.facebook.com/events/386900578337910/) |
| - Brno, CZ - Feb 28th 7:00PM. RSVP via the [meetup event page](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Brno/events/237697083/). |
| - Atlanta, GA (USA) - Feb 16th at 6:30PM EST. RSVP at the [Meetup Page](https://www.meetup.com/Go-Users-Group-Atlanta/events/237150679/) or contact [@rlmcpherson](https://twitter.com/rlmcpherson) |
| - Edinburgh, Scotland - Feb 16th 6:30 PM GMT. RSVP at [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Golang-meetup/events/237706628/) or contact [@macqueenism](https://twitter.com/macqueenism) or [@hackebrot](https://twitter.com/hackebrot). |
| - Boise, ID (USA) - Feb 16th 6:00PM (MST). RSVP via the [meetup event page](https://www.meetup.com/Boise-Go-lang-Meetup/events/237412184/). |
| - Cape Town, South Africa - Feb 16th 6:30PM (SAST). RSVP via the [meetup event page](https://www.meetup.com/gocapetown/events/237398240/) or get in touch with [@clvnb](https://twitter.com/clvnb) |
| - Lviv, Ukraine - Feb 24th 6:30PM (EET). RSVP via the [meetup event page](https://www.meetup.com/Lviv-Golang-Group/events/237729679/) |
| - Brest, France - Feb 21th 6:30PM. See the [Meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/FinistJUG/events/237468708/) |
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| _If your group is not listed here yet, edit the page and add yourself._ |
| _Organisers, once you've added your group, consider tweeting out a link to the page to raise awareness._ |
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| ### Stay in touch |
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| Trying to co-ordinate dozens of meetup groups around the globe will be challenging. Here are some ways you can plan your event, and keep up to date. |
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| As always, if you get stuck, or need help, please [contact the organisers directly](#no-seriously-whos-organising-this), we're here to help. |
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| ##### Slack Channel |
| We have a channel for the [release party](https://gophers.slack.com/messages/go-release-party/) on the [Gophers Slack](https://gophers.slack.com/messages/go-release-party/). If you need an invite to Slack, [you can request an automatic invite with this link](https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/). |
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| ##### Mailing list |
| We have set up a [mailing list for meetup organisers](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/go-meetup-organisers) to ask questions. |
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| ### What happens in a release party? |
| As with the previous [Go 1.6](/wiki/Go-1.6-release-party) and Go 1.7 release parties, this is a great opportunity to spread the word about the improvements landing 1.8, and the plans for the 1.9 development cycle. |
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| #### Resources |
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| A sample slide deck that you can use is [available here](https://talks.godoc.org/github.com/davecheney/go-1.8-release-party/presentation.slide#1) ([source](https://github.com/davecheney/go-1.8-release-party)) |
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| _Please send PR's with corrections/additions_ |
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| [Here's a link to the _draft_ Go 1.8 release notes](http://beta.golang.org/doc/go1.8). |
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| [Here's a link](https://talks.golang.org/2017/state-of-go.slide/) to the talk by Francesc Campoy: The State of Go (February 2017). |
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| ### What'll happen if Go 1.8 comes out before the 16th? |
| This is likely to happen, but many meetups have a January date scheduled and don't want to hold two meetups so close together. The 16th is an arbitrary date that a quorum of meetups could find that didn't conflict with their existing schedules. |
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| If you're a meetup organiser and can hit the Feb 16th, awesome, but your participation is more important than being able to organise your group for an exact date. |
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| ### What'll happen if Go 1.8 isn't out by the 16th? |
| Well ... at least we'll have each other. |
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| The feature set of Go 1.8 isn't going to change in over the next month. If Go 1.8 ships after the 16th, it will be a little anticlimactic that we jumped the gun, but it's not a big deal. |
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| ### Who's organising this? |
| Well, if you run a Go meetup, you are. It can't be a worldwide release party without meetups around the globe. |
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| #### No, seriously, who's organising this? |
| Here are the organisers so far: |
| - [Dave Cheney](mailto://dave@cheney.net) - @davecheney |
| - [João Henrique Machado Silva](mailto://joaoh82@gmail.com) - [@joaoh82](https://twitter.com/joaoh82) |
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| _Want to help? Edit this page and add yourself_ |
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| If you have questions, please reach out to one of the organisers. |
