| ### What's happening? |
| To celebrate the release of Go 1.10 we're to organising a world wide release party during the month of February 2018 🎉 |
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| #### So what is the release date? |
| According to the [Go Docs](https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.10): Go 1.10 is expected to be released in February 2018. |
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| ### Sounds awesome, how can you get involved? |
| - If you host a Go user group or meetup, schedule a meetup during February, 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. |
| - Copenhagen, Denmark: Feb 15 7:00 pm at Maersk. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Go-Cph/events/242615767/) |
| - Minsk, Belarus: Feb 15 7:00 pm at SPACE. [View the event](https://www.facebook.com/events/202545833823265/) |
| - London, UK: Feb 15 6:30 pm at Shazam. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Go-London-User-Group/events/247343552/) |
| - Tokyo, Japan: Feb 20 7:00 pm at Google Tokyo. [View the event](https://gocon.connpass.com/event/78128/) |
| - Reston, VA, USA: Feb 21 6:45 pm at Comcast. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Golang-Reston/events/246828702/) |
| - San Francisco, CA: Feb 21 6:00 pm at Cloudflare [View the event](https://www.meetup.com/golangsf/events/245472050/) |
| - Santiago, Chile: Feb 22 7:00 pm at Mercado Libre Chile. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/golang-chile/events/247511315/) |
| - Berlin, Germany: Feb 26 7:00 pm at n26. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/golang-users-berlin/events/247289781/) |
| - Joinville, Brazil: Feb 27 7:00 pm at ContaAzul. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Joinville-Go-Meetup/events/247548485/) |
| - Florianópolis, Brazil: Mar 17 3:00 pm at Involves. [View the meetup](https://www.meetup.com/pt-BR/Floripa-Gophers/events/kzmchpyxfbwb/) |
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| _If your group is not listed here yet, edit the page and add yourself in a chronological order._ |
| _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](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Go-1.10-release-party#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](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Go-1.6-release-party) and [Go 1.8](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Go-1.8-release-party) release parties, this is a great opportunity to spread the word about the improvements landing 1.10, and the plans for what is coming next! |
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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 1.10 release notes](https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.10). |
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| [Here's a link](https://speakerdeck.com/campoy/the-state-of-go-1-dot-10) to the talk by Francesc Campoy: The State of Go (February 2018). |
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| ### What'll happen if Go 1.10 isn't out during February? |
| If all else fails... at least we'll have each other. |
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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: |
| - [Natalie Pistunovich](mailto://natalie.pistunovich@gmail.com) - [@NataliePis](https://twitter.com/nataliepis) |
| - [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. |
