> First off, don't pay for anything yourself. Find a company who will host. At the same time, don't feel the need to give in too much to the demands of the company.
Or go the same route as the mentioned TUMuchdata[1] which apparently kicked off the activities in the post.
They are simply meeting at their university. I know at least one Rust Meetup near them, that deliberately decided to meet at the public library (with permission) and forgo any company sponsorships.
[1] The pun here is that TUM is the common abbreviation for Technical University Munich.
We are very lucky to have both the university to host our weekly events and also to have Alex Petrov on our side who is very well connected to all kinds of companies and helps us a lot in finding venues for our Munich Database Meetup which we only organize once every 1-2 months or so.
Or go the same route as the mentioned TUMuchdata[1] which apparently kicked off the activities in the post.
They are simply meeting at their university. I know at least one Rust Meetup near them, that deliberately decided to meet at the public library (with permission) and forgo any company sponsorships.
[1] The pun here is that TUM is the common abbreviation for Technical University Munich.