AWS Korean User Group had 500th meetup celebration party 🎉
Tags: aws, awskrug, meetup, korean
Published: 2023-07-12 16:54:20


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# AWSKRUG had 500th offline meetup!

at June 30. 2023, AWSKRUG(Korean UserGroup) had special [**event for celebrating 500th offline meetup**](https://www.meetup.com/ko-KR/awskrug/events/294154675/)!

More than 130 participants gathered in the meeting room at the AWS Korea office. We had various types of sessions, such as sharing career experiences from the organizers and AWS Heroes, as well as a networking session where attendees talked and exchanged contact information with each other.

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## Prepare for this event

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This event was held by all the members of AWSKRUG only. The members, including myself, went to the venue early where the event was going to be held and prepared everything. Me and other members went there even at lunchtime, had lunch together, and worked until 5 pm, then started preparing for the event with other members (in the middle of a weekday 🤣).

## Introduction of meetups

at the beginning of the 500th meetup, the "introduction of each meetup" section was held.

Each organizer of each meetup came to the front and introduced their respective meetup.

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AWSKRUG held around 9-10 offline meetups per month. look at that events took place at this June and July.
We hold around 9~10 meetups per month. 

**Events at June. 2023**
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**Events at July. 2023**
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I am managing the "frontend", "Gudi(local area in Seoul)", "gametech" meetup, so I came to the front three times 🤣

Although when all three events took place in one month, my schedule was crazy, I was happy to have been a part of it all.

## Introduction of Korean AWS Heroes

The next session was introduction of Korean AWS Heroes.

They were welcomed on stage and greeted the participants.

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(from the left, [Yan So](https://aws.amazon.com/ko/developer/community/heroes/yan-so/), [Kyuhyun Byun](https://aws.amazon.com/ko/developer/community/heroes/kyuhyun-byun/), [Jungyoul Yu](https://aws.amazon.com/ko/developer/community/heroes/jungyoul-yu/), [TaeSeong Park(me!)](https://aws.amazon.com/ko/developer/community/heroes/taeseong-park/), [Juyoung Song](https://aws.amazon.com/ko/developer/community/heroes/juyoung-song/))

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> ([Hyunmin Kim](https://aws.amazon.com/ko/developer/community/heroes/hyunmin-kim/))


## Lightning Talk - "My Career's Growth by AWS Community"

The next session was lightening talk by organizers. the topic was "My Career's Growth by AWS Community".
more than 5 guys including myself shared stories on how the community helped grow their careers.

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## Wrapping up the events

I hope that we maintain this positive vibe and energy forever! 
The 500th event brought me back to my experience with AWSKRUG.

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# Flashback to my AWSKRUG experience

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Since I joined this community at Aug 2017, I have had tons of great experiences.

Every time I attend a community event, I gain inspiration and insight into my work as a developer, and I meet many fantastic people related to AWS. 

Meeting and talking with participants in the community events with their warm and welcoming atmosphere energizes me. Sometimes, it takes away my stress.

After I started to feel this positive vibe and energy, I wanted to keep this community with my effort.

## Became an Organizer

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So, I decided to become an organizer of the meetup.

With my commitments and hard work, the events I organized were well-received, and almost every participant enjoyed the vibe, shared experiences, and discussed technical topics.

## Became the Community Hero

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Soon enough, people recognized me, and I was recommended as a Community Hero.

It was such an honor for me, and I was humbled by the celebration from everyone who attended.

## First Ever Foreign Keynote Speaker

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This year, the community had its first-ever foreign keynote speaker.

I remember that moment preparing for that event. for those who couldn't understand English well, I got the a copy of the keynote script beforehand, translated it to Korean, and gave it to the participants.

This made many participants could understand better and they asked many questions! Although I forcibly was a translator between speaker and participants, it was the unique experience for me and so much fun!

# Continuing to run Meetups

I am still running meetups, and now I am writing this post after "frontend" meetup ended 🤣

I love this community, and I can't wait to see you guys who attend AWS community events! 🤘