Finally, the day is here, the long-awaited day where Lagos hivers and distriator users will meet together and have some fun.
You are invited to the first Lagos hive meetup Sponsored by spendhbd; the venue is at No 2 Sholabumi Crescent off Olademeji Street, Aguda Surulere Lagos.
This is going to be the first Meetup for distriator users in Lagos, my first hive meetup was last year when I traveled to visit 
Previously, I highlighted a bit of the preparation that has gone down to make sure that this meetup was successful, and finally, today is that day.
Preparation
To achieve this motive of bringing hiver together to sit and discuss, I have really spent lots of time and resources too, and the fact that the cost of living is high here in Lagos made it worse, but in all, at least I achieved 70% of my goal.
I met with the printer to print a hive banner for me, and we reached an agreement on size and price, sadly, he printed below the size we agreed on with the excuse that things are expensive.
Branding is very important in any project, that's one way to silently spread the project without speaking to people.
Many big companies like Coca-Cola and other known companies never stop branding, especially when they have a new project; they print flyers, t-shirts, and banners that will be littered everywhere in the environment, some even go as far as advertising on billboards to reach as many as they can with the project, so branding is very crucial for any project.
I went to the market to get t-shirts for branding, but unfortunately, I couldn't get them so I had to come back to the printer, the printer helped me get the t-shirts and branded them as well.
I also paid him for branded towels and bangles, but the quality of the towels was not what we agreed on, and the branded bangles were still not what we agreed on.
Lagos printers can be so casual with their job because they are just few and they have thousands of jobs to do.
I was really sad when I went there, but in all, we have some beautiful branded caps and T-shirts.
The painful aspect what that I paid in full and he refused to return money for the ones he couldn't do.
Venue
I went to meet with the owner of the space we will be using, and we agreed on a price and how many seats she will arrange for us, she will also arrange little refreshments for us.
Not just to meet
Yes, we have branded t-shirts and caps, and other things, We are meeting together, but it goes beyond just meeting together.
It's an opportunity to reunite, create awareness in the community, and also discuss challenges, its opportunity to get and onboard new users if possible.
I also invited business owners, so it will also be a grant opportunity for the users to meet with the business owners who will come around.
I have taken it up as a responsibility to grow the hive ecosystem, people need to hear about web3, and the #spendhbd project needs to go viral, so all efforts and resources are really worth it.
Everyone who comes around today will definitely learn a lot about the hive, listeners and passer-by will also hear about the hive, that was the reason why I chose an open environment for the meetup.
Please you all are invited