Ubuntu spread around the world due in large part to the many grassroots local communities that rallied around it’s open source mission.
Find a local community in your area, and if one doesn’t exist in your region, start a new one!
I’d love to start a LoCo in Spain 
(Although I might want to avoid calling it a “loco” 
)
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You’re in luck! The Local Community Council just approved a rebrand…
LoCos are becoming Ubuntu Circles!
Fully embracing the Circle of Friends icon 
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the Loco in Sweden is pretty dead sadly
there is a Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4069533540 and IRC/Discord channels #ubuntu-se @ irc.libera.chat
Discord on: https://discord.gg/ubuntu
was more lively a couple of years ago, but got closed down this summer as not many have time, and nope i am not voluenteering to help myself 
I would love to go on meetups few times a year. I know that we have community in Latvia, but I was not able to find any activity since summit in Latvia few years ago.
Is there any one place that community posts events? I struggle to find single place of community events\actions.
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I’m not aware of any planned community events in Latvia. If you’re interested in hosting an event, I think you would have a lot of interest!
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I tried to get in touch with Latvian CoLoco with help of Mauro Gaspari (Thank you!), but no luck. So I did a post on LinkedIn, but I do not think that it’s a right place ether. I’m more thinking about self organized forum thread or chat where I or any other CoLoco or none-CoLoco can propose meeting. I’m talking more about small gathering for a cup of tea in cafe. So I wandering where is the right place for it?
You can be the first to contribute to the revival! Be the first! Lead the way! Book a meetup today!
Creating/running a community takes persistence, experimentation as well, starting online if you don’t know anyone around you is a good way. Maybe you’ll surprised and learn about people around you. A LoCo/Circle, doesn’t have to just do, or mostly do in person activities, ideally (in my opinion it also does in person), but most if not all Ubuntu communities start online.
One of the activities we do regularly on Ubuntu Portugal, is a social meetup, old friends that knew each other because of Ubuntu meet once a month to have a few drinks and eat snacks on our usual pub. Don’t underestimate the value of social meetups to build community.
Regarding the place to post events, it’s here.
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Spain has had multiple local communities, and it still has one active at Catalonia if you’re from there consider join it. If not, there are plenty Spanish people here on the discourse, consider to post on the LoCo Support area, asking if people are interested and maybe propose something for the team to do (I’ll help by boosting on social media and passing the word).
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Thank you, I’ll try.
In worst case scenario it will be just a few hours of work in the cafe. =)
It has happened to me… Fortunately rarely.
Sometimes it’s discouraging, others it’s amazing.
My experience is that usually the same small core group of people appears, even if not all of them always, and sometimes we are way more.
Here’s some unsolicited advice that results of the experience from my local community which exists for 20 years, almost always with activity:
Be consistent and predictable, sometimes people can’t join, but if they know you’ll be there again next time on a certain day of the week/month, they will eventually find a way to appear.
Spread the word as much as possible. If you don’t go already, consider occasionally going to other tech meetups, connect with people, find who might be interested, and whenever it makes sense, mention your meetup.
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Hello everyone!!
It’s a pleasure to greet you from Ecuador. We recently enjoyed the Ubucon Latin America event here, and it was an incredible experience. I’d like to let you know that we’ll be gradually reactivating the Ubuntu Ecuador community. More news soon.
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