The Mighty Blog Hosting Your User Group for Free Aug 5 Written : by Will 8 5 2010 Running a user group has many responsibilities . 160 You’re recruiting and creating speakers , recruiting attendees , finding sponsors , getting venues , finding topics , managing attendance , and more . 160 One of the least trivial of these tasks is getting a website hosted for the user group . 160 Sure , you might work at a company that’s willing to allow you to host it , but what happens when you leave that company With the average IT employee staying at company for only 3 years , this leaves one more thing to worry about , even if it is only every 3 years . 160 But even worse , with layoffs , recruiting into other companies , and more , it could be much more often than a 3-year cycle . 160 Ouch Luckily ,