I didn't know meetup charged fees. That is an excellent reason to not use it. On 2/14/15, Murphy Scott <scott [ dot ] murphy [ at ] arrow-eye [ dot ] com> wrote: > The following is the message I sent to the OCLUG meetup group, excepting the > line stating that I'd be posting it here as well. This is mostly so that > people on this list are aware that the meetup group for OCLUG is being > dropped in favour of 1980's technology as Alex so succinctly put it at the > meeting. > > ---------- > At the last meeting, I mentioned that we would be leaving meetup.com this > month as the semi-annual bill is due on the 26th and we will not be > renewing. > > Borrowing a little from an email previously sent to our L3G0 SIG, it is time > to leave meetup.com. > > Meetup.com is mistaken in thinking we are a large group with lot of > disposable cash and as a result it is time to drop them and continue > exclusively with the OCLUG mailing list and website. At first, we were one > of 3 sub-groups under OCLUG, but meetup split the groups into independent > groups and after that, they hiked the fees. The pricing model is exclusively > determined by the number of people signed up for the group, so our little > non-profit does not have the money to fund a meetup group and pay for a > location with an annual fee lower than the annual fee for the meetup group. > > The use of meetup.com for the past 18 months or so has not resulted in a > noticeable bump in attendance at meetings and I don't think it is justified > any longer. You are getting this message now because the group will expire > on February 26, 2015 > > If you have not already joined the mailing list, you can find it at > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux and feel free to visit the > website at http://www.oclug.on.ca > ---------- > > Scott > ----- > Reminder: Our April meeting will be the AGM where we elect officers for the > board. If anyone wants to run for a board position, you can self-nominate by > sending a message to the board before the AGM. There are five board > positions and we determine who will be performing which role at the first > board meeting after the election. More details will follow in the > announcement of the next meeting topic. > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize. -- Voltaire?