Hi Richard The organizer of another Ottawa group is planning an alternative to Meetup. It is more than an alternative, it looks like a big improvement. See https://flawk.to/roadmap Cheers Rick On October 31, 2019 11:15:43 AM EDT, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca> wrote: >On 2019-10-31 09:59, Rick Leir wrote: >> Scott >> Would you mind reminding me when the upcoming meeting is? From >memory, >> it is the first Thursday of each month, so it would be... But the >> neurons are over committed. >> >> If we were a meetup group, then there would be a nice ical file >> attached to the announcement email. And we would have new people >> attending. I am not pushing for that, but the ical attachment would >be >> nice. > >Meetup has changed enough with parent company WeWork under financial >pressure that Meetup has become more and more difficult to justify >financially. I don't know where they are headed, but I know of a >number >of groups that have stopped using the platform and others that are >actively campaigning to find community-friendly alternatives. > >> Rick > > slainte mhath, RGB > >-- >Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ ><hpv.tricolour.ca> ><www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride >yer bike! >Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% >Vote! -- ><greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ > >To unsubscribe send a blank message to >linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org >To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org >To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com