<div dir="ltr">Meetup is tricky. It's a good promotional platform, but you want to make sure that you move your members to something else for ongoing communication and whatnot. They have no API available for setting up systems for cross-posting or getting member information out. I'm working with a group to get a maker space going on the west side of town (we need more people! <a href="http://www.meetup.com/West-Metro-Makerspace/">http://www.meetup.com/West-Metro-Makerspace/</a> ), and it has come up that many of the existing maker spaces would like to move away from <a href="http://meetup.com">meetup.com</a> now (presumably it's gotten expensive) but doing so would be very painful and disruptive because of how locked-in their membership has become.<div>
<br></div><div>QH</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Gar Romero <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garomero@thegeek.nu" target="_blank">garomero@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Accidentally sent this directly to Chris:<br>
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> I think this is a good idea but since I am pending relocation to another state my opinion should likely be taken with a minimal weight.<br>
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> -Gar<br>
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> On Jul 11, 2014 5:49 PM, Chris Hirsch <<a href="mailto:chris@base2technology.com">chris@base2technology.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hey all,<br>
> ><br>
> > Based on some feedback at the last meeting (from the recruiters and<br>
> > another member) it was suggested that we (CLUE) setup a meetup to try<br>
> > and get more people to attend. I will say, with TekSystems proposing a<br>
> > sponsorship (meaning free beer and pizza at each meeting) and the<br>
> > presenters knowing about how many people will attend I'm interested in<br>
> > sponsoring the Meetup for 6 months.<br>
> ><br>
> > Before I pull the trigger ($$) does anybody have anything good or bad to<br>
> > say about this idea?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks!<br>
> ><br>
> > To be clear, I'm not trying to move the location or anything...just<br>
> > trying a more modern push technology that folks seem to use.<br>
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