[ale] NOTICE: Meetup wants $$

[Phil Turmel]

I don't have any access to the group's payment administration.  Just events.

FWIW, the bulk of the attendees at the southwest meetups appear to have 
found us through Meetup.  I'm willing to contribute to keep it rolling.

On 5/28/19 8:57 AM, Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale wrote:
> +1
> 
> I originally suggested the MeetUp as a way for folks to find ALE a couple of years back when membership was declining.
> 
> I went to the ALE MeetUp but it has no place to donate for members.  I tried to "chip in" on the site in July 2015 but it went to a blank screen.
> 
> Help indicates Organizers can setup dues (which we wouldn't want) and maybe places for donating?
> 
> It shows Brian as the Organizer and JD as the Co-organizer.   If one of them wants to contact me I can provide a unique credit card that can only be used one time and am willing to donate the $90 using that.   Is this $90 for a year?
> 
> The site also list Phil and others as Event Organizers/Co-Organizers - Not sure what kind of access they have to make payments.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Scott M. Jones via Ale
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2019 10:50 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] NOTICE: Meetup wants $$
> 
> On 5/27/19 10:29 PM, Joey Kelly via Ale wrote:
>> On Monday, May 27, 2019 08:52:38 AM Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
>>> The credit card used previously to pay the $90 no longer exists. The
>>> bill will NOT get paid and the service will get closed. I no longer
>>> have access to the meetup page (I think - haven't looked).
>>>
>>> Can someone please edit/hack the meetup data and setup a working card.
>>
>> What value does meetup give us? I don't think we really need it... if
>> it's a website with fancy calendars, surely someone in the group has
>> skills to throw that up somewhere.
> 
> The main value is in bringing in new people and fresh blood, especially the younger generation.  If we don't think it's being effective at all in doing that then we should discontinue it.  But we may end up wondering where all the new people are.