[ale] NOTICE: Meetup wants $$

[Greg Clifton]

I'm willing to pitch in a few shekels to lighten the load for whomever
commits the funding.

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:17 AM Phil Turmel via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 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.
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