Well, meetup.com BLOWS!

[mellymell]

That's where I was organizing the beadwork group. I got an email today that, "guess what, organizer, you get to pay us $20/month for nothing!!" Yeah, I feel like I fucking won the lottery. I get to pay more than our monthly phone bill to show up at the location of my choice one night a month and sit around beading by myself. Whoohooo!

I'm not bitter that no one joined and we never got off the ground. I'm really not, that's not what this is about. They throw up a message board and give you a few contact pages and expect you to pay that much for this "service"? Please, yahoo groups is a much better alternative, and FREE!

So, I think I'm going to sort out my life, figure out what is most important to me (cause I'm spread so thin lately) and if this sort of thing is in that list of "must dos" then I'm going to set up a yahoo group, add a page or two to my currently untouched website, and start putting up fliers in businesses in 5 pts and downtown and at the local craft stores. Hell, there's no reason to limit it to jewelry and beadwork. How about, "United Artist of Huntsville, AL"? Any thoughts?

Until then, I've stepped down as organizer and removed myself from Meetup.com entirely.

Comments

thats crazy

[manzo.livejournal.com]

i have gotten occasional emails from meetup talking about they want me to pay $$ and sign up for their 'service' (or whatever it is), but i just ignore them.

i haven't received anything that was forcing me to pay in order to keep using it. but then again, i have removed myself from the host/leader- type role from the groups i was using in huntsville a while ago.

i think the "united artists of hsv" is a good idea. sounds like the craftybitches group that's in Richmond. sometimes finding enough people who are interested in strictly one craft is too much work. welcoming other crafters into the group might increase your chance of find other beadworkers, because those people have friends who have frinds who have friends who.....

Re: thats crazy

[mellymell.livejournal.com]

yep, that's kind of what I thought. I've always gotten the emails of "preferred memberships" or whatever, but until now, they weren't manditory. Apparently, they're not going to pass on any cost to the members, just the organizers, and it's up the the organizer if they want to pass the cost on to the members.

I agree about the broader group catching more participants. That also means that if I just feel like bringing my sketch book instead of hauling beads with me, I can.