<div dir="ltr">The 2600 just created a meetup group last week.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Josh<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael Schultheiss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schultmc@cinlug.org" target="_blank">schultmc@cinlug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">CINLUG has funds and if the board approves the expense we could use meetup to attract new attendees and presenters. I've participated in other meetups in the past and agree it's a good way to reach people who may not know of us via other methods.</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 4, 2016 9:53 AM, "Terry Bowling" <<a href="mailto:terry.bowling@gmail.com" target="_blank">terry.bowling@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It seems that <a href="http://www.meetup.com" target="_blank">www.meetup.com</a> is the best tool for notifying of user groups and that meetups are the modern day thing replacing user groups (I feel so old!!).<div><br></div><div>I started the process of creating a CINLUG meetup group but it seems there is a $9.99/mo fee for up to 40 members and $14.99 for unlimited.</div><div><br></div><div>Do we have funds for this? I would be willing to cover the first few months worth to get us going and see if it increases our membership enough to justify the additional cost. It seems at better tool at proactively notifying others with similar interests in the area and may be worthwhile.</div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts? Should I proceed with a test to try it out?</div><font color="#888888"><div>-Terry</div></font></div>
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