APM: Upcoming payment for your membership dues

[William N. Braswell, Jr.]

Howdy Perl Mongers!
Meetup is now charging about $50 per MONTH (and increasing regularly),
as compared to about $60 per YEAR when we first signed up before
Covid.  Yes, the price has literally increased to 10x in just a few
years.
So far I have been personally covering the cost, but now we have more
people joining the Meetup group, some of whom are legitimate Perl
programmers and some who are spammers or fake accounts.
Thus, we will now charge $12 per year in Meetup dues, of which $10.60
goes to the Austin Perl Mongers (after Meetup's cut) to help offset
the rising cost of Meetup itself.
If any Austin Perl Mongers are genuinely interested in our activities
but can not afford to pay the token amount of $1 per month, then
please let me know and we can see about covering the cost for you.
In case you weren't aware, we have online meetings every 2 weeks, and
our next in-person meeting is on September 18th:
https://www.meetup.com/austin-perl-mongers/events/
See you there!
Perling,~ Will the Chill

William Norman Braswell, Jr.
 CEO & President; Auto-Parallel Technologies, Inc.
 william.braswell at autoparallel.com
 512.563.7984
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On 8/6/2024 at 10:17 PM, "Timothy McDaniel"  wrote:I just got email,
shown below. Saved email shows even more alarmist 
email from Meetup in previous years.

Does Meetup collect dues for Austin Perl Mongers? Are dues being used 
for anything?

-- Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Upcoming payment for your membership dues
Date: 2024-08-06 21:32
 From: "Meetup" 
To: tmcd at panix.com

  Hi, Tim McDaniel.

  Your payment for membership dues to Austin Perl Mongers group is due
on
8/10/2024. If you have not already done so, please make sure you have
a
valid credit card on file.

  Update payment method [1]

  This Meetup group uses member dues to:

   * Cover group costs
   * Help compensate organizers
   * Encourage more engaged members
   * Have a reserve fund
   * Provide supplies or equipment
   * Improve events
   * Together we will put Perl back on top!

  Continued support from members like you is what makes groups like
Austin Perl Mongers a success. Thank you for your help in building a
stronger community.

  Meetup LLC, POB 4668 #37895 New York NY USA 10163.
Links:
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[1] https://www.meetup.com/dues/austin-perl-mongers/checkout
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