[Chicago-talk] Meetup.com will shut down the Chicago Perl Meetup group tomorrow

[Mike Fragassi]

"tech grub groups" is an autocorrect mistake I didn't spot & delete, but
free food is also a great tool of tech evangelism, and it makes having
accurate RSVPs a bit more important!

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 8:18 AM Mike Fragassi <mikefrag at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh yeah. Meetup.com's only real benefits for running meetings, relative to
> just this list, seem to be that people can RSVP, and add the meeting to
> whatever calendar app they use. But it's real strength is that other people
> in other groups can see the upcoming meetings and decide to drop in. Versus
> having to be a member of the mailing list. I know that has pulled in people
> to meetings before, although I don't know how widely Meetup is being used
> by other local tech grub groups these days, since they added fees.
>
> So essentially, it could help with Perl evangelism. If we ever have
> Perl-specific meetings again.
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 7:33 AM Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We can still propose or call a meeting by sending out an email to
>> chicago-talk at pm.org, correct?
>>
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>> On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 21:28:50 -0600, Andy Lester <andy at petdance.com> wrote:
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>> >
>> > To keep it going is $70 for 6 months. I'm willing to pony up, for now,
>> but only if we intend to use it.
>> >
>>
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>>
>> We have no meetings. I see no reason for Meetup. :-(
>>
>> Andy
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