[Meetup] IMPORTANT CHANGES Regarding Dues

I just got a notification from Meetup that they are changing the way dues are handled. Right now, I have it set where if you do not pay your yearly dues, the Meetup group will disable your ability to RSVP to our meetings.

Starting VERY SOON, if you do not pay your membership dues, you will be REMOVED from our Meetup Group.

This is not ideal obviously. If your trial period has expired (it was set to 90-days from the day that you joined) then you will be removed IMMEDIATELY and without warning. If you do not join within your trial period, then you will be removed at the end of the trial period. I can change the trial period to 180 days (the max) but this will only apply to new members who join after I make that change.

My options are quite limited right now so please let me know what you prefer.

1. Change nothing with the understanding that only 60 people will be left in the group. We currently have 427 members in our group.
2. Disable the dues payments on Meetup and move to a manual process through Square. I will have to use my Virtual Assistant more for this process so that *could* mean that an increase in the yearly dues will have to be implemented.
3. Disable the dues payments on Meetup and move to a membership management website to handle everything. This is the most time consuming and expensive option but in the long run it might be the best solution. I will probably move away from Meetup after this new process is up and running.

In the meantime, if you want to stay connected with our group ... please join our mailing list in case you get removed before I can implement a solution.
http://eepurl.com/b8hKmn

~Monica~

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