[Meetup] Important Meetup Dues Changes!!

I have had it with Meetup. They are not a great way to manage our dues anymore and I don't have enough control to fix the issues we have had. I will be cancelling the dues requirement so I hope we don't lose the current pending members that we have. I know at least one of our members is in the pending area because of lack of payment but they recently joined so it is confusing. I can only assume that she was a member previously and no longer eligible for a trial membership. I can't manually change it so it is frustrating!

Also, the time period for membership renewals on Meetup is 18 months and I thought it was 12 months so it is messing up my budget calculations. For anyone who is between 12 and 18 months in their paid membership, I am giving you a grace period to renew and it will be either at the end of March or the beginning of April. Most of you are due to renew in late May (end of the 18 months) so really you are getting a few extra months before I am asking you to renew again. You will have to login to our new website and pay with a credit card to renew but then it should auto renew after that.

All paid members will be added to our new website and going forward, if you want a Spotlight Table or Featured Member spot, you will need to sign up on the new website. I won't be able to move my domain name until April so we will have the temporary URL until then. You will get emails from Wild Apricot so please make sure to look for them to edit your online profile.

https://hearttoheartnetworking.wildapricot.org/

I hope there won't be too many hiccups while we transition. Please let me know if you encounter any problems or see any typos on the new website. We will keep Meetup for a while as it is a great way to attract new members but if people want to get the member benefits, they will need to pay their $25/yr dues on our new website.

This new website costs more money but I am also hoping to eliminate a few other expenses after the transition. I won't make a decision to increase our dues until May or June as I want to see how everything works out.

As always, your feedback is important to us!

~Monica~

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