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<pre wrap="">"I am opposed due to possible single point of failure in use of Meetup,
as you point out."
If something ever happened to my account (deletion or non-pay) the group goes under new election status where Asst. Organizers can take charge of the group with a paid account.
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<pre wrap="">"I would like us to have control of the source of notification, which
would post to vatrious places, and also send out reminders to a group
of moderators, or perhaps to the list unless the automatic reminder
thing would get annoying."
You can control the automatic reminder and send email specifically to "Admins" or b.k.a Asst. Organizers of the group instead of the entire group.
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Pete <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pfein@pobox.com"><pfein@pobox.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Jun 26, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Ian Bicking wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ishmael Rufus wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ian:
Could you clarify why Meetup is not very helpful about being one
announcement location among many?
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<pre wrap="">It has seemed to me that it always acts as the canonical location for
information, even when it is not.
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<pre wrap="">Hence the concern about turning into the "Chicago Python Meetup". They also
seem lame about taking down defunct groups (should Ishmael disappear as
suddenly as he appeared, say). Do they let you link to your own site in
notification emails, say?
My unofficial tally is:
1 person suggesting (Brian)
1 person willing to pay (Ishmael)
1 person in favor but really wanting earlier notification
many people opposed, in various degrees of strenuousness and for various
reasons (everyone else).
Sound about right?
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Yes
I am opposed due to possible single point of failure in use of Meetup,
as you point out.
I am opposed unless Meetup can be made one of many means of
notification, which sounds problematic though perhaps less so, as
Ishmail pointed out a public api now? (I am ignorant on these things)
I would like us to have control of the source of notification, which
would post to vatrious places, and also send out reminders to a group
of moderators, or perhaps to the list unless the automatic reminder
thing would get annoying.
I know we could probably set up a group calendar in google and have it
mail out reminders, but that would also be a notification scheme
locked into one provider
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