<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Clifford Snow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> However the cost is expensive for individuals to start a Meetup group. </blockquote></div><br>I recommend either crowd funding a meetup group or getting a local company to sponsor. Like Ian said, at OSM US we've spent quite some cycles on how we could support local communities US-wide with paying <a href="http://meetup.com">meetup.com</a> fees but no matter how you turn it you're looking at a non-neglectible administrative overhead to manage this plus the very real possibility of paying for meetup groups that have gone inactive. Funding locally is the most organic and effective approach.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Funding locally is also a great opportunity to create an active trust of meetup hosts or involve a local company in OSM :-)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>
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