[ale] Meetup renewal time

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue May 10 09:34:20 EDT 2016


Left out the need for the SSN or EIN for the wepay account holder. Probably
no big deal but that puts me as a defacto 'in charge person'. That decision
requires more input than just from me.

Maybe we should have that organization discussion sooner rather than later.
On May 10, 2016 9:11 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 4.5% + $0.20 per transaction for meetup plus 3% + $0.30 per transaction
> for the payment processor.
> On May 9, 2016 1:31 PM, "Lightner, Jeffrey" <JLightner at dsservices.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Before you changed the meetup to merge with others a few months ago the
>> original had a button or something for contributing.  I had actually tried
>> to use that button but it said it had been disabled (presumably because you
>> wanted people to use the new group).   You might want to check the admin
>> settings for Meetup to see if it has place for donations or funding as I
>> suspect it is just a setting.   Turning it on might be helpful as people
>> might use it when they have a spare moment and are thinking about it rather
>> than you having to do a fund raising every few months.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
>> Kinney
>> *Sent:* Monday, May 09, 2016 9:25 AM
>> *To:* jimkinney at gmail.com
>> *Cc:* Atlanta User Group (E-mail)
>> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Meetup renewal time
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks to those that have stepped to support ALE with their hard
>> earned cash!
>>
>> We are 2/3 of the way to the $90 needed. Just another $30 to go.
>>
>> <puts on public broadcasting pledge drive voice>
>>
>> This is your ALE. From mailing list support for newbies to professional
>> sysadmins alike to meetings in 3 (soon 4!) locations for face to face
>> interaction, interesting topics, ALE is a Linux users group driven by your
>> needs. That's what ALE has always done - inform, educate, collaborate, and
>> inspire.
>>
>> For more than 2 decades ALE led the Linux revolution in the Atlanta area
>> and worldwide (mailing list members in several countries and an article in
>> a UK Linux magazine mentioned ALE with a photo of yours truly holding a
>> glass of ale). Many of the more focused tech topic groups are (very)
>> loosely tied through members with ALE. It's almost like ALE had children
>> that are all grown up now <sniff ;-)>
>>
>> As ALE provides support for your Linux collaboration needs, we need your
>> support for ALE. Usually, I'm asking for topics and speakers but this time
>> it's for your financial support.
>>
>> Send your contribution to:
>>
>> Paypal.me/drlinux1992
>>
>> We need $30 more to meet our obligation to fund the meetup account. We've
>> had 5 members step up with generosity to get us to $60 so far. A huge
>> (HUGE!) thank you for that!
>>
>> So take a short break from your regular Monday morning and support ALE in
>> whatever amount you choose.
>>
>> </public broadcasting voice>
>>
>> Hmm. I wonder if we could get Ira Glass to write a guilt filled email.
>> :-}
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>> On May 6, 2016 8:54 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Next week, meetup.com wants $90 for another 6 months. Donations are
>> welcome.
>>
>> We have 800 people signed up and at least half were members of more than
>> 20 other groups at the time they joined ALE's meetup.
>>
>> I am very happy to see people at meetings. Let's keep it going.
>>
>> At this point, it looks like May will be an off month. June will be a
>> multiple person presentation covering various virtualization and
>> containerization tools by request. Plan to be there or at least be ready
>> for the debut of ALE live web conferences!
>>
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