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| DATE | 2016-03-08 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [nylug-talk] RSVP open: Wed Mar 16,
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On 03/08/2016 01:41 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Brian Gupta (brian.gupta-at-brandorr.com):
>
>> Oops I forgot the RSVP link:
>>
>> RSVP here: http://rsvp.nylug.org/228363098 (Meetup redirect)
>
> Yay, Meetup, the solution to _everyone's_ problems!
>
>
>
> Anyway, Brian, I notice http://www.nylug.org/ says '(RSVP usually
> required)' -- emphasis added. What would be excellent as an improvement
> would be providing a parallel method for non-Meetup users to RSVP without
> joining the Borg. That's what I did during my last few years running
> monthly events for BayLISA, and it worked fine.
>
This has been discussed ad nuseum. I can't seem to get through how
invasive meetup is.
> Meetup issues have now come up frequently enough locally (Left Coast)
> that I wrote a rant about it, following my sysadmin guild BayLISA going
> whole-hog for mandatory Meetup usage, and outsourcing just about
> everything to it.
> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/meetup.html
>
That is what NYLUG did. I can't go to their meetings any longer.
> (As Dennis Miller used to say, way back when he was still funny, 'But
> that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.')
>
> Because I notice you seem to be Meetup, Inc.'s contact at NYLUG, I'll
> understand completely, if you'll now need to publicly justify dumb
> outsourcing. Human nature. ;-> I suggest starting with 'Meetup brings
> in more people' and 'Having all RSVPs in one place and outsourced to a
> single company makes things simpler for me.' That's a now-traditional
> debating stance.
>
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