[conspire] Cautionary Tale: Fwd: [Baypiggies] NOTICE: http://meetup.com/baypiggies is no longer associated with baypiggies users group

[Mark Weisler]

Below you will see why I personally don't much care for meetup.com and instead prefer simple e-mail lists and Web sites maintained by organization members, not intermediaries like meetup.com.
It appears that the baypiggies group (pertaining to the python programming environment) has come to rely on meetup.com then let its ownership of the baypiggies affiliation on meetup expire. 
It got taken over by someone now trying to charge a fee for going to meetings. 
Crazy.

I think it also illustrates, somewhat indirectly, why not letting a domain registration expire is important else someone else can take it over.
Mark Weisler

Begin forwarded message:

> From: William Deegan <bdbaddog at gmail.com>
> Date: January 15, 2016 9:21:18 AM PST
> To: Baypiggies <baypiggies at python.org>
> Subject: [Baypiggies] NOTICE: http://meetup.com/baypiggies is no longer associated with baypiggies users group
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> You may have received a notice in December that there was going to be a $20 membership fee for the meetup.
> 
> Apparently the baypiggies meetup sponsorship got dropped and Suresh B Velagapudi
>  took over the group and started charging a membership fee.
> 
> If you thought this meant that baypiggies was going to charge a membership fee and you paid the fee, I URGE you contact meetup.com and ask for a refund.
> 
> Baypiggies is attempting to retrieve the meetup group, but until we do (if we can), please look to the mailing list and baypiggies.net website for updates on the group.
> 
> If not we may be forced to create a meetup with a new name.
> 
> Glen Jarvis has volunteered to publish baypiggies meetups on his meetup (http://www.meetup.com/silicon-valley-python)  (at least in the near term). Please keep in mind that that meetup is for his business and will continue to be going forward.  A special thanks go Glen for allowing baypiggies to use it in the interim.
> 
> -Bill Deegan
> BayPiggies website admin and long time member.
> 
> 
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