By comparison to Bitcoin, Paypal is absurd. When you consider asking for a $1.00 donation from the members, you get $.67 after paypal fees. Since you are based in NYC, you ought to know that Bitcoins has become a reality. So why not be "hip" and start using them as an alternative. (i.e. Wikileaks, Piratebay , Reddit etc etc )

Not only light gray doesn't go well with many themes with light colors, but the meetup doesn't use the same gray for 'about us' and 'contact' (241,243,241), for sponsor image backgrounds (244,244,244), and for 'RSVP Close' (one of the two grays is 238,238,238).

Is it possible to harmonise this, and ideally to make sponsors logo background either white or totally transparent?

Thanks

My compliments to you and Meetup on your new appearance option, it is excellent. I would like a similar effect on the emails I send out to my members, similar to your to your Meetup HQ blog red stripe across the top of the page.Thank you have a great day,
Richard

What happened to this calendar? The new way of pulling up a calendar takes more clicks and doesn't filter to only my meetup groups - I don't care about groups I'm not a member of.

This window used to be on the upper left below the admin team window. It was a great way to get a message out to the members without having send out an email to the entire member list. It was also quicker and easier for a short message than using the message board.

I would like the scheduling calendar when drafting a meetup to reflect the group calendar. That way when when I am scheduling a new meetup, I can see whether or not I have a conflict. We are a very active group, with several organizers, so this would be a HUGE help.

Allow a photo to be uploaded to accompany announcement of new meetup. For instance attaching the event flyer to accompany the description of the meetup or even a photo/ logo of the venue or the idea/cause of the meetup.

It's *REALLY* aggrivating to spend 10-15 minutes composing a new message in the "new discussion" form, only to accidentally migrate away from the page or close the tab/window and lose the message.

At a minimum, the page should show an alert warning the user that they're about to lose their message. Ideally any unposted text would be auto-saved as a "draft" that could be recovered.

Simple - please just move the Table of Contents box to the top of the Pages page

I would like to see the number of 'no shows' on member's profiles again. And make those no shows available to be seen by all event organizers. That would give the organizer a heads up if that member is likely to be a no show. Then the organizer has an option to let someone on a waiting list attend because of the likelihood of the first member being a no show.

You should allow the organizers to insert a paragraph break in the information relating to the poll. Here's an example of how difficult it is for the members to read a poll: http://www.meetup.com/Hip-Girls-of-South-County-Book-Club/polls/806222/

Get rid of the screen...

I belong to a fairly large and active meetup. There are always new people. Tt'd be nice to see which meetup events I have in common with other members.

The objective is to make it easier and less intimidating for non-organizers to post meetups.

The meetups could be pre-configured with typical event locations a pre-set limit to the attendees and with further directions specific to the meetup group. The person would only need to fill in beyond some basic details about the event is the date and time.

i.e. - Template title: Meeting at Park Entrance - Limited to 10 people

During signup should give various personal information like where do I come from, gender etc. WTF, WHY? When confirming the first login, I MUST provide a photo - hell, WHY?!

Also the "give a brief introduction" - okay, is this posted somewhere, is it just on my profile page? Why do I HAVE to enter something?

I just wanted to join a meetup group. After logging in I have to go to settings again and remove information about birthday and gender again.

When you see the list of members signed up for an event, it should tell you which events have been attended by both you and that other member. Having this info would mean that you can easily see whether there are people you know attending and would help avoid the embarrassment of introducing yourself to someone you've already met!