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Allow webinars (i.e. virtual meetups) as an option to supplement face to face meetings

We have face to face meetings, but for educationally focused groups it is useful to also have virtual meetups using webinars, especially for those not in a local area who cannot attend the face to face meetings but are interested in connecting. Why not add this capability?

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    Patrick ArzelPatrick Arzel shared a merged idea: virtual meetups  ·   · 
    Catherine SternbergCatherine Sternberg shared a merged idea: Offer meetups virtually by tele conference lines or Skype  ·   · 
    Robert WolffRobert Wolff shared a merged idea: I'd like to use meetup for virtual online groups -- but everything is so geographic-centric. Should I be using a different service?  ·   · 
    RoyRoy shared a merged idea: Have virtual meetings with voice recorded by computer microphone.  ·   · 
    Rick ProtikRick Protik shared a merged idea: allow hosting of virtual meets...  ·   · 
    Katie PatrickKatie Patrick shared a merged idea: Build out more virtual meetup features  ·   · 

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      • CG MonroeCG Monroe commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        We have this need to... we have open to all IRC planning meeting for our Meetups. It would be nice to have the IRC info remembered as a "venue" so it could be selected for a meetup.

        This could be as simple as just allowing Non-location venues that are only text based.

      • Katie PatrickKatie Patrick commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I think there is a big future in virtual conferences / events - traveling and parking can be a bitch, time-consuming and expensive. For the more technical stuff that is not so much about socialising it is far more efficient to watch the presentation online, then be able to group chat / IM with the group and the speaker from home and join a group discussion that is archived on the meetup page. I live 1 hour from SF so it may cost me $30 in parking PT or fuel and possible 3 additional hours to get maybe, a snippet of good information. It would even be a great future to double up for real meetups for all the online people who can't make it.

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