I think in this economy where some of us have to be budget conscious, that there should be a feature where if there is a one time cost for that particular event. (from donations to expensive tickets) that it be mandatory to put in the header of the details of the events. Membership fees can remain on the side as they are now.

Making it difficult to find the cost is especially prevalent when an event is especially expensive (or a meetup isn't for a social occasion but a ruse for a business like a lesson etc.) and I know the psychology behind for the former, when an item is especially expensive, the sales person never wants to tell you price because they want you to buy it regardless of the cost, but in in more pricey meetups, they make you read through a LOT before you find the cost (which if you can’t afford it, is a waste of time and if it makes you want to go, makes you feel bad about that) and for the second, a meetup is cheaper than running an ad. It could be either a price range or one price, I HAVE tried to contact organizers individually to no avail, it can be either price or a range if that was what was necessary.

One tiny adjustment of the existing visual format could greatly enhance the visibility of groups and profit Meetup.com and groups alike. Here’s a link to a picture that illustrates the simple change, except ideally the screencapture on the right would keep the right sidebar seen on Meetup group home pages:

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Currently, on all Meetup group home pages, the upcoming meetup event is collapsed. It causes the entire body of the page to be dominated by text, which doesn't allow a group to market itself with eye catching material. And, by extension, it makes Meetup.com look dated/boring/primitive/oldschool. A customizable banner is such a small portion of the page it's relatively inconsequential. A web page dominated by text may appeal to info-centric minds, like geeks – and geeks are great – but not so much the general public. Maximizing appeal to the general public is the key to growth for Meetup.com and it’s groups.

A simple solution is to allow the upcoming meetup event previewed in the body of the home page to be open instead of collapsed. That way images in the event description can provide the sorely lacking eye candy in the body of the page, and grab the attention of viewers. Research has shown a post with a picture is up to 60-percent more likely to get looked at and read than text-only entries.

I’m not suggesting that the home page defaults to a scheduled meetup’s separate page. I’m only suggesting the scheduled meetup appear in the BODY of the home page as it does now, but open (or, un-collapsed). Nothing else would change about the home page;‘What's New’, ‘New Photos’, comments and ‘RSVP’s of the home page would still appear in the right sidebar.

What is the point of collapsing the upcoming meetup event on a home page anyway? All that follows it are Recent Events. Anyone who cares about Recent Events can just as easily scroll down to them when they’re done looking at the more important information for an upcoming event. An un-collapsed upcoming event is more convenient for ALL viewers, new or old, because it saves two steps of first noticing, and then clicking, ‘LEARN MORE’.

How about making this simple overdue idea happen, Meetup? I’d love to hear back from you on it. Thank you for reading.

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It really annoys me that there isn't a page on Meetup.com where I can view (and ONLY view) the meetups that I've RSVP'ed for. I don't want to view a list of all meetups available for me to RSVP (ones that I haven't even yes Yes or No to attend). I want to see only the meetups that I've RSVP'ed for either Yes or No, since either of those require me to actually click something and confirm. I RSVP'ed for a lot of meetups at the same time and it's difficult for me to track what I'm supposed to be attending. Yes, I know I can add things to my calendar. But i'd prefer not to clutter my calendar with meetups. I'd much rather just have a page that gives me a list of the meetups I've RSVP'ed for.

If a page that contains a list of all of the meetups that I've RSVP'ed for is already available, then you guys made it really difficult to find because I've spent at least an hour looking for it without luck.

It would be incredibly helpful for me, as an organizer, to be able to post notes to a member's profile that only I (and my co-organizers, or assistant organizers) can see. This would allow the leadership team to share/record important information about individual members that would help us to run the group.

For example, having "organizer notes" would help me to keep track of the "no show" warnings given to a member as per my groups "no show policy". That way I can see when and how many warnings were given. It would also help to keep track of basic information - such as preferences (dietary, allergies, etc), birthdays, availability (vacations), etc.

My group's leadership team regularly sends emails to individual members in the group regarding group policies, and it would be good for us to be able to share this information with one another via the member's profile through "organizer notes".

I would greatly appreciate it being implemented if possible!