On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Kam, Kristen -(p) <krist...@telenav.com>wrote:
> Why can’t you use Meetup for existing groups and also use Facebook as a > mechanism organize members for new groups and associated events? > > > Meetup, as others have said, reaches people you'd never find using other means. When I joined the Seattle group, we had around 50 members. It's now over 160. Much of the growth comes from people seeing something that speaks to them. I think we could attract more mappers by expanding Meetup Groups into more cities. According to the wiki, we have groups in 20+ cities. How about a goal of having active groups in the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country? I'm not sure how many people have discovered us through Facebook. Maybe someone else can speak to that. Certainly we need to explore more avenues to grow membership. I believe if a corporation were to offer grants to individuals and groups to start Meetups groups we could overcome some of the problems with just paying for Meetup groups. -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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