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With GPS its not so much the location but thr change in time commitment. The new location is never 5 min from the preious but 30-45 min difference. People in t

With GPS its not so much the location but thr change in time commitment. The new location is never 5 min from the preious but 30-45 min difference. People in these groups often have busy lives so if your 3hrs suddenly becomes 4hrs its simply less of a headache to cut the unnecessary thing rather than change 50 other things in your schedule. Eventually this scheduking effect shakes off all thr people in the group with other time commitments.

__turbobrew__ 2y ago
Yes, generally people are adverse to change and like routine. Going to a new location requires figuring out how long it takes to get there, where do you park or get on/off transit, where is the building entrance, where within the building do you go, etc. It is important to have consistency in time, location, and consistency to build a thriving meetup.
- virtue3 2y ago
  I run a dance practice 2x a month and there's more. You need to make sure it's on the same day on cadence (we have 2nd and 4th sundays). And we also spam out fb event invite (use what you want here, email etc) about 1 week prior to "remind" people it's coming. These things tend to be incredibly effective. Also when dealing with a venue offering to book out the whole year will get you some leeway with things as you are taking away a LOT of scheduling time for them; which matters. I would highly recommend trying out a spot for a few months first before committing.
ghaff 2y ago
Yeah. I've become quite selective with respect to evening events where I need to drive 45-60 minutes to attend.
- citizenpaul 2y ago
  My personal Fav group killer is when the organizer announces "Good News! We finally have a permanent location!!!!" Then it turns out to be 45min in one compass direction outside of the city. Meaning the location will be 2+ hr drive one way for the 75%'ish of the members that don't live on that side of the city. Essentially killing the group on announcement. I've seen this happen several times. I do get that running a group is hard, I've done it. Its just that at that point you may as well just throw in the towel. Also for some reason its always a run down church or VFW location when this happens.

__turbobrew__ 2y ago

Yes, generally people are adverse to change and like routine. Going to a new location requires figuring out how long it takes to get there, where do you park or get on/off transit, where is the building entrance, where within the building do you go, etc. It is important to have consistency in time, location, and consistency to build a thriving meetup.

virtue3 2y ago
I run a dance practice 2x a month and there's more. You need to make sure it's on the same day on cadence (we have 2nd and 4th sundays). And we also spam out fb event invite (use what you want here, email etc) about 1 week prior to "remind" people it's coming. These things tend to be incredibly effective. Also when dealing with a venue offering to book out the whole year will get you some leeway with things as you are taking away a LOT of scheduling time for them; which matters. I would highly recommend trying out a spot for a few months first before committing.

ghaff 2y ago

Yeah. I've become quite selective with respect to evening events where I need to drive 45-60 minutes to attend.

citizenpaul 2y ago
My personal Fav group killer is when the organizer announces "Good News! We finally have a permanent location!!!!" Then it turns out to be 45min in one compass direction outside of the city. Meaning the location will be 2+ hr drive one way for the 75%'ish of the members that don't live on that side of the city. Essentially killing the group on announcement. I've seen this happen several times. I do get that running a group is hard, I've done it. Its just that at that point you may as well just throw in the towel. Also for some reason its always a run down church or VFW location when this happens.