In this case, it seems the service was being paid for: "We chose to use meetup.com. The status quo was that this is the best platform for event registration an

In this case, it seems the service was being paid for: "We chose to use meetup.com. The status quo was that this is the best platform for event registration and we were happy to pay money (or as a matter of fact, use Ori's alrady paid account) to open up the event's registration using meetup's platform."