Getting back into the swing of running meetups after a few weeks off.
Manchester has a temporary cocktail bar in Shambles Square called Capri Beach Club, a kind of Balearic open air venue with house music and a gelato stall. I ran an early-doors meetup with Manchester Nightlife.
5 attendees were listed. 2 of us showed. It’s getting exhausting putting on meetups and not getting the attendees. If people don’t respond to the events, then it’s not a popular idea in the first place, so perhaps that would be reflective of my decision making. But if I keep finding that people say they’ll come, and then don’t… surely that’s reflective of other people’s organisational skills? I’ve commented on the meetup page asking people to only RSVP if they’re going to actually turn up.
It’s always been an issue on Meetup – you never know how many are actually going to show. I have a few more ideas for meetups to run, but after I’ve exhausted them, I’m likely to step down as organiser and stop paying that subscription. It’s a lot of money for little reward and a lot of abuse.
There was no abuse last night, but other attendees have verbally abused me to my face and criticised me over the internet because they didn’t like the bar, or they didn’t like the topics of conversation, if I understand correctly. Weird. Well, you can’t please everyone.
Capri was a fine choice, though – music, cocktails, table service and weather were on point.
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