Membership Fees Reminder (Not an Event)
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Hi All,
We hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to more events!
It's coming up to that time of the year when we are asked to pay the annual fee to Meetup, to keep the group going. For this reason, we ask members for a voluntary small membership fee and we have been using a crowdfunding platform to do this.
Firstly, many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this for the past year! :)
We managed to reach our goal, which is great news. The time has come to set a new goal for the coming year (2026-27) and we are opening membership fees donations once again.
You can donate an amount that feels right for you. We set the suggested amount at £5 per member (which is the minimum amount allowed by this system), however some people may choose to pay more if they wish!
Why we ask for membership fees:
As organisers, we are charged a subscription fee by Meetup every year to run Stirling Social Activities Group. For the year 2026-2027, I (Greco) will be charged £280 for the group to continue running. While we enjoy running the group, this is a significant cost for us to individually sustain, and therefore we ask for our members' contribution towards this as well. We do not enforce this payment, however, meeting our quota ensures that we are able to keep the group going!
Any excess member dues collected above the subscription fee will be put back into the group through discounted events, or donated to a local charity. Organisers will not make any profit from the group.
We hope that your experience with the group so far would make a donation feel worth it, for the price of a cup of coffee you can access multiple events throughout the year, meet new people, and even join our community WhatsApp groups :)
We hope to see you at an event soon!
Greco, Peter, Andy, Seb, Paula
The Stirling Social Activities Group Organisers