I feel this way too. I'm more of a meet at a bar or restaurant addhoc guy. On the flip side Running an active meetup takes time energy and SATs. It can turn fiat real quick. If they want to have workshops or other events someone has to foot that bill. Who should?

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💯 Well, we’ve got plenty of tools now that are open source and built on Nostr… @Derek Ross built Plektos. There’s also @Jordi Llonch Esteve and @Svetski with Satlantis. Not sure where @Terry Yiu is at with Comingle? @Patrick built NostrCal. Then it’s not a Nostr app, but Evento by @Brianna HD takes Bitcoin payments. So footing the bill isn’t the issue, IMHO, but supporting our community is. I’d rather we use things in the Bitcoin + Nostr ecosystem.
Just collect a small amount of sats from the attendees, either per event, or as a community fee @Satlantis: Social Events supports the former right now, and soon will support memberships and communities so organizers can properly fund their operation
That's when you turn the meetup into a club with members and membership fees. members pay for annual access, non-members have to pay a small to attend a talk or workshop. The model has been replicated multiple times around the world. If you want a blueprint, I'm more than happy to share it, could write up a post if interested, its fairly simple