+1 to all of those ideas.
> A point system that gives you points when you actually check-in to a meetup you RSVP to.
For this to be reliable, the organisers would need to do roll call, which would get tedious for meetups with 10+ people.
It would just be through the app i.e. similar to checking in on foursquare or yelp when you're close enough to the venue
I agree with pretty much everything here and I'm interested in working on a project to solve at least one of these problems. I've been a meetup organizer for a while and I can also do fullstack JS.
Are you looking for co-hackers?
Here's my project on Project Board: https://goo.gl/VPLsoC [email protected]
A few ideas from frequent pain points:
-A point system that gives you points when you actually check-in to a meetup you RSVP to. Points can be used to gain priority access to the most in-demand meetups or special events that otherwise fill up fast. On the other hand, a penalty system for people who RSVP but fail to check-in, which can help curb the current problem with people RSVP'ing to events with limited capacity with no intention of actually showing up.
-A real chat UI for those who RSVP that "lives" +/- a few days before and after the event date.
-For organizers, the ability to search for venues that are open to hosting meetups (either paid or sponsored)
-Better recommendations and search UI. Better filters. Upranking high quality meetups and downranking all the low quality ones I have to normally scroll through to find something worth attending.
-Ability to rate public meetups and/or provide feedback back to organizers.
-Ability to host "instant meetups" i.e. organizing a spontaneous happy hour same day at bar X for people who are learning Y.