We have introduced a Group email list due to various features of Meetup..

Meetup notifications

You may receive notifications of forthcoming events via Meetup but there are a few points worth noting:

  • For each Meetup Group that you belong to, you can set whether or not to receive notifications for that group and if so which ones to receive.
  • For South Herts Hikers, we suggest that you turn on notifications about events and organiser announcements but you may wish to turn off other notifications.

To change the Meetup notification settings

On the desktop site go to: Meetup > Settings > Email updates > Updates about your groups > South Herts Hikers > Edit

We suggest that as a minimum you enable New event announcements, event changes, reminders and updates and organiser announcements. You might wish to leave others turned off like comments, rating requests and photos.

To see Meetup mobile device settings

On the desktop site go to:

Meetup > Settings > Mobile notifications This tells you where you can get “push” notifications on a mobile device if you have installed the Meetup app.

For further details, please see Meetup help > Account, Notifications, and Payments > Notification settings > Editing my email settings

This gives you instructions for desktop and mobile web. It also states, “When certain push notifications are on, we skip sending the same info via email.”

Features of Meetup notifications

It appears to us that:

  • If you use the Meetup app then you won’t get some email notifications unless you turn off those push notifications in the app.
  • If you are only getting push notifications via the Meetup app but if you don’t use the app regularly then you may miss notifications about new events.
  • You may only receive Meetup notification, whether by email or push notifications, while Meetup considers you to be an “active member”. If you haven’t attended an event or visited the group for 3 months then we think that Meetup regards you as an inactive member and stops sending notifications.
  • Some members have reported not receiving email notifications when they think they should have received them
  • Fewer members are signing up for our events and this coupled with an 80% increase in meetup organiser fees from July 2024 makes it difficult for our group to cover its running costs.

South Herts Hikers Group email list

For the reasons stated above, the South Herts Hikers Group has introduced its own Group email list. We would like to invite you to sign up for our list. This has the following features:

  • We will send emails about planned events, new events announced or changes to events but only a few messages, typically 2 - 3 per month.
  • Signing up for the Group email list helps to get more members attending events and to cover costs, reducing the risk of the group leaving Meetup.
  • If the Group does leave Meetup due to financial pressure, we will continue independently and will keep in touch with members via the email list.
  • You can remain on the list for as long as you like, whether or not you are an active member.
  • The email list is managed by Intuit Mailchimp, a leading provider of email lists who take care of data protection and GDPR.
  • Every email message contains a link so that you can unsubscribe at any time.

Sign up here

Here is a link to the South Herts Hikers email list signup page on Mailchimp

https://mailchi.mp/bda1f873b9f2/south-herts-hikers-email-list-signup

If you have any questions about the email sign-up or any problems, please contact us