[Semaphor]

> including subscriber's list with full name and email

That is the issue here. Someone taking over and creating events that others get notified about, okay. But the first paying person coming along gets all that personal data? That is not acceptable in any way and probably against GDPR and whatever that California thing is called.

[Joeboy]

I'm very doubtful that part's true. If you have your full name on your profile then sure, the new organizer will have access to it (as they did when they weren't the organizer). Meetup wants you to message people through their app, so I very much doubt they give away a bunch of email addresses willingly. I think perhaps what's meant is that the new organizer gets the ability to send group messages, which get emailed to people.

Edit / possible U-turn: There's a post from Symbiote below that suggests maybe they do let organizers pay to get more data.

[whimsicalism]

> Edit / possible U-turn: There's a post from Symbiote below that suggests maybe they do let organizers pay to get more data.

But still not email or full name, just stuff like attendance record.

[Joeboy]

> I do see a box "Get to know your members — With the Pro registration form, you can get key attendee details like email address and job title"

Is what I was referring to. Not exactly clear what it means, but it starts to sound potentially sketchier than I initially thought.

[Semaphor]

That sounds more reasonable.