I believe LW 2.0 is now technically in open beta and once it ends (Nov 1, I think), there will be a vote about closing down LW 1.0 and moving everything over to 2.0.
NOTHING WILL BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL MEETUP FUNCTIONALITY IS ON THE NEW SITE. Many many active meetups run through 1.0. It’s staying until functionality is over there.
Yep, though I do expect this to happen at least in its basic functionality by the end of the year, though we might not be able to get full feature parity before we move over towards the new site. I would be interested in getting a list of the most important features you see for our meetup functionality.
Being able to set a date and time for a meetup. (end time not desperately important)
Being able to set a geographical location for meetups.
When a meetup is created, local people are notified by email of the meetup. (every user has a location set)
A description of the meetup (freeform text)
Bonus:
.5. Being able to set a recurring meetup. At the end of the last meetup the organiser is sent a link via email to “schedule the next meetup”. (this avoids dead meetups staying around by opt-in reschedule.) .6. Cohost listed, links to other listing’s .7. Import from other sites ie. Meetup, Facebook. .8. Export to other sites—I. E. Meetup, Facebook. .9. Photo sharing of meetups and communal photo repository.
I believe LW 2.0 is now technically in open beta and once it ends (Nov 1, I think), there will be a vote about closing down LW 1.0 and moving everything over to 2.0.
NOTHING WILL BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL MEETUP FUNCTIONALITY IS ON THE NEW SITE. Many many active meetups run through 1.0. It’s staying until functionality is over there.
Yep, though I do expect this to happen at least in its basic functionality by the end of the year, though we might not be able to get full feature parity before we move over towards the new site. I would be interested in getting a list of the most important features you see for our meetup functionality.
Being able to set a date and time for a meetup. (end time not desperately important)
Being able to set a geographical location for meetups.
When a meetup is created, local people are notified by email of the meetup. (every user has a location set)
A description of the meetup (freeform text)
Bonus:
.5. Being able to set a recurring meetup. At the end of the last meetup the organiser is sent a link via email to “schedule the next meetup”. (this avoids dead meetups staying around by opt-in reschedule.)
.6. Cohost listed, links to other listing’s
.7. Import from other sites ie. Meetup, Facebook.
.8. Export to other sites—I. E. Meetup, Facebook.
.9. Photo sharing of meetups and communal photo repository.
So, from my perspective, “almost no discussion on LW1.0” is equivalent to “shut down”, but less clear.
LW2.0 is getting all the new content, so calling it “beta” is misleading.