I think the best way to move forward at this time is to implement an annual fee.
If you're able to pay $5 at this time, please email [address removed] and I'll send you a paypal request.
If we don't get the $72 fee paid in the next few days, the group will be disabled.
Again, I would also like to pay back the $144 to the person who has been paying the membership dues until now.
If you have already paid, please ignore this email.
Thanks :-)

[fred]

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From:  Fred Cunha <[address removed]>
Subj:  [portuguese-261] *** Please read ***
Date:  Fri Sep 5, 2008 10:06 pm
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To:  [address removed]

As some of you may know, Meetup is not a free service and one of the assistant organizers has been paying the membership dues for the last year ($72 every 6 months).Meetup suggests charging members $1 or $2 for every event to cover the costs but that was never done from the start.I received an email this morning saying that we have to pay $72 in the next two weeks in order for the group to stay active and, obviously, it's not right for one person to cover the cost of the group.Let me know if you're interested in pitching in (and how much) and based on the responses, we'll figure out what to do with the group (I would also like to pay back the $144 to the person who has been paying the membership dues until now).Let me know if you have any questions.Thanks :^)[fred] 

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