The Newcomers Club uses Meetup to announce and manage some of the activities, including those that are impromptu (and therefore not published in the newsletter). You will need to sign up for a free Meetup.com account and then request to join the Charlottesville Newcomers Meetup Group. This is a private Meetup group, only for members of the Newcomers Club.
Go to www.meetup.com and click on the Sign up button in the top right of your screen.
Sign up using your Facebook, Google, Apple or email account
if you use email, enter your name, email address and a password. Write down your password for your records
If you do not want to log in each time, leave the "Keep me signed in" box checked
Click on Sign Up at the bottom of the popup box
Add info@meetup.com to your email address book so that Meetup emails do not go into your spam folder
Meetup.com will send a message to your email account to verify your email address
Click on the link in the message to finalize your Meetup.com account creation
Now you are ready to log in to Meetup. Go to www.meetup.com and click on the Log In Button in the top right of the screen. (You will never need to Sign up again. From now on, you will Log In and Meetup will recognize you.)
Go to www.meetup.com/cvillenewcomers and click on the Request to Join button
The information requested is optional and will only be visible to other Newcomers Club members. You may respond if you wish or leave it blank
Click on Next until Meetup tells you your request has been sent for approval
You will receive an email message from Info@meetup.com when an organizer has approved your membership. (This may take a day or two, since Newcomers Club registration is checked manually.)
Click on the link to go to the private area of the site where you can see information about scheduled Newcomers' meetups, etc.
Go to www.meetup.com/cville-newcomers-club-singles and click on the Request to Join button
The information requested is optional and will only be visible to other Newcomers Club members. You may respond if you wish or leave it blank
Click on Next until Meetup tells you your request has been sent for approval
You will receive an email message from Info@meetup.com when an organizer has approved your membership. (This may take a day or two, since Newcomers Club registration is checked manually.)
Click on the link to go to the private area of the site where you can see information about scheduled Newcomers Singles meetups, etc.
Carefully check that the email address you include in your Meetup profile is correct
Add info@meetup.com to your email address book so that Meetup emails do not go into your spam folder
If you are using gmail, messages from Meetup may go to your Social tab, so be sure to check that regularly
Be aware that even if you check “keep me logged in”, this only lasts for 3 months, so you may need to Log In to Meetup again
If you receive a Newcomers announcement but are unable to RSVP, you need to Login again to Meetup.com.
If you need further assistance, please send an email to cvillenewcomersinfo@gmail.com.