Waiving member dues
Organizers may wish to exempt some of their group members from paying dues. To waive a member's dues, follow these steps on a desktop or laptop computer:
- Visit your Meetup group's homepage and select Members.
- Find the member in your member list.
- Click the three dots icon to the right of their name.
- Select Waive dues.
If you'd like to collect dues from this member again, you'll need to change this setting manually. You can follow the steps above and select Charge dues from the three dots dropdown menu. If you've changed your dues price, this member will continue to pay their original price, unless you turn off dues entirely and turn them back on, or they leave and rejoin the group.
Recording member dues
Organizers can manually insert dues payments made from members into their Meetup account (when a member has already paid or pays for dues through other payment methods). There are two ways to do this:
1. From the Members list:
- Visit your Meetup group's homepage and select Members.
- Find the member in your member list.
- Click the three dots icon to the right of their name.
- Select Record Payment.
💡 Note: This method works for active members and those on the Awaiting dues list.
2. From the Manage Money page:
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From your group’s homepage, click Manage group and select Manage money.
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Click Record transaction and choose Membership dues payment.
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Search for the member, enter the amount paid, and define the period covered.
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Click Submit.
💡 Note: This method only works for active group members. Members on the Awaiting dues list will not appear in the search here. For those members, use the first method instead.
Important: Dues payments can only be recorded if dues are enabled in your group settings.
Recording dues manually ensures that all payments are reflected accurately in your Meetup account. If dues are not enabled, attempting to record a payment will result in an error message, and the transaction will not be saved.