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Why use Gatherist?

Gatherist is inexpensive

Gatherist supports flexible groups

  • Groups can have an unlimited number of members, organizers, and admins.
  • The group administrators have full control over all aspects of group, events, members, and attendees.
  • Group organizers have the ability to add, edit, and cancel events in the group, as well as manage attendees.
  • An event host has the ability to edit and cancel an event and manage attendees.
  • Only group members can see the attendees for events.

Gatherist groups can be as open or private as desired

  • Admins can optionally ask members a set of questions before they join.
  • Groups can be public (visible to everybody) or private where only members can see the events.
  • Groups can be open (members are immediately accepted) or closed (an admin must approve each member).
  • Admins can remove members at any time, or promote any member to organizer or admin.

Gatherist supports flexible events

  • Creating an event is quick and easy. Screenshot of creating an event
  • Events can have an unlimited of attendees and hosts.
  • Or set a limit on the number of attendees, which will automatically create a waitlist.
    • Attendees joining over the limit will be placed on the waitlist on a first-come, first-serve basis.
    • Hosts and organizers may promote attendees off the waitlist.
  • Optionally set an open and/or close date and time for RSVPs.
  • Optionally allow attendees to bring guests.
  • Attendees can change their RSVP.
  • Hosts and organizers can:
    • Modify the RSVP and number of guests of any attendee.
    • Take attendance for an event.

Gatherist empowers group admins

  • Group admins can view basic information about each member:
    • When the member joined the group, list of events attended, last event attended.
    • Answers to group questions.
    • Number of strikes:
      • No-shows: RSVPs, but does not show up.
      • Late-declines: changes to “not going” within 24 hours of the event or after the RSVP end time.
      • Gatecrashings: showing up without an RSVP.
  • Or view a list of all members sortable by any of the fields above. Screenshot of member stats

Gatherist features messaging without spam

  • Messaging on Gatherist is controlled in order to reduce spamming.
  • Only group admins and organizers can:
    • Post messages in the group to all members.
    • Message any member, and members can message the admins and organizers.
  • Event hosts can message attendees, and attendees can message the hosts.
  • Attendees can post messages in the event to all attendees.
  • Besides those rules, any two people on Gatherist can only message each other if they’ve attended an event together in the past.
  • Members control their own notifications.

Screenshot of notification settings