it's the time involved, I'm 'volunteering' to run a club for professional purposes to make money. and get nothing in return for what? The guys who run these meetups, they don't make any money. and no activity. It's not a business but a weekend hobby and I'm not interested in hobby or games. If you cannot get 10 guys to contribute $5/month for membership, the club has no value or worthless club. Many clubs the members pay for the cost of running a club. If the members are not willing to pay, they have no value for the club.
It reflects upon your value if you couldn't even get 5 guys that responded in this thread to meetup. Monetary considerations or not aside. Others have said this before: what value do you bring? If other participants bring all the value, why do they need you?
A club needs an organizer to verify authenticate qualify members, ban members, collecting membership fees and organizing events etc and meetings. A club is only as good as it's members. A membership in a professional organization is a license to make money or trade. For US traders, you need a series 7. In Canada it's the Canadian Securities Institute who train professionals.
Mt Gox, MF Global, and all the scamcoin originators needed organizers too. Glad they were there to add value.
cryto are not securities so they are not regulated like stocks, futures, options. The SEC doesn't regulate forex or crypto. This whole crypto thing is the result of obama cracking down on money laundering and tax authorities cracking down on tax evasion. cryto coin 'exchanges' are excellent way to 'launder money' as being anonymous is what it's used for. it's just people e-transfer money between bank accounts. what coin?
Uhhh. Vancouver has a massive trading community. Bearbulltraders used to be vancouver traders. A lot of them all still on there. You just dont want to pay for BBT. Joker.