I don't know how other meetups go, but my local meetup is based on the fact that members of the group volunteer to lead the meetup. (on a week by week basis) The person who volunteers puts in some extra amount of their time to ensure that there is a good topic. These people keep the meetups going, and are doing a service for the rationality community.
These people should not be punished with negative karma. If anything, we should be awarding karma for those people who make meetup posts.
Your complaint is about the fact that there is no separate list of meetups and non-meetup posts, and by down voting meetup posts, you are punishing innocent volunteers.
These people should not be punished with negative karma. If anything, we should be awarding karma for those people who make meetup posts.
Karma shouldn't be about punishing or rewarding writers, it should be about telling potential readers how helpful you think a post/comment is.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.