"Meet Up" to facility Workout Groups with Limited Coaching

One of our longstanding workout groups in the Kansas City area has experience problems over the last few years ( a 12 -month pool became a summer only facility, lack of coaching, 300% increase in fees, reduced number of sessions), so many of us have move to swimming on our own without a program or coach. We have used a tool of "Meet Up" to communicate with the group. Do other swim groups use "Meet Up" ? What has been your experience with it ? Anthony Thompson swimtotoswim@msn.com