Meetup was created in 2001.
Meetup The Series - 2013 The Pilot was released on: USA: 1 May 2013
Two reasons that you may be removed from a Meetup group is harassment and using inappropriate language.
I selected a garbage-can over a banana.
The word generally used in English is selected. It meant selected (chosen) for work. Those who were not 'selected' were gassed as soon as practical.
The Meetup company provides groups of people for people to join and interact with each other. These groups of people can do things like hiking a mountain to going to a restaurant.
The cast of Strobist Madrid Meetup - 2008 includes: Steven Dasz as himself Andrew Dasz as himself Patrick von der Bruck as himself
The WikiGuide Meet-up site is no longer in existence.
You call an informal gathering a get-together or a meetup.
selected, picked out.
elected
You can try going to gothic gatherings or joining groups on Meetup.