I've heard bad things about the IO TLD. What about openmeet.org? I'm just starting in Webdev but I'd like to be involved!
https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-produc...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15663988
Fortuitously, .dev happens to be hitting General Availability tomorrow. And both meetup.dev and openmeet.dev are still available!
Disclaimer: .dev is my baby.