Is there any way for notifications of meets, or do people need to actively click into the calendar?
Not via the calendar, but you can subscribe to a thread and you will be kept informed via email of the progression of that thread. Use the 'thread tools' menu at the top of a thread, to subscribe to it.
"It is one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it is another thing to make a portrait of who they are" - Paul Caponigro
Constructive Critique of my photographs is always appreciated
Nikon, etc! RICK My Photography