Yes they are both great guys, hope you are able to get to NYC. Cool that you are remaining in the alumni. I was still too up-in-the-air and undecided to make the commitment, still not sure about how to move forward.
K. is off this week, got married, so M. was probably super busy. I'm leaving in a few minutes for the annual ADAC Oldtimer Ralley in Bavaria, so if you want to mention the Kiwanja to him that would be great, he still can edit the post.
If I were you, I'd pay the monthly alumni fee. You could still quit at any time, if you decide to stop the experiment later on. Hope you have/had a lot of fun at the Oldtimer Ralley. Sounds like a cool topic for a blog post. I mentioned the Kiwanja mistake in the slack, hope they'll fix it.
Thanks again for letting M. know ;-) It was fun, and got back in time -- it looks like a thunderstorm will be starting any minute!