So you are the Admin of a Facebook Group and an Admin of a Facebook Event and you would like to merge the two so the Group is the Host of your Event? Sounds simple, but is it?

According to Facebook logic it is of grave importance which is created first, and if you made the event first you’re out of luck.

I wonder if they also think the Chicken came before the Egg?

Facebook FAQ erroneously suggests:

In order for an event to appear in the Events section of a group’s page, you need to set the group as host of the event from the Edit Event page. In order to do this, you will need to be the admin of both the group and the event.

When you go to edit the event, you’ll find there isn’t a place to select your group as the host. Now what? … Facebook’s Blackhole Customer Service? Good Luck.

The answer is so simple you may kick yourself for not trying it sooner.

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