If you want to host your own Meet-ups please follow the link. But before that, I recommend you reading this post How to Organize a Local Guides Meet-Up which gives you helpful ideas on the types of activities you can plan and some guidance and tips for helping you organize a successful event for yourself and the Local Guides in your area!
I wanted to ask if any events for eliminating fake businesses has been done in the past. On asking so, I wanted to know if there is a channel that we could use to bulk report the fake business (ones that do not exist physically, fake name, etc) directly to Google while still getting points for those actions.
Please check the following article: How to identify and report fraud on Google Maps?. I will send you a private message with instructions on how to report these users accounts so our team can look into these accounts and take any appropriate action, though we won’t be able to share the final decision as we respect everyone’s privacy.
I just wanted to let you know that the Local Guides program is for individuals and not business owners, as business owners can take advantage of Google My Business for assistance in managing their listing, including responding to reviews.