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Re: new member questionnaire

 

On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 01:01 PM, Beck, Laurence wrote:
I read the information from the link you sent me¡­..a few times¡­..I must be as thick as a brick¡­I just don¡¯t get it¡­.
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I don¡¯t understand the process from a)when I receive a message in MY personal ?email account, from a prospective member, to b) approving that member and having them join.
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The prospective member has responded to the questionnaire (not as an attachment) which will help other members deal with the problems they are having with their dog, and after I review the questionnaire, I want to forward it to the group and join the prospective member.?
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My suggestion -?
Start a test group - a free one.
You won't see Direct Add, but just about all the rest is the same.
Set it up like your real group in Settings.
Create a free Gmail or use other email account to be an applicant.
And you can see what happens.
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The easy way is to use the Pending Subscription notice. This only works in Restricted Groups. It does not work for those you invite or Direct Add. Or from transfers from YG.

In Admin, use the menu to go to Settings.
In Settings, go to the Member Notices button at the top of that page.
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Add a notice:
Click on +New Notice - button below any notices.
Click on Notice Type - Welcome - to see the list of notices available.
Click to choose Pending ?Subscription notice you want to create or edit.
Fill in the information on the form. Put your question(s).
Click on Add Notice.?New notices you create are automatically activated (default) except for type Invite.?
But double-check that it is active (in the tick box above the notice).

It is sent automatically to anyone who applies for membership in a restricted group.
The notice marked "active" is the one sent; if no notice is active, none is sent.
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Some groups use this notice to ask a series of questions of applicants in support of their application; responses will go to the group owner address and be recorded in the member¡¯s page under "+owner messages."
(Be sure that you are set to receive owner emails.)

See this wiki page for details of what happens, and instructions about what you need to do.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Screening-New-Members-Using-the-Pending-Subscription-Notice
See part way down the page -?Now the semi-automated part for the owner is over.
This tells you what you or a moderator must do to approve the person for membership.

Frances


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