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Re: Subgroup

 

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 10:28 AM, Annie Green wrote:
I want to create an investment subgroup.? How do I do this.
Whether you can create a subgroup depends on your group plan. Do you have a premium or enterprise plan? Then it is possible.

If you have a basic group, you will need to check when your group was formed. If it is legacy enabled, (before 1/15/2020), you can create subgroups.
See this file on GMF.
/g/GroupManagersForum/files/Groups.io%20features%20%28includes%20legacy%20stuff%29.pdf
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Here's the help pages on creating subgroups.
/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/using-subgroups

Frances

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Subgroup

 

I want to create an investment subgroup.? How do I do this.
Re: Authentication of Members #members #membershiprequest #notifications #database #customize

 

The API solution would be the only choice other than manually viewing the activity of each user individually. IMHO, however, I recommend replacing "re-authenticate" with "maintain membership" as there is no authentication involved.
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Re: why do all my images show as blurry lo res? #images

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Set to ¡°no resizing¡±.

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On Jan 5, 2021, at 5:47 AM, Andy Wedge <andy_wedge@...> wrote:

?On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 03:32 AM, Carla Nelson wrote:
Every image I try to attach or embed in a message comes up as blurry and illegible, no matter the size.
You don't mention how you are exactly viewing these images. Is this after you have sent it via Groups.io or before?

Don't forget that embedded images are reduced to 640px in the long dimension and those attached to emails may be resized depending upon your group settings (See Admin > Settings > Message Policies).

The Owners' Manual gives more detail.

Andy

Re: why do all my images show as blurry lo res? #images

 

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 03:32 AM, Carla Nelson wrote:
Every image I try to attach or embed in a message comes up as blurry and illegible, no matter the size.
You don't mention how you are exactly viewing these images. Is this after you have sent it via Groups.io or before?

Don't forget that embedded images are reduced to 640px in the long dimension and those attached to emails may be resized depending upon your group settings (See Admin > Settings > Message Policies).

The Owners' Manual gives more detail.

Andy
Re: Determining active members (and removing the inactive)

 

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 03:24 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
Any Yahoo Mail addresses that bounce with a "554 mailbox is disabled" error can be safely deleted.?Ref:?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/30601?

Yahoo has been purging "inactive" YMail addresses only a monthly basis and this is the error that comes back when you attempt to send something to one of them.
Sorry for returning to the topic, but I have another doubt.
After disabling No Mail, I sent a special notice to the group to check members and so far I have about 40 Yanoo accounts bouncing with the above mentioned error message.
Strangely, their latest succesful delivery shows the same date (either guidelines or welcome notice sent in february 2018!).

Before removing them, however, I wonder: can a member with a (red or blue) bouncing account still access the group and read messages via web?

Regards,
Marina
Re: Why is my message not showing up? Group was NOT in Announcement Only.

 

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Did you send it from a gmail address to a gmail group? ??
If so, you will not receive a copy of your message. ? You need to bcc yourself to receive it.

Charlotte?in Texas
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On Jan 1, 2021, at 5:12 PM, Shal wrote:

Or do you mean you never received it in your email inbox?
Re: Suggestions for how to pay for your group #donations

 

Ken,

I polled the 1900 members of my free group about the change to fee per member pricing.?

That group wouldn't be affected by the change, unless you were planning on upgrading to Premium for other reasons. The new pricing structure only applies to groups created or upgraded after Monday the 18th.

So your least cost, if you are content with the features you have, is to continue as a Basic group with legacy pricing and features.

Shal


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Re: Suggestions for how to pay for your group #donations

 

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I polled the 1900 members of my free group about the change to fee per member pricing.? AS a large group, Enterprise size in the new pricing plan; upgrading now to Premium would save

almost nine?hundred dollars a year to avoid the fee per member schedule for upgrades after Jan 18th.In four days I have had 130 responses, 81% favored upgrading now, versus staying free

and wait for the fee per member prices to drop later.? One subscriber actually favored upgrade to Enterprise at $2200 per year.? I have had twenty members leave, obviously afraid of fee per

member pricing.? I feel confident of more than enough donations to keep the list afloat.? I use Paypal to process payments for my part-time business.? I don't want to mix funds so am planning on a new,

separate Paypal account just to collect subscriber donations.??

ken clark

www.shastasprings.com

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Re: Suggestions for how to pay for your group
From:?Shal Farley
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:55:10 PST

Ken,

... but if an owner uses his/her own bank account to collect money for
a "donation" to GROUPS.IO wouldn't he/she be liable for income taxes
on that money?
This concern was raised in the beta "Pricing Changes" topic. And is a part of my motivation for the "Simplified Donation feature #suggestion":


I'm also not a tax accountant, but I believe that (at least in the U.S.) the answer is no. But (strangely) the giver may be required report it if it exceeds a substantial exclusion per recipient.

For the recipient the concern may be more one of having the operation of the group be construed as a business for tax purposes, requiring a filing as such. I think as long as the donation income represents an insignificant fraction of the group owner's income that would not be a likelihood.

But... With the upcoming per-member charges for groups created on or after Monday the 18th it would be possible for a moderately large group to incur a large enough plan payment that it could be comparable to some people's income, particularly retirees. A group the size of GMF for example would cost upwards of $1,900/yr if created after that date.

But I've never run a sole proprietorship business, so I've no idea what the rules really are.

Shal



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Re: Authentication of Members #members #membershiprequest #notifications #database #customize

 

I have subscribed to the $20 per month subscription, just FYI.
Authentication of Members #members #membershiprequest #notifications #database #customize

 

Hi All,

Seeing if there is a method by which I can have all members re-authenticate each year?? Here is the issue, some members are active, some are not, and seeing if there is an easy way to trim the non-active members each year by asking them to re-authenticate when they post, a script by which I can do this with an API, or if there is a function I am not aware of?

Thanks in advance for any input.
why do all my images show as blurry lo res? #images

Carla Nelson
 

Every image I try to attach or embed in a message comes up as blurry and illegible, no matter the size.

Which clues am I missing?
Re: Suggestions for how to pay for your group #donations

 

Ken,

... but if an owner uses his/her own bank account to collect money for
a "donation" to GROUPS.IO wouldn't he/she be liable for income taxes
on that money?
This concern was raised in the beta "Pricing Changes" topic. And is a part of my motivation for the "Simplified Donation feature #suggestion":


I'm also not a tax accountant, but I believe that (at least in the U.S.) the answer is no. But (strangely) the giver may be required report it if it exceeds a substantial exclusion per recipient.

For the recipient the concern may be more one of having the operation of the group be construed as a business for tax purposes, requiring a filing as such. I think as long as the donation income represents an insignificant fraction of the group owner's income that would not be a likelihood.

But... With the upcoming per-member charges for groups created on or after Monday the 18th it would be possible for a moderately large group to incur a large enough plan payment that it could be comparable to some people's income, particularly retirees. A group the size of GMF for example would cost upwards of $1,900/yr if created after that date.

But I've never run a sole proprietorship business, so I've no idea what the rules really are.

Shal


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Re: Suggestions for how to pay for your group #donations

 

Hi Shall,

I'm not a lawyer and don't know the answer, but if an owner uses his/her own bank account to collect money for a "donation" to GROUPS.IO wouldn't he/she be liable for income taxes on that money?

Ken S.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are onboard there's nothing you can do.
Golda Meir

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shal Farley
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 9:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] Suggestions for how to pay for your group #donations

Mark M.,

> I¡¯m proposing this topic for members to share suggestions with the
> wider forum here. I suggest we concentrate on practical methods owners
> and members could use.

One obvious method would be to use the existing Donation mechanism to
accept donations from the group members, and use the proceeds to pay for
the group's plan charges.
/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/taking-donations-and-
reviewing-payment-activity

There are some limitations:

1) It is available only to Premium groups, so a Basic group can't use it
to pay for a Premium upgrade, unless the Owner is willing to front the
initial upgrade.

2) It requires that the group owner be willing to sign up with Stripe
and use their own bank account to receive the donations. There are many
reasons a group owner might not want to do that.

So for many groups the Groups.io Donation mechanism won't be the answer.

Those are initial thoughts. I'm not addressing in this message the
questions of motivating members to donate and determining what to do
about members who don't, or insufficiently, if the group's membership is
over the quantity included with the plan (400 for Premium, 1000 for
Enterprise), or if the total donations won't cover the next plan payment.

Shal


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Re: Database export-import loses Image #importingdata #images #database #export

 

Thanks? Duane. I'll escalate this to Beta forum.
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Re: Database export-import loses Image #importingdata #images #database #export

 

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:41 AM, Tom H wrote:
Is this a known bug or unsupported feature?
I'm pretty sure this is a limitation of the system.? I haven't spent a lot of time with the image part though.

Duane
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Re: backing up my list members?

 

Sarah,

Second of all, is there a way for me to back all of my list members in
case i ever need to import them?
Two ways.

First on the Members page use the Download tab.
Second, on the Setting page use the Export Group Data tab.
/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/exporting-or-downloading-your-group-s-data

The second method includes more detailed information, but the first is in an easier to use format (plain text CSV).

Shal


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Re: New groups.io pricing structure

 

Thanks, Sandi. This is a lot of great information.?

Just looked at Group Works, and might?have gone with them if I had known about the new pricing model when we joined io. Am trying to figure out how they can offer this service for free. It looks very good and has no ads. What's the catch??


Susan D'Entremont
Database export-import loses Image #importingdata #images #database #export

 

I've searched for other discussion to no avail. I've exported a Databases table to both JSON and CSV and imported same. In both cases, the images within Image-type fields are lost. JSON import simply has the image file name and a broken image icon. Both the exported JSON and CSV files have just the image file name - no URL.

Is this a known bug or unsupported feature?
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backing up my list members?

 

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