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Re: Banning by IP Address
On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 12:54 PM, marcio wrote:
If a member turns out to be a disturber and if I need to go by that route, how can I accomplish that? That is, how can I ban an IP address from my group?You can ban an email address, and Premium/Enterprise groups can ban entire domains. Banning an IP address is not an available feature. See also?/g/GroupManagersForum/topic/31256321#16324 Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: Member Name Best Practice(s)?
#wiki
#username
#displayname
#database
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 09:34 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
To my knowledge, there is currently no way to enforce this in the software. If there was, I'd be doing it, too.I've had a few members change their display name to match the @username they have set (even though that doesn't seem to be used anywhere). I just edit the membership record on the main group and reset the display name as necessary. Andy |
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Re: Groups.io site updates
#changelog
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 03:36 PM, Shal Farley wrote:
CHANGE: For events added by email, we consider events up to one yearWe owe Andy W a thanks for this one... BUGFIX: Fix links to wiki pages in the /feed page....and this one, too! BUGFIX: Events weren't being exported in the group export system.Thanks to Cherry for bringing this to our attention. Bruce? -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: I'm the group owner - getting message that invitations have to be approved before being sent. Who needs to approve?
#addmembers
#groupowner
#membership
Jenny,
That link gives a 404 Not found.Links corrected and bug report sent to support. On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Jim Higgins wrote:Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Premium groups can now ask for donations
Bruce,
Expecting groups to pay for Premium only to skim another 20% off theo ... which includes all credit card processing fees. So Groups.io nets maybe 17 or 18%, but you have a point. My PTA unit decided to simply absorb the 2 or 3% charged by Square rather than try to charge the extra to the unit member. For us that made sense because getting the payment while the parent was standing there at registration was far more certain than trying to collect it later. I'm not sure I could claim with a straight face that a 20% fee would still be a net benefit compared not having online payments at all. Even less so compared with other forms of online payment. Of course, in an all-volunteer organization like a PTA unit, the decision often boils down to "who's going to set it up and run it?" - that person tends to have final say on what "it" is. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Premium groups can now ask for donations
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 03:35 PM, Shal Farley wrote:
So is this feature a non-starter? Do we now "live in interesting times"?Yes, and yes. Mark might want to consider opening this option to Basic groups. Expecting groups to pay for Premium only to skim another 20% off the top is kinda extreme.? Suddenly the checkout fees our club is paying to collect credit card payments via PayPal are sounding like a real bargain. ? My $0.02, Bruce? -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Groups.io site updates
#changelog
Hi all,
This week's change log: Feel free to reply to this topic if you'd like to comment on the changes. Or better yet, if you expect a lot of discussion start a new topic (or rejoin an existing one) about a specific change. NEW: Premium groups can now ask for and accept donations.This one strikes me as one that might get some discussion. So I've kicked it off: /g/GroupManagersForum/message/16506 Comments about these are welcome: CHANGE: For events added by email, we consider events up to one year Please call out any you find significant. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Premium groups can now ask for donations
In beta, Mark wrote "New feature: donations"
I'll be looking at this to see if it makes sense for my PTA group. We upgrade to the "Premium for a month" plan every school year during registration, as that is when we collect the bulk of our new unit members, and our existing unit members must renew. We used to sign up this year's members during registration at the school, collecting cash, check, or credit card swipes via square. Along with the member's contact info on a membership form. So Direct Add (a premium feature) was the most practical way of getting all the members added to our group. The school is transitioning from paper, in-person, registration to (mostly) online registration. This challenges our PTA unit to keep pace: the school cannot accept funds (our annual dues) on our behalf so we'll want our own way to accept payment online. We'll toss this new feature into consideration for next year. A question then is whether we ought to stay on the Premium plan year-round. Maybe, we'll see how that might work. But I think this new capability raises a similar question for other groups that are now using the Basic plan. If the group is tied to an organization that collects dues it may be an easy choice. But what about independent groups? If you have a large enough membership does it make sense to go to the Premium plan and hope to defray the cost by way of donations? Can you afford to pick up the tab if donations don't meet the cost? Do you accept further donations once you've covered the cost of Premium? And if so, what do you with the additional funds? Lots of leading questions there. I expect that there may be as many answers (good and bad) as there are groups. So is this feature a non-starter? Do we now "live in interesting times"? Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Invitees on hold until "approved"
Jenny,
Groups.io should put that information in their Help FAQ.I think that's a good idea. I encourage you to post it in Groups.io's official suggestion box: Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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Re: Invitees on hold until "approved"
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 02:03 PM, Jenny Nunemacher wrote:
Groups.io should put that information in their Help FAQ.It's generally understood that documentation has not kept up with feature development. There is a groups.io manual in the works (ref:?). I'd imagine a lot of our wiki content will eventually be rolled into it in some fashion. ? Regards, Bruce -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: Emailing a non or pending member using the owners email address
#addmembers
#owner
#membershiprequest
#membershipapplication
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 02:02 PM, Barry wrote:
There is an email address there for the requestor and I'd prefer to send a note to the requestor from the owner groups.io email address instead of with the personal email address tied to my groups.io account. ?When clicking on the requesting pending member, the usual page appears allowing the mod/owner to set the various preferences and, at the bottom, approve, decline or "send message." ?I wasn't sure what "send message" would do in terms of the privacy and identification of the sender (me in this case).If you actually click on "Send Message," a new page will display with a message editor. The From: field in the editor is a pick-list...clicking in that field will allow you to choose between your usual, subscribed email address or the group's +owner address.? Hope this helps, Bruce? -- The system Help is your friend.??/static/help |
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Re: I'm the group owner - getting message that invitations have to be approved before being sent. Who needs to approve?
#addmembers
#groupowner
#membership
That link gives a 404 Not found.
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