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Instructions for Group Members?

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I am a group manager in yahoo and also a member of this corresponding forum in yahoo.? For all of the reasons that have been discussed, we are considering moving our group to io.? I am wondering if anyone has written information for their old (yahoo) group about how to use groups.io in anticipation of the transfer?? Is that something you would be able to share with me as an example?

We have members of our yahoo group who have been with us for 20 years, so making this scale of change is a BIG DEAL!

Any help appreciated!

Lisa
 

Lisa, our 19 year old YahooGroup just migrated to Groups.io.? I was very nervous about how our members would react to the move (we're mostly older people), but it turned out my anxiety was for naught.? It was an almost seamless transition and our members got the hang of things very quickly.

It helped that Yahoo's problems hastened the move; we rely heavily on database tables and files and the fact that we couldn't access them for much of the last month or so helped give them the oomph they needed.? I didn't have anything formal written, just a few posts here and then letting them know what was coming.

--Paula


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 07:12 am, <lfranklinp2p@...> wrote:
I am a group manager in yahoo and also a member of this corresponding forum in yahoo.? For all of the reasons that have been discussed, we are considering moving our group to io.? I am wondering if anyone has written information for their old (yahoo) group about how to use groups.io in anticipation of the transfer?? Is that something you would be able to share with me as an example?

We have members of our yahoo group who have been with us for 20 years, so making this scale of change is a BIG DEAL!

Any help appreciated!

Lisa
 

Lisa,

? Once YG let [email protected]?become a moderator,the process was very smooth.? However I had created the group last July and didn't transfer until this January.? I already had a couple of hundred members who had joined the new group in anticipation of a YG? collapse and a move to groups.io? What I didn't do and should have; was change the Welcome letter to reflect the transfer rather than what it had been telling new members that they were moderated and needed to explain why they wanted to join the group.? Only about 5-10% who hadn't been paying attention were confused by the Welcome letter, but it could have been avoided.? After the transfer, post an updated Welcome letter for new members who weren't from the old YG list.

ken

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On 2018-02-09 07:25, Paula wrote:

Lisa, our 19 year old YahooGroup just migrated to Groups.io.? I was very nervous about how our members would react to the move (we're mostly older people), but it turned out my anxiety was for naught.? It was an almost seamless transition and our members got the hang of things very quickly.

It helped that Yahoo's problems hastened the move; we rely heavily on database tables and files and the fact that we couldn't access them for much of the last month or so helped give them the oomph they needed.? I didn't have anything formal written, just a few posts here and then letting them know what was coming.

--Paula



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On Feb 9, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Paula <disi@...> wrote:

Lisa, our 19 year old YahooGroup just migrated to Groups.io. I was very nervous about how our members would react to the move (we're mostly older people), but it turned out my anxiety was for naught. It was an almost seamless transition and our members got the hang of things very quickly.
I agree. It¡¯s transparent. Instructions will just make it sound scary and difficult. The only thing is explaining the password thing. But don¡¯t bring it up until someone asks. All that information up front will just deaden everyone's mind.

Sharon
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J_Catlady
 

I also explain in my group's welcome letter some of the differences between yahoo groups and (for former Y!G members) and how to login, etc.

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:30 AM, SP4149 <ken@...> wrote:

Lisa,

? Once YG let [email protected]?become a moderator,the process was very smooth.? However I had created the group last July and didn't transfer until this January.? I already had a couple of hundred members who had joined the new group in anticipation of a YG? collapse and a move to ? What I didn't do and should have; was change the Welcome letter to reflect the transfer rather than what it had been telling new members that they were moderated and needed to explain why they wanted to join the group.? Only about 5-10% who hadn't been paying attention were confused by the Welcome letter, but it could have been avoided.? After the transfer, post an updated Welcome letter for new members who weren't from the old YG list.

ken


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Thanks for the suggestion to change the Welcome letter to be specific for current members who are being transferred, then update it later for new members when they join.


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 10:03 am, SP4149 wrote:
What I didn't do and should have; was change the Welcome letter to reflect the transfer rather than what it had been telling new members that they were moderated and needed to explain why they wanted to join the group.? Only about 5-10% who hadn't been paying attention were confused by the Welcome letter, but it could have been avoided.? After the transfer, post an updated Welcome letter for new members who weren't from the old YG list.
 

Hi J_Catlady

You Posted:
"I also explain in my group's welcome letter some of the differences between yahoo groups and?groups.io?(for former Y!G members) and how to login, etc."

Would you please post your instructions? I'd appreciate this if it doesn't take too much of your time to strip out any personal or group specific info. I saw a post a couple of weeks ago that had a short list of steps and thought I save it, yet when I went back, I could not find it. Perhaps you made the post.

Thanks & Take Care,
Paul, Ohio, USA
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Would you be able to share the wording from your Welcome Letter?? It would help me to see how someone else explains this!

Lisa
 

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:22 am, J_Catlady wrote:


I also explain in my group's welcome letter some of the differences between
yahoo groups and groups.io ( ) (for former Y!G members) and
how to login, etc.
Would you be so kind to send me a copy of your welcome letter, so that I could use it as a model for my own group?

Thank you.
Marina
 

I'd appreciate seeing your welcome letter also. YIA, Bob
 

Paul,

Would you please post your instructions?
Here's one I used:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Welcome-Message-for-Yahoo-Group-transfer

Anyone else who's willing to post one please feel free to add to that wiki page.

Shal

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