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Assistance in starting new Group


 


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I am a lawyer and an experienced volunteer manager of LSoft Listservs used by several worldwide? legal groups which follow legal developments in the area of dispute resolution not using courts. We? have hundreds of members with a stable membership that slowly grows monthly. I am intrigued by Groups, especially the ability to organize members of groups to opt to receive emal by topics. This is difficult to do with Listservs?
Several questions:

1. Listservs put messages into a searchable archive which can use Boolean. Groups?seems?to put messages in a file. Are they searchable?

2. Could I procure (and pay if necessary) for assistance by experienced people in helping me to design a new Group site?

Thx

Paul Lurie
Chicago??


 

Paul,

I am intrigued by Groups, especially the ability to organize members
of groups to opt to receive emal by topics.
There are a few ways to do this in Groups.io:

One way is to organize the members into subgroups; each subgroup has its own message archive.
/static/help#subgroups
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Why-use-a-Subgroup

Another way is to encourage (or require) that messages be categorized with one or more Hashtags in the subject line. Members can choose to mute hashtags (or individual topics) that are not of interest to them.
/static/help#hashtags

A related way is to encourage members to make use of the Advanced Preferences in their Subscription. That allows them to Follow only certain topics or topics with certain Hashtags.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Help-Mock-up#Advanced-Preferences

1. Listservs put messages into a searchable archive which can use
Boolean. Groups seems to put messages in a file. Are they searchable?
Visit GMF's pages and you'll find our Messages section is searchable. However there are as yet no Boolean search operators.
/g/GroupManagersForum/topics

2. Could I procure (and pay if necessary) for assistance by
experienced people in helping me to design a new Group site?
GMF's resources are free, as is the advice of its members. Advertising services or products is not allowed here; any arrangements you might make with individuals for paid service would have to be done off-list.

Shal
GMF Owner
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Help: /static/help
More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list


 

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 07:39 pm, Paul Lurie wrote:
2. Could I procure (and pay if necessary) for assistance by experienced people in helping me to design a new Group site?
Mark Fletcher (the guy who runs this thing) might have something set up to provide enhanced technical support for Enterprise groups. You might try contacting him directly at [email protected]?to see what options (if any) are available.

Bruce


 

Hi Shal, thanks for info. I have not? yet begun to experiment. Is the Wiki searchable. It has been a long time since I used a Wiki to organize legal Information

I understand that any professional arrangement would have to be done off list. Because I am considering moving a very large and established international membership to Groups from a Listserv it's important that I do it right.

Any referrals would be appreciated.
Psul

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 9:58 PM Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:
Paul,

?> I am intrigued by Groups, especially the ability to organize members
?> of groups to opt to receive emal by topics.

There are a few ways to do this in Groups.io:

One way is to organize the members into subgroups; each subgroup has its
own message archive.
/static/help#subgroups
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Why-use-a-Subgroup

Another way is to encourage (or require) that messages be categorized
with one or more Hashtags in the subject line. Members can choose to
mute hashtags (or individual topics) that are not of interest to them.
/static/help#hashtags

A related way is to encourage members to make use of the Advanced
Preferences in their Subscription. That allows them to Follow only
certain topics or topics with certain Hashtags.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Help-Mock-up#Advanced-Preferences

?> 1. Listservs put messages into a searchable archive which can use
?> Boolean. Groups seems to put messages in a file. Are they searchable?

Visit GMF's pages and you'll find our Messages section is searchable.
However there are as yet no Boolean search operators.
/g/GroupManagersForum/topics

?> 2. Could I procure (and pay if necessary) for assistance by
?> experienced people in helping me to design a new Group site?

GMF's resources are free, as is the advice of its members. Advertising
services or products is not allowed here; any arrangements you might
make with individuals for paid service would have to be done off-list.

Shal
GMF Owner
--
Help: /static/help
More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki
Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list