? ??I've only been here two or three months-?so maybe this matter has been tell with.? ?I could not find anything in doing a search.
In my opinion, the?pre-written?letter is simply too involved.? ??I would like the ability to edit it.? ??

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Mike,

In my opinion, the pre-written letter is simply too involved. I would
like the ability to edit it.

That ability does not exist. The most you can do is add your own section to it. I use horizontal lines to make it clearer:
/g/GroupManagersForum/message/5779

Some people, especially those who moderate groups that operate in another language, have asked for the ability to write the complete invite message. However I think though Groups.io has some solid reasons to make sure the boilerplate remains.

See also:



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Don,

What I would like to be able to do is send an invite message to myself so I can what it really looks like…For editing purposes.

In the Invitation to be Sent box the Invite page gives you a live copy of the message, including your inserted section. The only thing missing is the filled in invitee name replacing [Name] in the sample.

If you're looking for a static example, look in your inbox for an invitation to shalstest.

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Mike, Shal, Don,



I am quite familiar with this thread since I started it, I believe. As far as I am concerned all the reasons that have been brought up do not convince me of the advantages of the boiler plate. It is not only that this boiler plate gives me the impression that as owner of my group I am not able to create my own personal invitation; it also is a huge handicap for non-English speaking people as many have pointed out. The option of creating lines and setting my own statement in between or on top of them is no solution for me. This even confuses people more, I?ve been told.

The chance of this type of confusing - and in non-English speaking groups - multi-language text mail to land in spam filters is much bigger than the one of a simple invitation sent in my own personal words. Generally I know the person I send an invitation to anyway. All these considerations have brought me to completely do without sending this sort of invitation. Instead I have switched over to sending personal messages if I want to invite someone.

Maybe a solution to this issue could be to shorten the boiler plate text down to a single sentence. This would be consistent with the spam idea, it woldn?t confuse non-English speaking people (as long as there aren?t other language versions available) and owners could still put their own invitation below that basic sentence.

Just an idea....
Victoria
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My?main complaint was/is?that the boilerplate is too convoluted.? ?I can't see any reason why the "owner"?can't simply write his/her own invitation.?
? ?Others, here, have?also brought up an interesting point.? ?The group I am forming consists of residents in a semi-upscale condo complex in Miami.? ?For some number, Spanish is a first language.? Again, even for English speakers, the boiler plate just doesn't cut it.? ??
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The Google Groups invitation is a good model:

Don,

The invitation you sent had my first name on it. Did you put that
there or does the invite process add that name?

I did that. I meant to mention that I used the form of address:

Don <user@...>

I usually do that if I have knowledge of the person's name. It gives them an initial display name for their account, if they don't already have a Groups.io account.

If you leave that out and submit just the email address then the salutation in the message is just "Hello," without a name. And for the invitation I don't think groups.io looks up the Display name associated with the account, if any.

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As a native Spanish speaker, I would love to help groups.io be available in other languages.
I have members who cannot understand what the platform says but they would be very engaged in the topics.

Toani,

As a native Spanish speaker, I would love to help groups.io be
available in other languages.

The question of localizing Groups.io for other languages has been discussed in beta (the official "suggestion box"). My impression is that any action in that direction is likely a long way off.


No harm in you adding your two cents to that topic.

Shal


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