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I have a group which we (the moderators and co-op board) want to be visible to the public - to encourage members to join our co-op. The issue that I have is that I (and possibly the rest of the board, after we vote) do not want to have members joining the group via the usual GIO online or email processes. Our GIO membership is restricted to current (paid) members of our co-op.

I would like to be able to respond to email or online applicants to our group that we welcome their interest and will gladly send them an invitation to join when we receive their paid membership application/renewal and provide a link to our static, public website with the membership application available. Is there a way to have that kind of message be the default response to someone wanting to come directly into our GIO community?

Thanks in advance for the helpful suggestions.

If it were me:
Make the group Restricted.? (If you don't want the public to see the posts, you'll need to make the archives Private.)
Create a Pending Member Notice with the information you want them to see.

The notice will automatically be sent to anyone attempting to join, either via email or web.

Duane
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Thanks, Duane. Still very new to all of this and didn't even know there was a possible pending member notice. I'll do that.