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Can I set questions for people requesting to join the group?

Jill Ingle All Messages By This Member #23990 Hi, I have tried to search the answer to this question first without success. This will be my first IO group. I've owned/moderated/administrated on a few other platforms and they all have the option to set questions for people requesting to join (to check they fit the criteria of the group). I can't seem to find any option to do this on Groups IO. Is there an option to do this? Best wishes, Jill?
Duane All Messages By This Member #23992 On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 06:21 AM, The Ingle family. wrote: set questions for people requesting to join (to check they fit the criteria of the group). I can't seem to find any option to do this on Groups IO. Is there an option to do this? Not directly, but check out /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Screening-New-Members-Using-the-Pending-Subscription-Notice Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions
e-mail lynne.mcmillan All Messages By This Member #24110 Jill, I have set up a pending membership questionnaire that is sent to them when they apply to join. It seems to be working. Lynne
J R All Messages By This Member #24199 开云体育 Hi, I followed the info. below that you wrote to another. I wrote a welcome notice asking questions, and checked Active, however when I received an inquiry from someone to join, how am I able to send that notice? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Nov 17, 2019, at 7:22 AM, Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote: On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 06:21 AM, The Ingle family. wrote: set questions for people requesting to join (to check they fit the criteria of the group). I can't seem to find any option to do this on Groups IO. Is there an option to do this? Not directly, but check out /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Screening-New-Members-Using-the-Pending-Subscription-Notice Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions
Frances All Messages By This Member #24200 On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 05:36 PM, J R wrote: I followed the info. below that you wrote to another. I wrote a welcome notice asking questions, and checked Active, however when I received an inquiry from someone to join, how am I able to send that notice? ? You don't have to do anything. If you have an active Pending Subscription notice in a Restricted group, and someone sends an email or clicks on a link to join, the message is sent out automatically. Then when you receive the reply from the potential member, you decide on whether or not you want the person as a member. Frances ? -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers
Frances All Messages By This Member #24201 We added a few screenshots to the wiki page on pending subscription notice. Check it out: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Screening-New-Members-Using-the-Pending-Subscription-Notice Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers
J R All Messages By This Member #24202 开云体育 Ok thanks! toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Nov 18, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Frances <frances@...> wrote: On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 05:36 PM, J R wrote: I followed the info. below that you wrote to another. I wrote a welcome notice asking questions, and checked Active, however when I received an inquiry from someone to join, how am I able to send that notice? ? You don't have to do anything. If you have an active Pending Subscription notice in a Restricted group, and someone sends an email or clicks on a link to join, the message is sent out automatically. Then when you receive the reply from the potential member, you decide on whether or not you want the person as a member. Frances ? -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers
Jim Pruitt WA7DUY All Messages By This Member #24227 开云体育 I am curious why the pending subscription response does not include the link to the approval page for that member.? I set up the pending subscription notice a couple days ago and today I had one response but had trouble getting to the approval page on my smartphone.? After I finally got to the page and approved the member I noticed that the pending member was in the list (with others that did not answer the pending subscription notice) making it necessary to go back to the original reply and see what the email address was of the person that did respond. Thank you. Jim On 11/18/2019 2:41 PM, Frances wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text We added a few screenshots to the wiki page on pending subscription notice. Check it out: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Screening-New-Members-Using-the-Pending-Subscription-Notice Frances -- FAQ on Moving from YahooGroups GMF Wiki: (unofficial) Help for members (and would-be members) and group managers
Shal Farley Member Profile All Messages By This Member #24233 Jim, I am curious why the pending subscription response does not include the link to the approval page for that member. Because it is simply a reply from the applicant's email interface direct to the group's +owner address. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list
Samuel Murray All Messages By This Member #24235 On 19 Nov 2019 08:23, Shal Farley wrote: Jim wrote:, I am curious why the pending subscription response does not include the link to the approval page for that member. Because it is simply a reply from the applicant's email interface direct to the group's +owner address. That is true, but it would be nice (and thus it's an RFE) if one could add such a link (or similarly helpful information) in the pending notice, so that when users press "reply" and the notice is included in the reply, it's there for the moderator to click. Of course, not all members who reply include the original message in their reply. Samuel
Michael Pavan All Messages By This Member #24236 I agree it seems the "Pending Subscription" Member Notice feature was not fully thought through. Some believe it was intended only to PROVIDE Additional Information TO applicants for Subscription, and given that's all it REALLY does they may be right... Others use it to REQUEST Additional Information FROM applicants - I change its Subject to: "Additional Information Required". Currently there is no way to automatically put applicants 'on hold' until they answer such a request. Consequently, it is the first step in the workaround to do so. Your suggestion that the "View Pending Member" link be attached to a "Pending Subscription" Member Notice reply is a good one. Perhaps next year after the Great YG Migration (and probably the Groups.io app is rolled out), it can be one of several excellent feature requests to be brought up again and instituted. I believe a better way to vet would-be subscribers should be second only to an Absentee Owner Succession feature and/or a restructuring Set Moderator Privileges (to prevent a Founder/Original Owner being deposed). Hang in there, Groups.io DOES work on improving itself... toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Nov 19, 2019, at 12:05 AM, Jim Pruitt <jpruitt67@...> wrote: I am curious why the pending subscription response does not include the link to the approval page for that member. I set up the pending subscription notice a couple days ago and today I had one response but had trouble getting to the approval page on my smartphone. After I finally got to the page and approved the member I noticed that the pending member was in the list (with others that did not answer the pending subscription notice) making it necessary to go back to the original reply and see what the email address was of the person that did respond."
Jill Ingle All Messages By This Member #24725 Thank you to everyone who replied. I've set up questions on the pending member's notice and it seems to be working well.?

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