See also the official documentation:
Help Center > Members Manual > Working with calendars
Adding a repeating calendar event
An example...
Click on "+Add Event"
(fill in "Event Name")
Make selections for the first occurrence of the Event in the "Date and Time" section.
In the "Repeats" section:
- Check the "Event Repeats" box
- Select "Monthly" in the "Repeats" dropdown menu (below the "Event Repeats" box)
- Select "2" in the "Repeat Every" dropdown menu
- Choose either: "Repeat by day of the week" or "Repeat by day of the month"
- (Make "Starts On" and "Ends" selections)
- The "Repeat Summary" will say either:
- Every 2 months on the <1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th> <name of Day of Week>
- Every 2 months on day <number of day of month>
Important, finish setting up the event:
- Fill in "Event Information" section
- Set up Reminder notices in the "Reminders" section
- MOST IMPORTANT at the bottom of page:
- Click on "+Add Event", or "+Add Event & Invite Group" to send out an immediate announcement.
As of 2019-10-20, there are still some features not available:
Groups.io currently doesn't recognize that there are 29 or 30 dates every year that are a 'fifth <day of the week>
Strategy: If you go to a last day of a month that has five and create the event there you can select:
Repeats: Monthly
Repeats Every: 1 months
Repeat by day of the week
Then the Repeat summary says "Monthly on the Fifth xxxday", and it means exactly that.
You could also set up a repeating event for the Fourth xxxday, but in months that have a fifth you'd have to manually delete the instance on the fourth.
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It was also brought up that some events' date are calculated as being x days before or after another date.
e.g. Federal Election Day in the United States is the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in even years
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(Some States also hold elections on that date every year, or every other but on odd years.)
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Other options for a monthly reminder?- see Member Notices (Monthly reminders and Group Guidelines.
The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center.