Thanks Michael, sounds like a similar use case but yours are sessions all within one overarching organisation?
And to get clear; you don't have a main group with subgroups due to the clunkier email addresses, so you have an entirely separate account for each genre? Is that right?
So apart from the clunky email address of subgroups, would they work for me; ie , is it possible for subgroups to be independent of each other, with separate members & moderators?
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On Oct 20, 2019, at 00:01, Michael Pavan <michaelpavan@...> wrote:
On Oct 20, 2019, at 1:38 AM, Womens Grapevine <councilconsulting@...> wrote:
I want to help a number of local music groups get mailing lists off bcc to groups.io
i could have each group sign up with a separate accound but ideally I'd like to have them all under one umbrella account that I manage, even though they will have separate members and admins
a possible benefit I'd like from this is that there will be members who are involved in more than one group; eg member of the "Irish jam" group, and also of "old time fiddlers" or they join one group then later get involved in another.
From the sub-group perspective each should feel like an autonomous group
What do you think about having different organisations under an umbrella account like this? Any downsides?
My groups are for various music sessions: Irish, Scottish, Old Time, Waltz, Contra, and 'mixed' (some of the previous plus Bluegrass, Country, and more).
Occasionally I (or someone else) will send the same message to several or all of them, which means members of more than one group will receive duplicate ('cross-posted') messages. At those times I recognize that having a main (general) group with subgroups for each genre would be desirable. However subgroups have email and group addresses that are less intuitive - unless Groups changes that I will never allow subgroups.
If you are starting new groups to replace Bcc'ing, rather than transferring groups (at $110/group*), I recommend separate groups for each genre. This gives you the option of sending invitations or instructions on how to join to the existing Bcc addresses - OR if you wish to Direct Add members the cost is $10 for 1 month per group* which is an affordable option.
*Premium Group pricing
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If I were transferring existing groups with archives, etc (e.g. YahooGroups) the cost of $110 per group would push me to have a general group with genre-specific subgroups.
I believe you will still have to create Settings and manage Members, etc on multiple websites whether for subgroups or separate groups, even if you choose to have identical setting for each.
