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Bryan,

In our case, I'm considering creation of a subgroup that is
restricted to moderators/owners, and private, for them to have a
private place to discuss, share knowledge, training, etc.

I think that's a fine idea, with just one caveat: you end up with the subdomain addressing scheme.
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Why-use-a-Subgroup#Subdomain-addressing

If you have, or are planning to have, other subgroups then you'll have that anyway, so one more subgroup is fine. Otherwise you might care because:

1) Having that addressing scheme will tip off the members to the fact that there is at least one subgroup, even if that subgroup's privacy settings prevent them from even learning its name.

2) Some people think the subdomain addressing scheme "looks funny" or is otherwise undesirable.

Essentially, modeled after this very Group Managers Forum... just for
our group, only.

Two of my Yahoo Groups have a separate group for the moderators, most do not. Sometimes it was convenient when there were things to discuss, but largely they went unused. I didn't make a subgroup for the mods of this GMF largely because the Yahoo GMF ran without a separate moderators' group and I don't think we ever missed having one.

One of my Yahoo groups that moved here years ago had a separate moderators group, and I'm quite happy having that as a subgroup now. But that group has other subgroups that the primary members can see and join.

So I think it is very much a "Your Mileage May Vary" situation. It will depend a lot on the culture, activity, and size of your group; as well as of your moderating team. GMF is a very open group, so we don't need to have private discussions about whether someone should be admitted to the group and other matters of member management. My Yahoo Groups that had mod team groups were restrictive in their membership.

Shal


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