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Question about Member Notices - Note to Member

 

Hi,
How do I use this type of notice under "Member Notices" > "Note to Member" ? I can edit the name, subject and the message. How do I actually configure it to send out? Can I schedule it to send out monthly?

Thank you.
Lily
 

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Yes, Member Notices. Select Pending Subscriptions from the Notice Type drop down box, then check Active Message box. Below the check box write your message, then click on Update Notice.

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Don
 

Thanks, Don, for the instructions.
I am actually asking how to use this type of notice selection "Note to Member". It's described as "Message sent to a member". There's no setting for when or who. I did set up one for testing: the message was saved, but nothing happened. There's no "Active Message" box to click.

Thanks.
Lily
 

Lily,?
Thanks for the question. This is used to send canned messages to members easily.? When you open a member's page, there is a Send Message button at the bottom.??
On the Send Message page, there is a drop down box to select what message to send.? The default is a blank message "--Notices--".? But if you create a "Note to Member", it (they if you setup more than one) will show up there (at bottom above the BCC) and you can select which one to use, like a template of pre-filled in text in the subject and body.? So you could store a note explaining how a user can set their password - Send Message, select the Note, click send, boom! - you're done!?
Looks like you can create any number of notes, each with their own subject/body.
Toby
 

Lily,
As a follow on to my prior comment, the Active Message check box only applies to Member Notices that are automatically sent by groups.io in response to certain events.? So the Welcome notice sent by groups.io has this setting.? This allows you to have, for example, a draft Welcome notice or perhaps different Welcome notices and select which one is the Active one that groups.io is to use when a member joins.
The Note to Member notice is only sent manually by a mod/owner so there is no need for the Active Message flag (they are all 'Active' and available to be used by default).??
Toby

PS - I keep discovering more clever features of groups.io.. :)
 

Would this be a generic message that could be sent to any member you choose?


On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Toby Kraft <toby@...> wrote:
Lily,?
Thanks for the question. This is used to send canned messages to members easily.? When you open a member's page, there is a Send Message button at the bottom.??
On the Send Message page, there is a drop down box to select what message to send.? The default is a blank message "--Notices--".? But if you create a "Note to Member", it (they if you setup more than one) will show up there (at bottom above the BCC) and you can select which one to use, like a template of pre-filled in text in the subject and body.? So you could store a note explaining how a user can set their password - Send Message, select the Note, click send, boom! - you're done!?
Looks like you can create any number of notes, each with their own subject/body.
Toby


 

I think you should set it up as a generic message. When sending it via the member page, you can edit or add to it, if needed.

The only notice that I'm aware of that can be scheduled for monthly delivery is the Guidelines type.

Duane
 

Thanks Toby and Duane for your replies. I now get how to set it up and what it's for! I couldn't find anything about it in the Help pages.

Lily
 

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Would I maybe use this to be sent to a list if ?I maybe need to ?warn them of something let's ?say to say any more actions like the ones by our members and?this list will be in moderation??This way I would not hav to write this over and over and over again if that's the case?

On Jan 25, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Lily Yapp <lily.yapp@...> wrote:

Thanks Toby and Duane for your replies. I now get how to set it up and what it's for! I couldn't find anything about it in the Help pages.

Lily

 

Sarah,

Would I maybe use this to be sent to a list if I maybe need to warn
them of something let's say to say any more actions like the ones by
our members and this list will be in moderation?
It isn't really designed for sending to the entire membership. The idea is that you'd checkmark one or a few members (in the Members list) then in the Actions menu at the bottom of the page use Send Message.

But maybe there's a suggestion for beta@ - when used by a moderator the New Topic composition page could have the drop-list for Member Notice selection in addition to the special notice checkbox.

That would be useful for notices that don't make sense to schedule but are needed on occasion.

Shal
 

Ah yeah I might suggest that as sometimes I might need to send an all call to the list but might not have the time to write it out, or it could be sent on a schedule like the guide lines thing. I dunno, I'll bring this up on beta probably tomorrow.

On Jan 28, 2018, at 5:11 PM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

Sarah,

Would I maybe use this to be sent to a list if I maybe need to warn
them of something let's say to say any more actions like the ones by
our members and this list will be in moderation?
It isn't really designed for sending to the entire membership. The idea is that you'd checkmark one or a few members (in the Members list) then in the Actions menu at the bottom of the page use Send Message.

But maybe there's a suggestion for beta@ - when used by a moderator the New Topic composition page could have the drop-list for Member Notice selection in addition to the special notice checkbox.

That would be useful for notices that don't make sense to schedule but are needed on occasion.

Shal

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