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Our group is fairly new to groups.io and it's a *huge? improvement over Yahoo, which we used since it's early days.?

?We have a requirement that when someone joins our list they must first send an introduction email about themselves. ?This was a clunky multi step process with yahoo groups and I am looking for a better way.

With Yahoo we required an ?introduction email to be sent to a separate email address and also the user ?had to request to join or be sent an invitation. ?It caused a lot of confusion. ?Once we received the introduction email and the user has joined the group ?The moderator would send the introduction to the entire group.?

?Does anyone have an idea of how we might smooth out this process using groups.io?

Thanks for any ideas.?

Jim?

On Feb 14, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Jim J via Groups.Io <Pupclub@...> wrote:

With Yahoo we required an introduction email to be sent to a separate email address and also the user had to request to join or be sent an invitation. It caused a lot of confusion. Once we received the introduction email and the user has joined the group The moderator would send the introduction to the entire group. Does anyone have an idea of how we might smooth out this process using groups.io?

What about just putting new members on moderated status until the post an introduction. Some people like to feel comfortable before they introduce themselves. Introducing yourself in the unknown can be weird. What do I say? How much is too much.

If they are on moderation, you can check to see if have posted an introduction and if they haven’t remind them. I think it would be less work.

Sharon
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Thanks. I understand what you're saying and it does make sense for many groups. However we are a friendly club for local/regional members only. So, we also use the introduction to filter out people that are not in our area. Our website has instructions on how to introduce yourself and what to include that pertains to the club.

Part of it is just the club's philosophy on becoming a part of this group of friends. The introduction is needed before "listening" to the conversation.?

I have not tried this but I think it is possible to reply to a request to join, so maybe we could send a reply asking for them to respond with an introduction before being added. Ideally we could customize and automate the initial response to requests.?

Thanks again for the suggestion.?

Jim?

I agree. I rejected a person's introduction as it was too short. They just said, and I kid you not, "hi." I told them to maybe ask a question then introduce themselves or something like that. I also reject "test" "testing" etc.

Take care

On Feb 14, 2018, at 6:50 PM, Sharon Villines <sharon@...> wrote:

What about just putting new members on moderated status until the post an introduction. Some people like to feel comfortable before they introduce themselves. Introducing yourself in the unknown can be weird. What do I say? How much is too much.

If they are on moderation, you can check to see if have posted an introduction and if they haven’t remind them. I think it would be less work.

Sharon

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