-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Donald Hellen
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 2:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] question on sub group

Sugar,

If you can create the subgroup, the group owner will still be the group and
now the subgroup owner. You'll still be moderator of both, too.

Donald

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Shal Farley
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 5:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GMF] question on sub group

sugar,

> I am a mod for a group. The owner is having difficulty creating a sub >
group.
>
> Is it possible for me to create the sub group instead?

Yes, if you have the "Manage Subgroups" permission.

If you do you will see a button for Subgroups within the Admin expander in
the left margin. It is near the bottom, just above the Activity button.

That Subgroups page (not the ordinary one that members see) has the "Create
Subgroup" button near the top. Below that, a list of primary group members
with checkboxes for putting them into or out of subgroups.

> Then place her as the owner after?

As owner of the primary group she is implicitly owner of all subgroups.
So you don't have to do anything to place her there. Same for mods of the
primary group also.

> How would this affect the group if it does?

Astute question.

It sounds like this would be the group's first subgroup, and if so this will
make a one-time permanent change to the primary group's web and email
addresses. Fortunately the old addresses will continue to work, so there
shouldn't be much disruption, but members may notice and wonder about the
change.

In the Settings page for the primary group the "Group Email Address"
will now have two fields for you to set the primary group's email address,
one to the left of the @ sign (default "main") and one to the right of the @
sign (defaults to the primary group's name).

The field to the left of the @ sign is used to distinguish the various
subgroups and the primary group from one another. The primary group and all
of the subgroups will have the same name after the @ sign.

As a practical example, let's say I had a group named "MY-PTA" (there is no
such group, at the moment, it is just an example). It's address for posting
messages would be:

[email protected]

If I create a subgroup for the PTA board members, and name that subgroup
"board" then the subgroup's posting address would be:

[email protected]

and the primary group's address would have changed to:

[email protected]

However, say I don't like the word "main" there. So, because the primary
group is for all of my PTA's members, I change the primary group's name to
"members". Now I have:

[email protected] - sends to all PTA members [email protected] -
sends to the board members only.

I hope that makes sense.

Shal