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See also: [[Sagamore email]]
See also: [[Sagamore email]]


'''Details on [http://www.9.0ne.org/mw/index.php?title=Sagamore_PTA_discussion_groups&oldid=2581 how to ''add members and create new groups''] was moved to the [[Sagamore Google Drive]] ([https://docs.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/document/d/17PGJdML0EZXEIPefG0HgWoOYVh18Ed1Xt4CWLtF_a6g/edit?usp=sharing])'''
==Adding members==

Sign into the [https://groups.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/d/forumsearch/ Sagamore Google Groups] as [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#sagamorehillspta.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] and goto:

Group settings → Members → Direct add members

Folks may also add themselves to a group by emailing:

<code><var>GroupID</var>'''+subscribe'''@groups.sagamorehillspta.org</code>

For example, emailing <code>grounds+subscribe@groups.sagamorehillspta.org</code> .

==Creating a new group==

There are actually [https://support.google.com/a/answer/33343 2 ways to create a group]—we're going to do it through the Groups interface instead of the Admin panel.

All groups will start with <code>communications@sagamorehillspt.org</code> as an "owner" (for moderation notices) and <code>sagamorehillspta.org@sagamorehillspta.org</code> as a "manager" so they can add/remove group members (<code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code> will not receive notices because is not an email address).

#* Be sure you're signed in as <code>communications@sagamorehillspta.org</code> ([[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#sagamorehillspta.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] and others will ''not'' work ([[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#admin.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>admin@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] will work, but then we'd just need to remove it as the default group owner))
#* Go to [https://groups.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org Sagamore Hills PTA's Google Groups]
# Create group (red button at top)
# Be sure of the following:
#;Group name
#: '''No commas''' because they don't get escaped and munge email addresses (Google Groups bug!)
#: eg "Garden discussion at Sagamore Hills Elementary School"
#;Group email address
#: @'''groups'''.sagamorehillspta.org
#;Group description
#: eg "Discuss garden efforts at Sagamore Hills Elementary School"
#;Select a group type
#: Email list
#;View topics, Post, & Join the group
#: Public
# Then, in the '''group's settings''':
#;Don't force using Google Accounts
#: Settings → Identity → Required forms of identity → Display names only
#;Non-member messages are moderated
#: Settings → Moderation → Moderate messages → Moderate messages from non-members of the group.
#;Setting → Email options
#:
#::;Add a subject prefix
#::: Subject prefix → [''groupname'']
#::;Modify the email footer
#::: Email footer
#::: Select only:
#:::* Display how to post to this group by email.
#:::* Display how to unsubscribe from this group by email.
#:::* Add custom footer text.
#:::*: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>sagamorehillspta.org/</code>''page-for-group''
#::;Change where replies are sent
#::: Post replies → To the author of the message only
#::: ''Necessitates reply'ing-to-all to include the group, but otherwise, can't reply to original sender (who might not be a subscriber)''
# Add [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#sagamorehillspta.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] as a manager so they can add/remove members (but they don't get notices because <code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code> is not an email address) and don't let them post
## Group settings → Members → Direct add members
##;Enter email addresses to add as members
##: <code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code>
## Members → All members
##: ''Without using the checkbox'', click on the entry for <code>'''sagamorehillspta'''@sagamorehillspta.org</code>
##:;Role
##:: Manager
##:;Email delivery
##:: No email: web-only participation
##:;Posting permission
##:: Override: member is not allowed to post




Latest revision as of 14:14, 12 April 2019

This page concerns the discussion groups powered by Google Groups (provided by the Sagamore Hills PTA Google account), and shouldn't be confused with the other Sagamore discussion lists privided by Parents.

Most email should be sent to an appropriate Sagamore group instead of specific people (or at least always CC a group too). Everyone decides how "plugged-in" to a group they want to be: completely ignore, browse past conversations on the web, subscribe to receive weekly or daily digests by email, or subscribe to receive every message. Anyone can email a (non-announcement) group, but messages from non-subscribers are moderated (I can moderate more heavily if need be).

See the Sagamore Hills Elementary Schoo PTA Google Groups for a list of current groups. The first group was created 2014-05-06 for the garden,

See also: Sagamore email

Details on how to add members and create new groups was moved to the Sagamore Google Drive ([1])

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