Editing Sagamore PTA discussion groups

==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