GA2GA, Best Practices for Group Admins

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Permalink Reply by GeneJ on July 19, 2009 at 12:57pm

Invite and welcome new members. Thank them for their support.

Initially, I didn't know how to keep track of the group members I'd welcomed and those that I hadn't. Have learned that by clicking "Manage Group Members," the group page will report all the members. The members can be sorted by the date they joined, by their name and by their role. It isn't a perfect system. Has anyone found a better system to organize the effort of sending welcome comments to new group members?

P.S. Wish when I opened "my groups" I could further filter for "my administered groups" to populate a list of the groups I've set up. I am an administrator for eight groups, including one temporary group and five groups for rather ordinary surnames. Can't imagine how those who have more groups are managing!

Permalink Reply by GeneJ on July 22, 2009 at 8:25am

This approach rather fell apart yesterday, as some post a discussion at the same time they join. I couldn't keep track of those I still needed to welcome and those for whom a welcome had been included with other information when I'd responded to their post at the group page.

Permalink Reply by Debbra Walker on July 21, 2009 at 4:59pm

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Permalink Reply by September McCarthy on July 22, 2009 at 5:51am

Of course! And I am interested in your ideas about adapting it, and how it works for your groups, as well as any other ideas you might have for other discussions.

Permalink Reply by Debbie Kennett on July 22, 2009 at 5:58am

Am I the only one who is mystified by the cryptic letters and numbers GA2GA. Do they have any special significance?

Permalink Reply by September McCarthy on July 22, 2009 at 6:12am

My apologies for any confusion. The name was proposed to me by our group admin, as was starting the discussion, when I mentioned the idea for this subject of "best practices," so I used it. GA2GA stands for "Group Admin to Group Admin." I believed, and still do, that it explains the intention of discussing our own best practices as group admins (organizing info and discussions, welcoming and encouraging members, learning from each other what works and what doesn't, dealing with conflicts and misunderstandings, etc.), and not best practices from a member's point of view (i.e. etiquette, sharing information, etc.). Hope this helps clear up any confusion.