[peel] groups.io group set up

[Dave Thompson]

My thanks, too, to John for all his work.

It’s going to take a while, I think, to remember to use the new address, and find my way around, but it’s looking good!



> On Nov 29, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Stuart Brooks stuartb@... [peel] <peel@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for doing all that work John. I have managed to send my first post to the new group. Turns out I already had an account there due to a couple of other groups I ws a member of migrating the expensive way!
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> Stuart
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> On 29/11/2019 15:06, john guthrie grafpoo@... <mailto:grafpoo@.....com> [peel] wrote:
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>> so i have set up a replacement group, peel,groups,io - i've migrated all files and photos, and am making an attempt to move all the conversations/messages. i opted to go the free route, so doing it all by hand, which means -
>>  - messages are being downloaded in bulk and saved in the files section. 
>>  - users are not migrated
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>> as for the users, one of the current moderators added me to the list, which allowed me to see all the email addresses for sign-up members (approximately 1040 of us). i am going to send a one-off email to each of those emails with directions on how to join the groups.io <http://groups.io/> list. but it's pretty easy, go to 
>>   https://peel..groups.io <https://peel.groups.io/>
>> and there's a join-up button.
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>> the hard/tedious part is that every new joiner needs to be confirmed, as does every first post for each user. i don't expect to be swamped, but if anyone else fancies himself a potential admin email me and i will happily grant that permission
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>> have a look and let me know what you think.
>> john
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