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--- new_email_list [2019.10.23 08:58] – Steve Isenberg
+++ new_email_list [2019.10.24 07:16] – Steve Isenberg
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-[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return to LCTG home]]
+~~NOCACHE~~[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return to LCTG home]]
 =====October 2019 Need To Leave Yahoo Groups=====
-====What Do We Need====
+====Plans for the switch====
-Capture what we need for the future\\
+We discussed and decided that for at least the short term, we would take me (Steve Isenberg) up on my offer to host the email list as part of my Dreamhost ISP account.\\
-Set up some email group for communication\\
+CharlyS is checking on what it would take for the group to get a 501c3; once we have this, then Dreamhost will give us a free account, and it's likely that groups.io would as well.\\
+QUESTION: Does Lexington Community Center have a 501c3?  If so could we use its 501c3 to get a free account at one of these?
+===Email list tasks===
+|Get email addresses from Yahoo Group|DONE|
+|Create new group|DONE|List address (for posting messages) is: ''LCTG@toku.us'' (or ''LCTG@lists.toku.us'')|
+|Test new group, send email to it and see it distribute message to select test subjects|DONE|added footer, sent test message|
+|Add all current Yahoo group's email addresses to the new group|
+|Send message to Yahoo Group saying we are switching and give new address|
+|Add list address for new group to the YahooGroup (so email sent to old Yahoo group will go to new group for distribution|
+|Set all members of current Yahoo group so not receive email (means we rely on new group)|
+When this is all done,
+  * All current Yahoo group members will be on the new list
+  * Email sent to either group will go to all members (by way of the new list)
-Specifics on what to do, send to:\\
-CharlyS\\
-Jonathan\\
-Bob Melanson\\
-Peter Albin\\
-Harry\\
-John Rudy\\
-Bob\\
-Linelle
+===Files stored on Yahoo Groups===
+|Need to download all of the documents/files to non-yahoo space|CharlyS did this?  Verify|TBD|
+|Find place and way to store all of these files (Steve's Wiki?  Elsewhere?)| |TBD|
+===Old message archives===
+|Need to see how to get old messages|TBD|
+|How to store them somewhere useful|TBD|
+===Using new list===
+  * To send to the list, send to: ''LCTG@toku.us'' or alternatively to ''LexingtonComputerGroup@toku.us''
+  * New members:
+    * Using email address they want to subscribe to list, send blank message to: ''LCTG-join@toku.us''
+    * Moderators will receive message saying person wants to join
+    * Moderator can qualify potential member
+    * Moderator can approve the membership and they're added to the list
+  * Members can access archives by visiting ''http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us'' and clicking on LCTG Archives
+  * Members can remove their list membership by sending email to ''LCTG-leave@toku.us''
+===Subcommittee members===
+  * Bob Melanson
+  * Bob Primak
+  * CharlyS
+  * Evie Isenberg
+  * Harry Forsdick
+  * Jonathan Goode
+  * John Rudy
+  * Lynnell Stern
+  * Peter Albin
+  * Steve Isenberg
+----
+====Older material====
 ^Category^Needs^Post-Yahoo Groups Solution^
 |Email List|Way to add/delete members.|
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 ^ Option                      ^ Cost                                  ^ Notes                                                                                         ^
-| Groups.io                   | $110/yr (or is it $220; for premium)  |                                                                                               |
+| Groups.io                   | $220 for first year  |                                                                                               |
 | Google Groups               |                                       |                                                                                               |
 | <del>Facebook</del>                    |                                       | works like usual Facebook feed                                                               |
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 [Jonathan]
 This seems to be clean and nice, but I'm wondering what problem we're trying to solve. Are there things that bother you about our current Yahoo pages? The things that bother me are that Yahoo no longer automatically generates meeting notices from the calendar (and sometimes blocks access to it). Right now, I keep our Yahoo home page (at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/LexingtonComputerGroup/management/settings) pretty much up to date. I stopped keeping our calendar (at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/LexingtonComputerGroup/events) up to date a few months after it stopped generating meeting notices. I also manually generate meeting notices using the general format of the previously automatically generated notices. Do we need more or different? Is there a calendar facility that will allow automatic notice generation?
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