[SMCARA] Sun-downing the Reflector

[CJ Dawn]

Our meeting this month will be via Zoom.

Agenda:
Tailgate fest reports
End of year business
Winter meetings and plans
Winter field day?
Setting up a yearly budget and planning meeting for 2024

Groups.io tutorial/help


On Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 7:03 PM Jon Sheldon <n3ak.jon at gmail.com> wrote:

> As some of you have heard, we are moving away from the Reflector for a
> number of reasons.  The replacement we have chosen is the Groups.io
> platform. This is interactive and provides capabilities such as posing
> pictures, archiving information, buy/sell, have conversations and more.
>
>
>
> Starting from scratch, there are two things you need to do.  Create a
> Groups.IO account and then request to join our group.  Groups.IO is a very
> large platform; for example, you can find a group for almost any radio made
> in the last 10 years and so much more.
>
>
>
> To sign up
>
> -          go to https://groups.io/
>
> -          Select *Sign Up* in the upper right corner
>
> -          Enter an email and generate a password for groups.io and
> select *[Create
> An Account]*
>
> -          You will likely be asked to verify by going to your email
> account
>
>
>
> Once you have an account,
>
> -          go to smcara.groups.io
>
> -          Select *[+ Apply For Membership In This Group]*
>
> -          Admission is done manually by our groups.io staff. There are a
> bunch of us so it doesn’t take long for one of us to admit you
>
>
>
>
>
> *Now that you are in*
>
>
>
> When you go to https://smcara.groups.io you will be at the primary
> *Public*
> group (smcara.groups.io/g/public) and from here, you can see what
> subgroups
> are available by selecting Subgroups on the left.  Subgroups are more
> focused with some being open to all and some being private.  Most of the
> conversations take place in the public group so feel free to jump in and
> say Hi.
>
>
>
> Here is the primary group and some of the Subgroups we currently have.
>
>
>
> Primary Group
>
> Public – This is the primary group open to all
>
>
>
> Subgroups
>
> Club – This is restricted to SMCARA Club members
>
> STMA ARES – This is for the St. Mary’s County ARES team and is open to all
>
> Tailgate 2023 – This is for the Tailgate Fest Coordinator and volunteers
>
>
>
> Reach out to me or any of the SMCARA staff if you need help.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Jon - N3AK
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