DRAFT Email to Group - RE: Re[2]: Yahoo Groups - Upcoming Product Changes to Yahoo Groups
Connie Niebur
Here the draft of what I plan to send out to the group. Please let me know if you have any suggested edits:
All:
Yahoo Groups is changing how they operate, and those changes directly affect how we use our group email and store our documentation. To consolidate services, avoid unnecessary costs, and continue to support our current communications, we will be moving to Google Groups. I will create this group and send out invites to our current members listed in our directory. If you do not receive an invitation, by December 15th, please email me directly at crni...@gmail.com and I will add you. Attached please find more information for joining a Google Group, including how to join if you do not have a google account.
Also, I have created an email address for the Association to handle official association business: AntlerLake...@gmail.com. All elected BOC members will have access to this account. This free account also gives us 15 GB of online storage. As we have elected BOC’s (Board of Commissioner’s) that change over time, it would be more efficient to have all our records stored in one location.
Please let me know if you have any struggles with joining the group.
Thank you
Connie
From: antlerl...@googlegroups.com <antlerl...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jeff Larson
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 7:24 AM
To: antlerlakeboard <antlerl...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re[2]: Yahoo Groups - Upcoming Product Changes to Yahoo Groups
You have my thumbs up...
Sorry for the delay.
Jeff
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Friday, November 8, 2019, 6:00 PM -0600 from C Niebur <crni...@gmail.com>:
I would just like everyone’s opinion and if we are all in agreement I will write up an email to the yahoo group explaining what we are doing and why it benefits us.
Connie
On Nov 8, 2019, at 6:59 AM, Jeff Larson <dange...@gmail.com> wrote:
Connie,
I like the idea....if it helps to manage our content and contact with the broader association members, which I assume is why you are proposing. I cannot imagine that we’ll ever need 15GB so there is not a storage concern.
What do you need from us to execute this?
Thanks -
Jeff
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Thursday, November 7, 2019, 10:33 AM -0600 from crni...@gmail.com <crni...@gmail.com>:I had recently created a Gmail account for the association that gives us 15 GB of storage for documents free. It maybe a good time to think about moving our group to google groups. This would also clean up old members who are no longer in the association. What do you think?
Thanks
Connie
From: Yahoo <in...@comms.yahoo.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2019 5:19 AM
To: crni...@gmail.com
Subject: Yahoo Groups - Upcoming Product Changes to Yahoo Groups
Dear Group Moderators and Members,
Thank you for your commitment to Yahoo and for helping us define the power of digital communities. Eighteen years ago, we combined the functionality of a site called eGroups.com with a precursor community platform called Yahoo Clubs to launch Yahoo Groups. Since then, you and millions of others have helped prove our hypothesis, by creating and joining more than 10 Million groups.
A lot has changed about the Internet since 2001, including the ways most people now use Yahoo Groups. Today, most Yahoo Groups activity happens in your email inbox, not on the bulletin boards where Yahoo Groups started in the pre-smartphone age. Increasingly, people want content and connections coming directly to them, and this is why we continue to invest in Yahoo Mail -- including the recent launch of a new Yahoo Mail app that is currently the highest-rated email app in the App Store and Google Play.
So, as our users’ habits have evolved, we have begun the process of evolving our approach to help active Yahoo Groups thrive and migrate to our email platform. To help you plan for these changes, below is the schedule of how this transition will happen.
Beginning October 28, 2019:
- Users will be able to join a Yahoo Group only through an invite from the Group Moderator or by submitting a request to join a Group, which requires approval by the Group Moderator.
- Since we are moving Group communication from posting on message boards to email distribution, uploading and hosting of new content will also be disabled on the Yahoo Groups website.
Beginning December 14, 2019:
- All Groups will be made private and any content that was previously uploaded via the website will be removed. We believe privacy is critical and made this decision to better align with our overall principles.
- If you would like to keep any of the content you’ve posted or stored in the past within your Yahoo Group, please download it by December 14 by accessing this link.
As these dates get closer, we will send follow-up reminders. More information about the upcoming changes can be found here.
While this evolution of Yahoo Groups is inspired by how we see the platform being used today, we know change can be difficult. Here are a few important facts as we make this transition:
1. Yahoo Groups is not going away - We know that our users are deeply passionate about connecting around shared interests, and we are evolving Groups to better align with how you use it today.
2. New groups can still be formed - Users can continue to connect with others around their common bonds and interests. From animal rescues to sporting and activity groups, civic organizations to local PTAs, members of our Yahoo Groups will remain connected and able to share their activities and interests. All of the content that you have shared previously on the website, can continue to be shared via email.
We know that Yahoo Groups is an important online extension of your real-life group of friends, interests and communities, and we are committed to supporting communities that rely on Yahoo Groups. Thanks for coming along with us this far. We look forward to seeing where the technology -- and you -- take us in the decades to come.
Sincerely,
The Groups Team
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