Trouble subscribing to the Google Group? (Was Re: Introductions and the Scotland/Malawi Clinics Mailing List)
Rick
to the Scotland/Malawi Clinics Google Group. The most likely
explanation for this is that you have not followed the link that was
sent in your initial invitation email. Following these links is
necessary security measure as it confirms that you want to participate
in the group.
Resolving this problem is easy:
1) Locate your invitation email from the Scotland Malawi Clinics
Google Group. It should have the subject line:
"Google Groups: You've been invited to Scotland Malawi Clinics"
If you have deleted the email or cannot find it either let myself or
Jemma know and we should be able to send you another invite.
2) Visit the activation link to accept the invitation by clicking the
link. You should see something like this:
"
You can accept this invitation by clicking the following URL:
http://groups.google.com/group/scotland_malawi_clinics/sub?s=6XuMSwgAVABPAg6dhME1Jsq3Gr76JOTh&hl=en
"
Clicking the link should open up your web browser on a page informing
you that you have successfully joined the group.
You should now be able to send and receive emails to the group address:
scotland_ma...@googlegroups.com
If you have any problems doing this you can email me on this address.
Rick.
On 09/01/2008, Jemma Neville <jemma....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> It's great that Rick has introduced himself in the last mailing list email.
> He has been a fantastic help to me in improving the look of our website and
> learning how to 'blog'. People like Rick are very much the unsung heroes of
> the project. We are hoping that the company that he works for, Calico Jack,
> become linked to our technology partner in Malawi, Globe Internet.
>
> Posting on a blog and emailing comments can be a bit intimidating for those
> of us that are new to it but, rest assured that if I can master it, anyone
> can! Hopefully, we can share our learning curve on this mailing list.
>
> Rick - a question about the mailing list....
>
> I've discovered that a lot of our partners are not receiving emails from the
> mailing list. They are registered members but the google groups site lists
> them as 'not verified' and 'not allowed'. Any suggestions on how we fix
> this?
>
> I was chatting to Carol Duncan at St. Margaret's Health Centre in
> Auchterarder (twinned with Chilomoni in Blantyre) this morning and she was
> helpfully explaining that when she tried to verify her google account for
> the first time, she encountered a lot of problems. As a result, she has not
> received lots of relevant emails in the last few weeks, such as the one
> about the practice forum evening. I think lots of other people are in a
> similar situation. I've copied this email to them so that they can follow
> the discussion thread in the traditional email way.
>
> Should I send out membership invitations once more? Or, could you spell out
> for us how to register as a verified user? Thank you for your patience with
> those of us that are non- tech geeks!
>
> Please can everyone on this list channel their questions through the group
> email address because most topics will be relevant to everyone in the online
> community.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jemma
>
>
> On Jan 9, 2008 9:44 AM, Rick Moynihan < ri...@calicojack.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I figured I'd take a minute to introduce myself to everybody involved in
> > the twinning clinics project in both Scotland and Malawi! It seems like
> > it would be a good idea for everyone involved to join in with a brief
> > piece of writing about themselves and their involvement in the project!
> > I realise that some of us have got entries on the website, but this
> > should prove a more interactive way to get to know each other.
> >
> > Before I crack on with my introduction, I'll tell you briefly how to
> > post an introduction to the mailing list. It's really no harder than
> > sending an email!!
> >
> > 1) Open your email program (if you're reading this you've already done
> > it!)
> >
> > 2) Create/Compose a new email as you would normally do, but instead of
> > sending it to a person, send it to this email address:
> >
> > scotland_ma...@googlegroups.com
> >
> > (You might want to add this address to your email address book to
> > make contacting the list even easier!)
> >
> > 3) Enter a subject line as you'd normally do ( e.g. Hi everyone!).
> >
> > 4) Write your introduction (e.g. "Hi, my name is Bob and I...")
> >
> > 5) Click send!
> >
> > (as an aside if you want to reply to a message on the list, be sure to
> > click 'Reply to all' rather than Reply).
> >
> > That's it! It's really that simple. I'm looking forward to reading
> > about each of you! If you have any problems doing this then you can
> > email me directly and I'll see if I can help you out.
> >
> > So here we go, here's my introduction:
> >
> > My name is Rick Moynihan and I'm a Software Engineer working for Calico
> > Jack LTD. We've had the pleasure of working with Dr Ron Neville for
> > many years now, and have taken a small advisory role in the uses of
> > technology within the project with the aim of building a vibrant
> > community of participants, both in Malawi and Scotland. I live in
> > Dundee (Scotland), practice Aikido (a Japanese martial art) and am a
> > vegetarian.
> >
> > Yesterday, whilst making some improvements with Jemma to the website, I
> > was humbled by something 'supposedly simple' being hard to figure out.
> > This reminded me about how complex computers, the web, blogging, and
> > email can appear especially if you're not a professional computer geek
> > like me!
> >
> > On this note, I'd also like to offer help and advice to people
> > struggling to use their computers or the website, blog, mailing list
> > etc. The only condition to this free advice is that if you have any
> > questions then you should post them to THIS MAILING LIST where I (and
> > hopefully others) can reply in our own free time.
> >
> > You can see a photo of me on the Malawi Clinics website at the following
> > address ( http://malawiclinics.org/partners/ ) - I'm the
> one *not*
> > holding the owl!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rick Moynihan.
> > > >
> >
>