I agree. I am grandfathered at the moment and pay for the group out of my own pocket, which is OK by me. But I am a realist and I do not expect grandfathering to last forever, so what do I do then?

That is fine, but then charge it to everyone. The issue with me is the convoluted idea of having free member slots and paid member slots. Of having badges of "honor" showing who isn't paying and who

I have quoted just a part of Dave's post but I think it is all relevant. Although his last sentence is arguably apocalyptic it might just be true, even though I sincerely hope it isn't. With all due

Duane, Oops, so I was confused. Now I remember. I got distracted when I was thinking of SQUIRREL ... ... ... ... changing my time display format to 24-hours. Alas. No joy. 03:05 while on Eastern,

I'm afraid it isn't fixed for the instance I'm looking at Mark. I tried all the reloads, with <ctrl>, to no avail so when I shut down last night I allowed ccleaner to do a full clear-out of cache and

Hi Mark, Owners and Mods have an optional check-box to send a message as a Special Notice and Hashtags also have a Special check-box that uses the term 'special notice'. Any use of these though shows

This discussion keeps going in the various threads and there seems no easy answer. Whatever, and appreciating that Mark has to make ends meet, it seems GIO is no longer the preferred home for many

I just tested this in one of my subgroups and a reply to a Special Notice by a member account does not come through with the [Special] subject tag and is listed on the Activity Log as 'sent message'

Donald, Actually, I believe this #suggestion is still under consideration. Donations towards group fees was a separate suggestion, made by a few people (with varying

No, I'm on Central time (verified setting) as I mentioned a bit earlier - https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/27918. Duane

Duane, That would be correct if your account is Pacific time (UTC-0800). The event is set at 2:05 am Central time (UTC-0600). My normal account (UTC-0800) sees 12:05 am an a test account (UTC-0500)

Yes, it is. On the feed, I see Jan 19, 2021 00:05 This is the hashtag event #reminder (linked of course)I have 24 hour time chosen, in case that makes any difference. Thanks, Duane

Dan, Possibly this could be implemented by adding an item to the More menu: "Resend this Topic as a Special Notice". There are a couple of potential gotcha's in that implementation. First is the

Mark, I really like this new "sponsorship" option. In my large/active premium (hobbyist) group, I had no difficulty getting contributors for the annual fee at renewal time, but going through PayPal to

Hi Duane, Is this the Shal's Test 'This is the hashtag test #reminder' event? I logged in as you and it appears as 02:05am in the feed, which matches the event itself. If that's the event, are you

Sorry, fixed. All dates are Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021. Thanks, Mark

Mark . . . I should have included this message from Mark: group sponsorship: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/27874 Donald ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham

Andy . . . wrote: Mark made an announcement that said it would happen on Feb 2, and I believe his intent was for everything involved there to be effective on that

Mark . . . I believe it morphed into an optional group sponsorship approach where an owner could enable it to let members donate to pay for a premium group. Then the funds would be used toward paying

The page https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/27191 has a confusing mix of dates. It says February 2 near the top, but January 18 in four other places in the same message. ? So, when the changes