On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 06:10 PM, txercoupemuseum.org wrote:

A moderator will all other owner powers can keep a group functional indefinitely.

Incorrect as of now.  If that moderator can't give someone else moderator status, it would only last as long as that moderator did - end of group.  Many of us don't see it as a "time bomb" since we've got co-owners.  It's worked fine the way it is for over 5 years.  Any change would need to be well thought out and consider the consequences of the action.  My preference is to not change anything, but I wouldn't have a problem if an additional permission were required for a moderator to demote an owner.

Duane

Ronaldo, et al... 

My thought (as expressed on GMF) is that there should be certain 'Owner only' privileges: I would suggest they are (1) the ability to make/unmake owners; (2) the ability to delete or rename their group; and (maybe) (3) the ability to set up a 'will file', as to what should happen if they go missing.

Everything else can/may be granted to moderators, including the ability to make others moderator: one possible extension to moderator privileges is one to 'Set (for others) only moderator privileges that they have' (but not those they don't).

The issue of what to do when the only owner of group goes missing is a another can of worms: as I see it, this is a situation that can only be fixed by Mark/Groups.io support intervention, for which they should have a published policy (which might be to do nothing).

Jeremy

Oh, I think you mean you can edit the poll after people have already voted to show who voted for what. That's pretty bad. 
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 10:05 PM, J_Catlady wrote:

Ok. That’s very good to know. I’ve been wanting to do an anonymous poll in my group but always thought it was not possible.

There's a very LARGE caveat.  The poll can be edited so that the information is revealed!  That might be considered a bug, or at least an undesired option.  Once the "Do not show who responded to the poll" option is chosen, it shouldn't be changeable.

Duane

Perhaps, as someone else suggested, truncating HTML columns at a certain height might help.

However, in our particular use case we would like to hide other columns too. We just need to be able to display a few columns, then when the user clicks on a row they can view the entire record.

Thanks,
Chris

Changes to the site this week:

• INTERNAL: Added additional monitoring of the search cluster.
• INTERNAL: Switched over to a new Elasticsearch 7 search cluster. All of this work around search has multiple goals:
  • The old search cluster was under-powered and running on older software, and nodes were prone to freeze up.
  • Defining a new member index for a new member directory search.
  • Switching the existing member list search to use the search cluster with the goal of allowing groups to add additional custom fields for members, which could be searched upon.
• INTERNAL: Re-indexed all of our data in a new search cluster.
• BUGFIX: Found a file descriptor leak in some networking code.
• INTERNAL: Began deleting attachments in groups that are over their storage allotment.
• CHANGE: Changed more instances of subscriber to member on the website.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Mark

Ok. That’s very good to know. I’ve been wanting to do an anonymous poll in my group but always thought it was not possible.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 07:29 PM, J_Catlady wrote:

That depends on the answer to "Do not show WHO who responded to the poll"? Does it mean, don't even show the mods? I was under the impression it just meant "don't show the group."

On the two I looked at, not even an owner or poll creator can see who responded, being truly anonymous (except for the hidden record that keeps track of each persons response in case they want to change it.)  Keeping it from most members is covered by the "Only moderators and poll creators can view results and responders, regardless of whether the poll is open or closed." option.

Duane

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 04:46 PM, Duane wrote:

I realized that if implemented, there should be no logging if the poll is set up for "Do not show who responded to the poll" is chosen.

That depends on the answer to "Do not show WHO who responded to the poll"? Does it mean, don't even show the mods? I was under the impression it just meant "don't show the group."
 
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 07:34 PM, Bill Hazel wrote:

Could "responded to poll" be added as an activity in the logs (group's member activity log, and individual member activity log)?

While researching something else, I realized that if implemented, there should be no logging if the poll is set up for "Do not show who responded to the poll" is chosen.

Duane

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 05:43 PM, J_Catlady wrote:

I agree also. But it's already in the Guidelines page.

Oops, I hadn't seen it there.  Maybe have the Guidelines sent on join (and every month?), with a "lock immediately" hashtag.  Or make a locked post with only the charter and sticky it since the 'help' info is a sticky wiki.  Really anything that is more obvious.  (Time for a RED subject line? ;>)

Duane

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 03:39 PM, Duane wrote:

#fixed and #done are moderator hashtags, not for users.  They would be added if/when that state is reached.

That brings up the issue, which occurred to me last night, of what happens when a bug is tagged #fixed by Mark and it turns out not to really be fixed. Does Mark remove the tag? In the cases I've noticed so far, they've retained the tag. But that's probably an issue for another thread.

I do agree that there should be an easy place for others, especially newcomers, to find the mandate(s) for the group.  A sticky, either post or wiki page, would seem to be the most noticeable.

I agree also. But it's already in the Guidelines page.
 
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:52 PM, JediPirx wrote:

These are the currently available category hashtags for users :

#bug
#fixed

#suggestion
#done

#meta

#misc

#fixed and #done are moderator hashtags, not for users.  They would be added if/when that state is reached.  I do agree that there should be an easy place for others, especially newcomers, to find the mandate(s) for the group.  A sticky, either post or wiki page, would seem to be the most noticeable.

Duane

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 02:39 PM, txercoupemuseum.org wrote:

I don’t agree with everything J says

What???  You don't? Tsk, tsk! :-)
 
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Hear, Hear.

Hi All,

A lot of work on accessibility was just merged into the app. It's not complete (like the app itself), but many of the screens and menus should be accessible now. If you use a screen reader on iOS and are interested in giving feedback, please join the app subgroup and install the app, following the instructions here: https://beta.groups.io/g/app/message/2

All app feedback should be sent to the app subgroup.

Thanks, Mark

Unfortunately I have to say "I disagree" with the vast majority (or at least a whole lot) of this. I don't know where it's coming from. It does not seem to be coming from the original "charter" that Mark posted, but seems to stem from a subsequent suggestion by someone else. Just for example, this

Avoid using "I agree", "me too", "No one will use that", "That would
cause a mess", and so on

strikes me as much too broad and restrictive. It lumps in unhelpful comments like "no one would use that" with possibly helpful, constructive ones. There is such a thing as legitimate agreement or disagreement based on facts.

I also disagree with the section about "proposals" becoming "suggestions." I would not participate here if every suggestion I think of making has to go through a "proposal" process to be vetted by other group members. I realize that's the way things are done in GMF and that's fine (I don't belong to that group anyway). 

We don't "all have to focus on getting stuff implemented." We are not the company. We're just a bunch of users, all of whom have our own opinions on things.
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The suggestion is to include a group activity log entry for when a pending subscription times out and is deleted after 14 days.
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