Re: Increasing Membership & Mail Volume

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm way behind in posting as usual, but wanted to offer one possible option

to our group. Mail volume isn't likely to taper off when we have so many

new people joining all the time. The bipolar support group I belong to

started out the same way we did here. As the group grew, we divided off

into two groups. Because there are so many parents in need of support for

their bipolar children, we now have SIXTEEN groups. Each time we have to

add a new group, we ask for roots volunteers to step over to the new group,

at least for awhile, to get the newbies involved, informed and feeling at

home. I've been on bp1, bp2, bp4 and now bp5. I've made many wonderful

friends and although there are people on the previous groups that I was with

that I miss, those most important to me, I've kept in touch with off list

anyway. So maybe it's time for our PSC group to start a second one. You

wouldn't have to change any rules or set new guidelines different from this

group. Maybe when each group reaches one hundred members that would be a

good time to split off. The moderators keep in touch with each other.

Those members who choose to temporarily go to a new group have the option of

coming " home " once the new group gets their feet on the ground.

Food for thought.

----- Original Message -----

> On the other hand, I understand the problem with the volume of mail on >

the group. I suppose if we start losing lots of people due to inability

> to cope with the number of messages, it might not be a bad idea to start >

a new, more strictly moderated group (no personal messages or off topic >

stuff etc.) I'm not personally sure that we've reached that point yet. >

What do the rest of you think?

>

> Love,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm way behind in posting as usual, but wanted to offer one possible option

to our group. Mail volume isn't likely to taper off when we have so many

new people joining all the time. The bipolar support group I belong to

started out the same way we did here. As the group grew, we divided off

into two groups. Because there are so many parents in need of support for

their bipolar children, we now have SIXTEEN groups. Each time we have to

add a new group, we ask for roots volunteers to step over to the new group,

at least for awhile, to get the newbies involved, informed and feeling at

home. I've been on bp1, bp2, bp4 and now bp5. I've made many wonderful

friends and although there are people on the previous groups that I was with

that I miss, those most important to me, I've kept in touch with off list

anyway. So maybe it's time for our PSC group to start a second one. You

wouldn't have to change any rules or set new guidelines different from this

group. Maybe when each group reaches one hundred members that would be a

good time to split off. The moderators keep in touch with each other.

Those members who choose to temporarily go to a new group have the option of

coming " home " once the new group gets their feet on the ground.

Food for thought.

----- Original Message -----

> On the other hand, I understand the problem with the volume of mail on >

the group. I suppose if we start losing lots of people due to inability

> to cope with the number of messages, it might not be a bad idea to start >

a new, more strictly moderated group (no personal messages or off topic >

stuff etc.) I'm not personally sure that we've reached that point yet. >

What do the rest of you think?

>

> Love,

>

>