Re:GROUP RELATED - belonging and feeling left out

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and group;

I joined another group to learn about SSD.. I am moving to cleveland

ohio and wanted to learn about the moving procedure with Social

security.. I don't want to be with out my checks for months like

some people I met because of moving to a new state..

THe rules was long and harsh for that support group,, Even said not

to post with out permission.. I gave up.. I couldnt figure out how

to send my question. I clicked at the bottom of their site to be

taken off the mailing list.. Please do ask for people to make

paragraphs when writting so I can read it better haaaaaaaaaa.

Your an easy going person.. I did make some mistakes at the

beginning.. Chriss has a good idea about rules.. I could have saved

myself some imbarrasement if I understood the rules better. Please

don't put harsh rules like the ssd group lol.. ANother idea is to

write their names or nics at the end of the post,, Just an idea

gentle hugs

CLORA

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> and Group,

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> Just a thought but I wondered if a brief summary of the 'rules' of

the postings  by you as moderator , as a regular 'rolling' post say

once a month might be helpful? All groups are different,making

an 'entrance'as a newbie can takes courage.

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> Something similar happens on our local freecycle group. It could

help new joiners or infrequent posters rejoin or jump in. First

posts can be tricky for some especially if they are in distress and

feeling isolated or misunderstood by the world in gerneral, or if

their views are not mainstream. It would be sad if they didn't

return for a while to see if it could give them a safe place to

come. I know you would agree with this?

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> Perhaps titled 'for the comfort of the group'  or similar??? so it

didn't sound in any way officious and non- welcoming.

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> I too was very interested to learn the work behind the scenes of

how this 'ship' generally stays so steady on rough seas with

its 'passengers' with things in common as well as many different

outlooks.  Thanks, .

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> Groups are obviously only as good as their moderator!!

> Compliment fully intended!

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> Best wishes

> UK

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> > im curious about siggys

> > im mostly a lurker but have posted a few times, i do have an

email siggy

> > with a weight loss tracker, is that acceptable, if not, please

let me know

> > and i

> > will try and remember to remove it when i post

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> > Michele

> > mom to 3

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> > (http://www.tickerfa ctory.com/ weight-loss/ waD2Uy6/)

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