Creating a CI36 Group

You can use Groups to coordinate and document your CI36 events.

Anyone enrolled and logged into the Community Site can create a Group. A Group simply consists of a profile page, along with a dedicated forum for discussions. Any Community Site members can freely join or leave your Group (as long as you have given them permission to do so).

What can a Group be used for?

• An event happening at CI36
• A CI36 satellite event
• People participating in a particular CI36-related performance score
• A juicy discussion that wants to continue
• A spontaneously organizing group that occurs during CI36
• Any event that wants its own dedicated place on the Community Site
• ...Your brilliant idea!

Instructions:

1. Sign up or sign in (if you signed up already) on the Community Site home page at http://ci36community.ning.com.
2. You will then be signed in automatically and taken to your personal profile page.
3. Upload a picture of yourself, if you have one. (You can do this later, if you need to.)
4. Click "Groups" in the top navigation links to go to the main Groups page.
5. Click the link "create a new group" at the top left.
6. Choose a Group name.
7. Enter a short description for the Group.
8. Upload an icon image, if you have one.
9. Change the Group web address, if you want something other than the default.
10. For Privacy, choose how open you want the Group to be. Leave the setting on "Anyone" if you want to allow anyone to join.
11. FOR EVENT COORDINATORS: If you have a main event info page, then under "External Website", for the name, enter "Event Info Page" or something similar and for the URL, enter its URL, which starts with "http://myriadicity.net/ci36".
12. Click "Create Group". Once the Group has been created, you’ll be taken to its main profile page.
13. In the center column, under the green welcome message, is a generic text box, where you can enter a fuller description of the Group. Click "Edit" to change the contents of this box. Text format, and images can be added as well. If applicable, this would be a good place to tell members what tag they should use for photos, videos, and other content relevant to the Group.
14. Once you've created your group, it may be useful to start a catchall discussion in its discussion forum. Group discussions serve as a kind of bulletin board where members can see everything that has been posted before. For example, you might want an ongoing discussion about "Progress", to discuss activities as they occur and plans as they develop.

Once you've created your group you can include its address in a Satellite Event Proposal. You can also invite members to your group, to participate in your event, and you can edit the Group info, broadcast messages to all members, moderate content, and even delete the Group. Generally speaking, people will automatically see the newly created Group on the Community Site home page.