1. 1 Tri-Creek District Google Groups

2. Google Groups Four Google Groups are used to communicate 1.Tri-Creek Scouts All Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venture Crew leaders Used most frequently 2.Tri-Creek Boy Scouts All Boy Scout leaders and Merit Badge counselors 3.Tri-Creek Cub Scouts All Cub Scout leaders 4.Tri-Creek Merit Badge Counselors All Boy Scout Merit Badge counselors 2

3. Google Groups Home 3 https://groups.google.com

4. My Google Groups 4

5. Tri-Creek Scouts Posts to the group are distributed as email messages to members based on each member’s settings Groups are moderated, meaning Joe or I have to approve any posts before they are distributed Members can post to the group by sending an email to TriCreekScouts@googlegroups.comTriCreekScouts@googlegroups.com Members can unsubscribe from the group by sending an email to TriCreekScouts+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com TriCreekScouts+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/tricreekscouts https://groups.google.com/d/forum/tricreekscouts For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 5

6. Replying To a Post If you reply to an email (post), the message only goes to the person that sent the original email If you reply all and include the TriCreekScouts@GoogleGroups.com email, then the reply will go to everyone after it is approved by Joe or Lois TriCreekScouts@GoogleGroups.com 6

7. Sending an Email to the Group To send an email to the group, sent the message to TriCreekScouts@GoogleGroups.com and after it is approved, it will be distributed to everyone TriCreekScouts@GoogleGroups.com 7

8. Group Email Addresses I was inconsistent in how I set up the accounts (newbie error) TriCreekScouts@GoogleGroups.com (no dashes)TriCreekScouts@GoogleGroups.com Tri-Creek-Boy-Scouts@GoogleGroups.com (all dashes)Tri-Creek-Boy-Scouts@GoogleGroups.com Tri-Creek-Cub-Scouts@GoogleGroups.com (all dashes)Tri-Creek-Cub-Scouts@GoogleGroups.com Tri-Creek-Merit-Badge-Counselors@GoogleGroups.com (all dashes)Tri-Creek-Merit-Badge-Counselors@GoogleGroups.com 8

9. Your Settings You can set how you receive email messages You can set how you are seen by the group 9

10. Request to Join the Group Navigate to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tricreekscouts and click on the link to joinhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tricreekscouts 10