Hi Everyone!

As I’m sure you’ve noticed we’ve launched Commons 1.0.0! It’s been a lot of hard work and we’re glad to finally roll out some changes we’ve had lined up. Most of them are subtle so I wanted drop in here and highlight one in particular that will be relevant to everyone in this group. As Scott Voth @ScottVoth mentioned on the Commons News blog there’s been a change to how you communicate in your groups. In the past on the front page for your group there was a box to insert text and send out to the entire group. We’ve moved this feature so that now it is under the ‘Announcements’ tab to the left. You still have the option to post only to the group or to send as an email to members as well. The reasoning behind this move was to help create a better distinction between a group announcement (such as ‘Meeting has been moved to Tuesday) and a forum post that’s intended to generate some conservation between members of your group. We hope this change will help with fractured conversations and facilitate better communication. If you have any questions about this or any suggestions for making it more useful please send me a message and I’ll be happy to work with you.

Best,
Brian Foote
Community Facilitator
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