CCG-LINK
Questions about CCG-LINK    August 2014 (Modified from Oct 2005)

What is CCG-LINK?
CCG-LINK@googlegroups.com is Craven Conservation Group (CCG)’s email discussion group

What are its aims?
To enable CCG members to share information 

Can anyone join CCG-LINK?
CCG-LINK is a private group. It has a manager (Judith Allinson – CCG’s web-editor).
People can only join if they have been sent a special email by the manager (termed “invited”).
At the moment the principle (in general) is to only invite paid up members of CCG. 
Please email if you have strong views either for or against this.

How does one join?
Ask Judith (jallinson@daelnet.co.uk) for a special invitation email. An emails will then arrive, from Judith Allinon/C/O  Googlegroups inviting you to join. When the email FROM Googlegroups arrives, return it TO Googlegroups.

Does one have to join Googlegroups in order to receive and send emails?
No, Not at all.
Googlegroups encourages you to join, and then you can find out a tiny bit more  information about CCG-LINK and you can join other Googlegroups. But you will save yourself time by not joining. To receive CCG-LINK emails all you have to do is the return the invitation email to Googlegroups

How often are messages sent through CCG-LINK.?
It has averaged 10 a month over the last four months.

Is it possible to find out who else is in CCG-LINK?
If you join Googlegroups you have to give yourself a name or nickname. Once you have joined Googlegroups you can visit the CCG-LINK pages and ask to see who else is in the group.  Thus you can read the nicknames or names of the other people who have joined. Some people have given their real names, so you can recognise them. Other people have given nicknames so you cannot recognise those. Also quite a few people in CCG-LINK have not joined Googlegroups at all so there is no name or nickname for them

How many members of CCG are in  CCG-LINK?
36 as at 29th August.

Do statements on CCG-LINK represent the official view of CCG?
No. When individuals state their views, whether they are members of CCG Planning Committee or not, the views stated are the view of the author of that email, not the view of CCG.

Is it safe to give confidential information on CCG-LINK?
No.  Whilst people should not copy emails to others without first asking permission of the author, one can never guarantee what will happen to emails once they are out in cyberspace.

Why should one bother joining CCG-LINK when Judith sends out emails about 12 times a year to all members of CCG? With news of coming events?
1)	The emails sent to “Members and Friends of CCG” are very general and non-controversial in nature, and contain a minimum of information. Information can be  posted more frequently to CCG-LINK
2)	You can find out views of other members of CCG. You can publicise ideas yourself, and ask questions.

Is it worth joining CCG-LINK?
Yes. Give it a try for a few months. (You can come off it at anytime)
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