Leadership Alliance Online Forum
Frequently Asked Questions
This
page was last updated
July 7, 2007
and is sent to the Online Forum monthly.
The moderators are frequently asked the following
questions:
Q1: I am getting too many emails from the
Leadership Alliance - what can I do?
-or-
I am going on vacation, how
can I stop email from the online forum while I'm out of town?
A1: Please do not be alarmed if you begin
to receive a flood of messages from the Leadership Alliance, as you
have
a choice to make as to how you receive them. You may choose to get them
(approx. 5 - 10 per day) individually, or as the digest version - all
in
one message once a day. You may also choose not to receive
any email at all and read the messages on the Yahoo site if you prefer
an online forum.
- The default setting is Individual Messages, so you don't need
to anything initially if that is your choice. But if you have changed
the setting for your account and want to change it back to individual
messages, send a blank email to LeadersAlliance-normal@yahoogroups.com.
- If you prefer to receive the Digest Version, send a blank email
to
LeadersAlliance-digest@yahoogroups.com.
- If you do not want to receive email messages from the online forum, send a blank email to
LeadersAlliance-nomail@yahoogroups.com.
This is a good option if you prefer to read messages on the Yahoo site
and the way to temporarily "stop the mail" when you go on
vacation. When you want to receive email from the list again, use the
appropriate command to set your account to Individual Messages or to
Digest Version. Please use the Special Notice option rather than No Mail so you will receive urgent messages from the moderators.
There is a short delay until the database is updated,
but it does work.
Another way to change your delivery options is to edit your account on the Yahoo site. To do this, go to http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance and click the Edit Membership link near the top of the page. You can change your delivery options and make other changes in your account there such as changing your email address or your profile, whether you want to receive messages in the traditional (text) format or the new and improved fully featured format. You will need to associate a Yahoo ID with your membership in this Group and be logged in with Yahoo to access this option. See question 2 below for details.
A better option than setting your email to No Mail when you are away is to set it to Special Notices instead. This means that you will receive notices sent by the Moderators as Special Notices but will not receive any other email from the online forum. In order to choose this option, you will need to edit your account on the Yahoo site.
Q2: I paid my dues to join LA, but I am unable
to access the information on the Yahoo site at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance
A2: The LA online forum is actually a Yahoo
Group, and access toour Yahoo site is restricted to LA members who are
members of
the LeadersAlliance group at Yahoo. If you are receiving email from the
online forum, you are a member of the LeadersAlliance Yahoo group. But
for Yahoo to recognize
you as a member of the group, you must register with Yahoo, sign in,
and your subscription in the Group must be associated with your Yahoo
Profile.
Follow the instructions
in the Ins and Outs of the Yahoo Site to
join Yahoo, sign in, or associate your email address with your existing
Yahoo profile so the Yahoo computer will recognize you as a member of
this group. If you have any difficulty doing this, please email the moderators and ask us to send you a Request for Profile.
Note that you must be registered - and
signed in - with Yahoo to access our Yahoo site. If you
have registered before and cannot access the Files or archived Messages
or other materials on the Yahoo site, you need to sign in. Look near the
top of the page. You will see either a link to Sign In or a link to Sign
Out. If you see the Sign In link, click it and follow instructions on
the screen.
Q3: I've changed my email address and now
I can't post to the online forum. What can I do?
A3: Please notify the LA
office of your change of email address.
We'll change our records to reflect the change. The email address
for the
office
is
included
in every
message from the online forum and it is provided at the bottom of this page.
You have two choices as to how to change your email
address on Yahoo - you can do it yourself or you can ask the LA office
to do it for you.
Doing it yourself.
If you have established a Yahoo Profile and can access the information
on the Yahoo site, you may prefer to change it yourself.
Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups
and click on Email Preferences then click on Add
Email Address to add the new email address
to
your account.
Return to http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups
and click on Edit My Groups. Use the pull down list to select
the new email address for LeadersAlliance. If you are a member of
other
groups, you can easily change them at the same time.
Asking the LA Office to do it for you.
No one can modify your Yahoo account for you - only you can do that.
The only way we can change your email address is to unsubscribe your
old email
address from the online forum and then subscribe the new one. This is a
good option if you do not wish to access the Yahoo site, and we'll
be happy to do
it for you.
When you email your change of email address
to the
LA Office,
ask the office administrator to change it for you on the online forum.
The email address for the LA Office is given on every email message
from the online forum.
Please note that you will get a message
to your old email address when that email address is unsubscribed
- just ignore it. You will also get the new member message to the
new email address. We suggest that you read and keep that - the
information may have been updated since you were first subscribed
and it's good to have the latest copy.
If you ask the LA office to do this for you, you
will need to reset your delivery options if you don't want to receive
the Individual
Messages. See the new member message or Question 1 above if you
don't remember how to do this.
If you wish to access the Yahoo website, you will
need to associate your new subscription to the list with your Yahoo
ID. Follow the instructions on
the Ins
and Outs of the Yahoo Site page to associate your new email address
with your Yahoo profile so the Yahoo computer will recognize you
as a
member of this group.
If you access the Yahoo site, it is easier for you
if you change your email address yourself. But, please don't forget
to let the office know that you have a new email address so we can
keep the LA records up to date.
Q4: I have a new computer, or want to work
from my laptop or from work, and Yahoo does not recognize me on the other
computer. I see Welcome Visitor when I attempt to visit the Yahoo website.
Do I have to do that Yahoo thing again?
A4: You never have to do the Yahoo thing
again.
<yea!> If you use the same email address on the other computer,
all you need to do it Sign In on the other computer. See the previous
questions
for
additional
information. If you use different email addresses on the two computers,
please see the next question.
If you have completed the process of associating
a Yahoo ID with your email address, the moderators can tell you what you
selected as a Yahoo ID. They cannot tell you what you used as a password
- they don't know and Yahoo will not tell them.
Q5: I'd like to access the Yahoo web site
and/or post messages from the office, but can't. My office email address
is not recognized. What can I do?
A5: You can receive email at only one email
address, but you can post from and access the Yahoo site from several
email addresses.
To enter alternate email addresses, just go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups,
click on LeadersAlliance, then click on Edit My Membership. You will
be able to enter additional email addresses and specify which one you
want to have your messages sent to.
You will need to validate the new email addresses.
Again, this means that Yahoo will send you an email to that email address
and you must give the code from the message to prove that you get email
at that address.
You will need to Sign In on the other computer
as explained above.
I hope this will answer some of your questions.
Please ask the moderators if you have questions not covered here. Who
knows - maybe you'll see your question on the list next time.
This
message will be sent to you every month. Please note the date and check
for any changes.
Remember that you can always find information about
the online forum on the LA website at http://SimplexityLeaders.org including the Guidelines for the online forum and the Ins and Outs that describe the many features on the LA Yahoo site.
Mary Lou Smith and Margaret Dexter
Yahoo Group Moderators
Important addresses and links are given below:
The
Leadership Alliance
5304 Alva Avenue • Klamath
Falls, OR 97603-0512
Voicemail / Fax phone number: (541) 273-6346
Email: Click here to
email the office or click here to
email the moderators
LA website: http://SimplexityLeaders.org
(for everyone)
LA Yahoo site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance
(for LA members only)
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