TeenagerMom Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Do they use Facebook? Have a message forum? Email? Does anyone use Google Groups? I think I asked this before but can't find the thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) The largest listserv groups all seem to still use Yahoo Groups around here. There are some Facebook groups, but the Yahoo lists are still going strong. Our "statewide" group has a Facebook page. The larger co-ops that I'm aware of have listservs that they operate. My tiny co-op uses text mostly, which we can do because we're tiny. ETA: Oh, and I've seen many groups also use Doodle. Edited July 30, 2017 by Farrar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Another option is WhatsApp. Our HOA has a bunch of WhatsApp chat groups: One for everybody, one for the lady who is legally in charge (she is the "Administrator"), one for our street, one for the Zumba class, etc. It's free and it works very well. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook as I recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 We use Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I am on a couple of yahoo lists that are still going strong but not as many new members. Most communication and new people happen through the facebook groups. Edited July 30, 2017 by kewb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 We have a Facebook Group. We also send out important stuff to everyone by email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) We have a Shutterfly Share site. I think it works very well. Every message can be sent from a person's email program or the website, and all messages get sent to email and the site, so people can read however they prefer. We do have trouble with Comcast members not getting emails, but that seems to be a known issue with Comcast, and they haven't fixed it yet. But Shutterfly allows for easy uploading of pics (convenient to use them for printing but no requirements to do so), creating Sign-up sheets, storing files, adding PayPal buttons, etc. And it's free. We casually communicate via Facebook some too, but anything official goes through Shutterfly. Not all of our members are on FB. We've had requests for a FB group though, so if I make one, maybe I'll make it for board members only to post important events. The big Homeschool group around here has a FB group for anyone, but paying members get access to their site at Homeschool-life. That was a little cost prohibitive for my smaller local group though, hence Shutterfly. Oh, and this year we have also asked for a text number. We will use that for emergency last minute stuff like for field trips. Not everyone can check email on the road but most of our people have some sort of text capability, so we can send out stuff like, "This is Susan. The parking lot at the museum is blocked off, so please use the lot across the street." It'll save the field trip coordinator from needing to call everyone. Edited July 30, 2017 by happypamama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Facebook group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 One has their privately-run forum on their webpage. The local one has both a Yahoo group & a Facebook group. We have some people just on one, some just on the other, and a few people who overlap. Someday, it'll be divisive. For now, we're getting along ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Yahoo group email loop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Mostly Facebook around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Our co-op has a FB group. We used to use a Shutterfly site, but no one ever checked it, so we switched to FB since most people are there already pretty regularly. The other homeschool circles I'm part of use FB groups as well. I'm still on a Yahoo group for HSing in our state, but there's maybe one new post a day there, and it's usually by the "old guard" HSers--as in, their kids are nearly done with high school, so they're not switching platforms now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Our co-op (about 80ish families) uses both Facebook and Remind (the former for general stuff, the latter for specific class communications) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 There's a yahoogroup and maaaaaany Facebook groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Facebook. Google Yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABmom Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Facebook mostly. One group has another website that automatically sends emails and lets people sign up for field trips and pay via PayPal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 homeschool-life.com. But we are a large group with a lot of stuff happening so the small per-family fee is worth it. Plus they can sign up and pay via the website and this is very helpful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 we use various grunts and hand gestures :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Facebook or Meetup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 homeschool-life.com. But we are a large group with a lot of stuff happening so the small per-family fee is worth it. Plus they can sign up and pay via the website and this is very helpful. Our group uses this too. It's soooooo much nicer than FB or yahoo groups. Most people get email updates from the site, but the site has forums, a calendar, and scheduling/registration features too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerMom Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Our group uses this too. It's soooooo much nicer than FB or yahoo groups. Most people get email updates from the site, but the site has forums, a calendar, and scheduling/registration features too. I like homeschoollife. I just hate the cost. We try to keep our membership fees low so it isn't cost prohibitive, so we would have to raise them to pay for the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I like homeschoollife. I just hate the cost. We try to keep our membership fees low so it isn't cost prohibitive, so we would have to raise them to pay for the site. I think it ended up being about $8 per family for the year. Leadership put it off for a few years because of the cost, but the $8 is sooo worth the convenience to members and it saves the people who organize classes and events so much time. It's just not fair to say that the organizers should volunteer more and more hours of their valuable time so I don't have to part with $8. In the end, the general membership had to convince them that it really was ok to cover this by increasing membership. It also keeps the anti-FB crowd happy and got us away from the sinking YahooGroups ship. Since you have to be signed up to register for classes, all those people who could never figure out Yahoo, and were eternally out of the loop, became suddenly computer savvy so they could enroll their kids in classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 We use a Google Group E-loop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Two of them mostly do FB. The other one has one of those websites with homeschool-life. This paying online thing mentioned upthread is new to me. I don't know if ours does that. We pay one sum at registration and I don't know how much of it goes to maintaining the site. I never thought about it. I do occasionally get emails, too. I don't know how often they will use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaissance Mom Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 We use a Google Group E-loop That's what we use. We have one for moms only, one for the kids in our dialectic classes and their parents, and another one for the kids in our rhetoric classes and their parents. We only need this for communication since we use Moodle for assignments, grades, links, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 The last group I was in used only FB. For awhile they tried to have an email coordinator who would summarize the info from FB and send it out to the non-FB members. But then they decided it was just too much effort to continue that and went completely FB. When they did the email there was a lot of info that didn't get passed along because it was mostly last minute or smaller stuff--like who's going to park day or does anyone have this book, that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Facebook and email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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