Whatsap for a club?
Discussion
I am looking at how to set up a group for a club.
It would be used for general updates, emergency messages and invitations.
Is this reasonable use for this? I have never set up a group before?
Is it possible to have say 3 or 4 admins and have everyone else as read only?
I dont want it to descend into noise as some of the messages could be very important.
Currently this is done by email using a mailer but its slow (in that not everyone checks their email often) and only a couple of people have access so unless you can get hold of one of those two you cant get a message sent so there can be a delay of a day or two which is not much use.
Any advice from anyone? My other thought is SMS like text local, but there is a cost and also limited to just a text no photos or video.
It would be used for general updates, emergency messages and invitations.
Is this reasonable use for this? I have never set up a group before?
Is it possible to have say 3 or 4 admins and have everyone else as read only?
I dont want it to descend into noise as some of the messages could be very important.
Currently this is done by email using a mailer but its slow (in that not everyone checks their email often) and only a couple of people have access so unless you can get hold of one of those two you cant get a message sent so there can be a delay of a day or two which is not much use.
Any advice from anyone? My other thought is SMS like text local, but there is a cost and also limited to just a text no photos or video.
Brainpox said:
WhatsApp (on iOS at least) recently launched Communities. You can set up an announcement group which only admins can post to and then additional group chats if needed. It’s quite new so don’t know if it’s fully featured yet, but might be what you want.
It is available on Android as well.For urgent matters they are a good way of keeping people informed, and getting consensus quickly between committee meetings.
The danger is that those with plenty of time on their hands end up in long-winded conversations whilst the ones with lives and jobs get sick of reading the seemingly endless discussions, and those who can't join in at the time get left behind by the conversation before they have had an opportunity to contribute.
For a club committee it really needs to be 'everyone or no one' on the group. Otherwise the Whatsapp group end up a clique and the others end up finding that decisions which concern them are effectively done and dusted before they are even aware of the issue.
The danger is that those with plenty of time on their hands end up in long-winded conversations whilst the ones with lives and jobs get sick of reading the seemingly endless discussions, and those who can't join in at the time get left behind by the conversation before they have had an opportunity to contribute.
For a club committee it really needs to be 'everyone or no one' on the group. Otherwise the Whatsapp group end up a clique and the others end up finding that decisions which concern them are effectively done and dusted before they are even aware of the issue.
GliderRider said:
For urgent matters they are a good way of keeping people informed, and getting consensus quickly between committee meetings.
The danger is that those with plenty of time on their hands end up in long-winded conversations whilst the ones with lives and jobs get sick of reading the seemingly endless discussions, and those who can't join in at the time get left behind by the conversation before they have had an opportunity to contribute.
For a club committee it really needs to be 'everyone or no one' on the group. Otherwise the Whatsapp group end up a clique and the others end up finding that decisions which concern them are effectively done and dusted before they are even aware of the issue.
It would really be one way comms tbh. Which it sounds like is possible, so I am going to look at setting it up.The danger is that those with plenty of time on their hands end up in long-winded conversations whilst the ones with lives and jobs get sick of reading the seemingly endless discussions, and those who can't join in at the time get left behind by the conversation before they have had an opportunity to contribute.
For a club committee it really needs to be 'everyone or no one' on the group. Otherwise the Whatsapp group end up a clique and the others end up finding that decisions which concern them are effectively done and dusted before they are even aware of the issue.
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