RE: Suggestion re: Joining process

When someone posts on the community group should I be getting an email
to notify me? 

Jarred McGinnis, PhD

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-----Original Message-----
From: public-council-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-council-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Ian Jacobs
Sent: 09 September 2011 20:12
To: Tom Baker
Cc: public-council@w3.org
Subject: Re: Suggestion re: Joining process


On 9 Sep 2011, at 1:28 PM, Tom Baker wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 12:46:43PM -0500, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>>> Unless I'm missing something, on
http://www.w3.org/community/vivo/join one
>>> can join a group by clicking on one of two mailto: URIs (either one
has control of
>>> patents and copyrights, or one doesn't).  But I do not see a way to
join
>>> without clicking on a mailto: URI...?
>> 
>> That's the view you see because of the current state of your account.
Other people see other things at the same URI depending on their account
information.
>> 
>> Here's what's going on:
>> 
>> * You are an invited expert
>> * Before you can join the group we need to update your account with
information related to IPR. In the future you'll be able to update your
account yourself and not need to email the team. 
> 
> Understood.  However, the text says "Currently, your account does not
have this
> affiliation information, so we request that you update it by following
one of
> the following links"...  It doesn't say: "Please send email to the
team at
> (address) or following one of the following links".

Good feedback. I'll make that change.

Thanks, Tom!

Ian

> 
>> * You only need to update your account once (by sending us the info
we need).
>> * Then you can join.
>> 
>> Other people (not in this situation) see a checkbox and a submit
button. 
> 
> Sounds good - thanks!
> 
> Tom
> 
> -- 
> Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
> Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - http://dublincore.org
> 

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