Re: problems with group membership

Hi Denis,

>From Jason I had this message:

"I tried to join the community group, but I am stuck at the checkbox where
I have to declare that "I confirm that I have no significant employment
relation with any organization." I have set Desmos, Inc. as my affiliation
in my newly created w3c account, and I'm not sure what else I need to do to
get the system to accept this."

Volker had changed his affiliation before joining and couldn't join -- but
that was on a call

@Volker can you provide more details?

Thanks again for your help, Denis!
Peter.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> I think Paul's issue was a special case because he previously had an
> account participating in the CG but he changed his affiliation.
>
> In the case of Volker and Jason, I understand they created new accounts
> to join the CG so they should be able to access
> https://www.w3.org/community/mathonwebpages/join
> and join the CG.
>
> If that's not the case, do let me know and I'll investigate.
>
> Regards,
>
> Denis
>
>
>
>
> On 04/21/2016 02:38 PM, Peter Krautzberger wrote:
> > Denis,
> >
> > On a related note, Volker Sorge and Jason Merrill had a similar issue
> > when signing up.
> >
> > Here's a suggestion from another user that might help:
> >
> > "When I got to that part, I checked a checkbox saying I was affiliated
> > with an organization, and there was a dropdown of organizations to
> > choose from, and I chose "Add a new organization" in the dropdown, and
> > it presented me with a form to fill out my organization's information,
> > and I did, and then it added the organization to the dropdown and I was
> > able to proceed."
> >
> > Best,
> > Peter.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org
> > <mailto:denis@w3.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     [removing public-mathonwebpages@w3.org
> >     <mailto:public-mathonwebpages@w3.org>]
> >
> >     Hi Paul,
> >
> >     I spotted a small issue with your account after you changed your
> >     affiliation. It should now be fixed.
> >     Can you please try to join the CG again?
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Denis
> >
> >
> >     On 04/20/2016 10:12 PM, Peter Krautzberger wrote:
> >     > W3C folks,
> >     >
> >     > Could you look into this? I've heard about one other person having
> a
> >     > problem with changed affiliations.
> >     >
> >     > Let me know if we can do anything to help from the group's side.
> >     >
> >     > Thank you in advance!
> >     > Peter.
> >     >
> >     > On Apr 20, 2016 7:36 PM, "Paul Topping" <pault@dessci.com <mailto:
> pault@dessci.com>
> >     > <mailto:pault@dessci.com <mailto:pault@dessci.com>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hi,
> >     >
> >     >     In order to correct my affiliation, I tried leaving the group
> >     >     (http://www.w3.org/community/mathonwebpages/) and then
> >     rejoining. It
> >     >     now seems to be in some sort of limbo state. When I visit
> >     >     https://www.w3.org/community/mathonwebpages/join, it tells me:
> >     >
> >     >     "You are already participating in this group as an unaffiliated
> >     >     individual. You may leave the group."
> >     >
> >     >     If I click on the "leave the group" link, it takes me to
> >     >     https://www.w3.org/community/mathonwebpages/leave. I check "I
> >     agree
> >     >     to leave this group" and click LEAVE GROUP but it gives me an
> >     error
> >     >     message:
> >     >
> >     >     "he following errors were encountered: W3cDbObject requested
> with
> >     >     NULL id ,W3cDbObject requested with NULL id ,Cannot leave a
> group
> >     >     you're not participating in"
> >     >
> >     >     If I assume that I am actually now not part of the group and
> >     try to
> >     >     rejoin "...on behalf of your organization", it gives me:
> >     >
> >     >     "Your request failed because you did not confirm your
> affiliation.
> >     >     Please try again."
> >     >
> >     >     As far as I can see it didn't ask me to confirm my
> >     affiliation. If I
> >     >     go to my profile page, it shows my correct affiliation with
> Design
> >     >     Science.
> >     >
> >     >     Paul
> >     >
> >
> >
>