There are good help docs and I'm also happy to do some training, especially if multiple people have similar questions.

Also we can use this thread to play around and get used to the features. I am particularly interested to see if I get an email if people react or reply to this comment

I do not get an email with reactions on comments that are not my own

And if you are concerned about notifying people by playing around you can check out the Sandbox subgroup.

However, hopefully all are aware we are all able to unsubscribe from notifications in any thread with a button just below the context.

I did not get a notification that the proposal was edited, either in email or in loomio

Yes if we don't choose the notify option it appears one can modify their own posts silently. Admin are also allowed to modify posts. This history is saved in the edit history which is accessible though the expanded options (...)

@Yuriy Fazylov you asked about reactions and replies. This section of the help doc might help clarify. Replying to this comment will notify me and I can answer any related questions.

one frustrating thing about loomio - I don't see an easy way to activate notifications for all activity, or all activity within a channel, or something, and especially for some of the people in the organization, it's going to be important to be able to easily keep on track of everything that has updates without clicking into each thing, considering loomio's more specialized role as decision making software.

I don't think that it would be nessarily useful to see all activity but I think it's a group setting. Did you set it on both the main group and officers for yourself?

Here is the relevant doc

@chirag raval It's not clear to me what your poll is about. I understand just wanting to try out a feature, but the question about "Was this Efficient" I do not understand.

that was a test. if i can delete it I would.

No worries. The thread is for people to play around to get a sense of the tool. Just keep in mind that you triggered an email notification to all the people on the thread. Maybe edit your question to be more descriptive so people who read it don't think it's some sort of spammy message.

I cannot make any edits so if anyone is wondering that is what I can tell. Also is the goal a resounding YES here? I would think it is.

Try the 3 dots. If that doesn't work i guess it's a good to know that non-admins can't edit polls. You should be able to edit your comments though.

Could you share with us the result of your poll?

Oh you see the same thing I see. For some reason I had assumed that the votes would be open to your inspection. If you want to sum up the outcome of your vote please do! As I mentioned in my comment it would be preferable if you did not create unnecessary email by notifying all. Thanks for playing around.

I don't think I told you but making threads is restricted to admins of the group. But if you let me know the thread you want to make I'm happy to green-light it and let you post.

Notifications, if there are any, are missing me.
Is anything happening with BWOB?

@Ellen Jorgensen Wanted to add a pointer here on a comment I saw on your first thread and proposal. Chirag and I both made independent comments on your thread. To give the commenter notice and to organize the thread better the reply button (indicated in red) can be used to add a reply to a specific comment. The preferred behaviour would have been to use the reply button (circled in red) to address your request for clarification to Chirag directly. You are also able to see where I clicked the reply button (arrow in red) to open a response to your comment. I then thought it would be better to add that to this help thread so others can also learn from this example.

I was reviewing a thread and found a question about the Code of Conduct I'd like to repost here:

Q: In terms of “Ask Questions First/When in doubt ask” who do I ask if the respondent I have chosen is not replying? What and where is the chain of respondents’ contacts? When is a good time to ask? (more to come)

A: I interpret the code of “Ask Questions First/When in doubt ask” as as speaking towards they way in which we assume something of the ideas of others but may forget to ask for clarification before responding to the idea.

• If the respondent you have chosen is not responding, then unfortunately that conversation may be over. A big part of the Codes of Conduct is to eliminate harassment but still allow for disagreement and the voicing of disagreement. Might be better to phrase your comment as "I disagree with ... because I believe ..." and leave it there. I would suggest not replying directly anymore and, if you are still interested in contributing to the thread, thinking about the context of the thread and how a new comment may continue or promote a different discussion. It's possible a thread might have mutually incompatible ideas, even ideas that are not aligned with the Mission Vision Values, but until a poll gains alignment on some issue (and even then it's only as strong as its quorum) then I am of the current opinion we can tolerate the disagreement.