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Club Communications
Notes:
- Anyone can join the groups (mailing lists) described below (i.e., the groups are not limited to BAOC members). However, joining a group does not make you a member of BAOC. You can become a club member here.
- Some of the old Yahoo groups below have been migrated to groups.io (https://groups.io/), because Yahoo ended their groups effective December 15, 2020. Members of an old Yahoo group should have received an invitation to join (i.e., subscribe to) the corresponding new group. [Nov. 9, 2020]
BAOC is on Social Media
Visit our Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bay-Area-Orienteering-Club/208432029957) and Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/bayareaorienteering) pages. Please join and contribute!
BayONet Email List
The BayONet has been moved from being a Yahoo group to a groups.io group (https://groups.io/g/BAOC). Invitations to join the new group have been sent to all the subscribers of the old group (i.e., the administrators of the new group are not able to subscribe existing group members). (Nov. 11, 2020)
BAOC has an electronic mailing list called the BayONet. It’s used to plan future events, discuss event results, and discuss the sport of orienteering in general. You don’t have to be a club member to subscribe; once you join you will receive all the messages sent by other group members, and you can send email to the group.
- To subscribe to the BayONet, send an email to
. You will receive an automatic response that asks you to send a short message that “proves” you are interested in orienteering (i.e., so we can prevent spammers from joining the group). If the request is approved by one of the moderators, this will subscribe the email address from which you send the message.
- To post a message to all the BayONet members, send email to . (Only group members can post messages.)
- To unsubscribe, send a blank email to . This will unsubscribe the email address from which you send the message. Or you can leave the group from your Subscription page (https://groups.io/g/BAOC/editsub) on the group’s website.
- If you have questions or need help, send an email to the .
The BayONet also has a website (https://groups.io/g/BAOC) that gives information about the group (e.g., group settings & email addresses), and an archive of past messages.
Monthly Schedule Email
This mailing list has been moved from being a Yahoo group to a groups.io group (https://groups.io/g/BAOCevents). Invitations to join the new group have been sent to all the subscribers of the old group (i.e., the administrators of the new group are not able to subscribe existing group members). (Nov. 15, 2020)
Once a month, an announcement of upcoming events is sent to the list of subscribers to this service. This list is administered like the one for the BayONet, but the addresses are different. Unlike the BayONet, however, only the list administrators can post messages to this list.
- To subscribe to the monthly mailings, send a blank email to (no anti-spammer message is needed since members cannot post messages). This will subscribe the email address from which you send the message. Alternatively, you can join from the group’s website (https://groups.io/g/BAOCevents), where you can specify the email address you want to subscribe.
- To unsubscribe, send a blank email to . This will unsubscribe the email address from which you send the message. Or you can leave the group from your Subscription page (https://groups.io/g/BAOCevents/editsub) on the group’s website.
- If you have questions or need help, send an email to the .
Like the BayONet, the BAOCevents group has a website (https://groups.io/g/BAOCevents). It has the same features described above for the BayONet website.
BAOC Training Email List
It has been decided that the BAOC Training email group will not be moved from being a Yahoo group to a Groups.io group. (Dec. 13, 2020)
BAOC has another electronic mailing list called baoct that members use to organize training activities and discuss training in more detail. For example, we use it to organize the weekly running workouts in the South Bay. Make sure you join the BayONet, too.
- To subscribe to baoct, send an email to ... (As with the BayONet, you should include a short message for the screening moderator.)
- To post a message to baoct members, send email to ...
- To unsubscribe, send a blank email to ...
- If you have questions or need help, send an email to the ...
The baoct group also has a website, at ... , where you can find out more about the list.
BAOC Juniors Email List
The BAOC Juniors email group has not been moved from being a Yahoo group to a Groups.io group. There is an ongoing discussion about whether or not to continue the group. (Dec. 13, 2020)
If you are a junior or a parent of a junior, please register for the BAOC_Juniors mailing list for information about activities for juniors. (You might also be interested in the Juniors section of this website.)
- To subscribe to BAOC_Juniors, send an email to ... (As with the BayONet, you should include a short message for the screening moderator.)
- To post a message to BAOC_Juniors members, send email to ...
- To unsubscribe, send a blank email to ...
- If you have questions or need help, send an email to the ...
Like the other Yahoo groups, the BAOC_Juniors group has a website, at ... , where you can find out more about the list.
BAOC Ski-O Email List
If you are interested in the annual Ski-O events, you can register for the BAOC Ski-O mailing list.
Note: As of July 2020, this list has been dormant for several years. Perhaps you’re interested in awakening it?
Here are the “rules” for the group:
- Anybody can view group content on the website.
- Only members can view the members list.
- Anyone can join.
- Only members can post.
- Messages from new members are moderated.
Here are instructions for how to interact with the group:
- Discussions can be viewed at this website (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sierra-ski-orienteering).
- To subscribe, go to the group website (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sierra-ski-orienteering) and click on “Join group to post”. (You need to have a Google account, and be signed in.)
- To post a message, send email to .
- To leave the group, click the “My settings” icon in the upper right corner of the Google Groups page (you have to be logged in to do this), and choose the “Leave this group” command.
- If you have questions or need help, submit a message to the group moderator (https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!contactowner/sierra-ski-orienteering) (requires a Google account).
BAOC Board of Directors Email List
If you are interested in the administration of BAOC, you can request a subscription to the BAOC Board mailing list. The Board members use the list for discussions between their quarterly meetings.
Here are the “rules” for the group:
- Only group members can post, by sending email to .
- Only group members can view messages on the list’s website (https://groups.io/g/BAOCboard).
- Anyone can request addition to the email group by sending email to . Please identify yourself in the email, and briefly explain why you want to join the email group. One of the moderators will consider your request.
- A message can be sent to the moderators at the address .
If you just want to send a message to the Board members (i.e., you don't want to join the email group), you can send your message to .