There are 2 different elements of a group that can be made private.  There is the archive of past messages and then there is the group itself.  I would suggest that even if the archives are made private, so that only group members can access them, that the groups should still be listed in the Groups.io directory.  That would mean that people looking for dance related groups could find them and apply to join.  Of course, if the intention is that only CDSS members can join the groups then I suppose they shouldn't be listed in the directory and links to the groups could be available in CDSS Commons where CDSS members can log in and then apply to join one or more lists.

Jonathan


From: Sivier, Jonathan E <jsivier@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 3:42 PM
To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Re: List archives
 

If you are a member of the group, and logged in, the numbers under the months are links to the archive.

Jonathan

From: Keith Elmo Eldridge via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 3:35 PM
To: 'barbara153' <barbara153@aol.com>; 'Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers' <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: List archives
 
Barbara wrote:
        > How would I access these lists if you change to private?

I  moved a number of genealogical Mailing Lists from RootsWeb to Groups.io in 2020.  The archives for them are not private and they at listed by month at the bottom of the page for each Group.  E.g. for my Essex-UK Group go to: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://groups.io/g/Essex-UK__;!!DZ3fjg!9gV8o9q6jEA1a6Er2YCQnai2kNjSMwFB65l8lSysasHxZnxWAwmAwH2cSfWqNeEG4wSDNCwz82fqN8Cg8LZa6z_yfaMrrI9N15Iu$
When the archives for a Group are private the message per month are shown, but there are no links, just a number. E.g. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://groups.io/g/Podger__;!!DZ3fjg!9gV8o9q6jEA1a6Er2YCQnai2kNjSMwFB65l8lSysasHxZnxWAwmAwH2cSfWqNeEG4wSDNCwz82fqN8Cg8LZa6z_yfaMrrI3g-yj8$

Cheers
        Elmo
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--Keith Elmo Eldridge
--Elmo@aphelia.co.uk
--Sheffield, England
--I am therefore I dance. I dance therefore I am.

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