Sending email to members from leaders
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Sending email to members from leaders
I'm a High Priests Group Leader and want to email the members of our quorum. I know I can do it on lds.tools but only if I use my iphone or ipad. Is there a way to email members of my ward high priest group using leader and clerk resources on lds.org?
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
If I understand correctly, you should be able to do that:growlesmt wrote:I'm a High Priests Group Leader and want to email the members of our quorum. I know I can do it on lds.tools but only if I use my iphone or ipad. Is there a way to email members of my ward high priest group using leader and clerk resources on lds.org?
- Go to lds.org
Sign in to your LDS Account.
Go to your ward directory.
Make sure it's showing your ward and not the stake or another unit.
In the left-hand menu, click on 'Ward Organizations'.
In the second column from the left, click on 'High Priests'.
In the right-hand column, click on 'Email all High Priests'.
(Disclaimer: I'm a ward membership clerk, but I can see that list, and I'm of the understanding that quorum/group leadership has that capability, as well.)
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
Can you email the entire ward / branch?
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
The Send a Message application will allow you to email the entire ward/branch (or a subset of the entire ward/branch). I would advise caution - just because members have their email address on their profile doesn't mean they want a bunch of emails for things they may not be interested in.
I'm not sure what would happen if a bunch of members (who happen to have the same ISP) mark your email blast as spam.
I'm not sure what would happen if a bunch of members (who happen to have the same ISP) mark your email blast as spam.
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
My guess is that if a number of members with the same provider (gmail, yahoo, etc) were to mark it as spam, others who use the same provider may not see future emails.davesudweeks wrote:I'm not sure what would happen if a bunch of members (who happen to have the same ISP) mark your email blast as spam.
So, I'd second the caution about the frequency and content of the emails.
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
I'm a Ward Clerk and I'm not seeing the ability to email groups of membership. (i.e. Elder's Quorum, Relief Society, etc.) Is this something that was removed from Ward Clerks' abilities? help!!
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
In LCR --> [Applications] --> [Send a Message]echapin wrote:I'm a Ward Clerk and I'm not seeing the ability to email groups of membership. (i.e. Elder's Quorum, Relief Society, etc.) Is this something that was removed from Ward Clerks' abilities? help!!
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
Seconding that path. Also, the access table says Ward Clerks have access to that function. Assistant Ward Clerk - Membership also has access to that function.klricks wrote:...
In LCR --> [Applications] --> [Send a Message]
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
Could this be used to send a ward newsletter and if so,how could members unsubscribe?
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Re: Sending email to members from leaders
Assuming there's a good answer to the question of how to unsubscribe, there's another issue that may warrant a bit of caution. Currently, there appears to be a defect in the 'Send a Message' tool in LCR, which manifests itself if a PDF file is sent as an attachment. This is a copy-paste (with indentation added) of the part header from a message I received from a member of my bishopric:davidpladgeman wrote:Could this be used to send a ward newsletter and if so,how could members unsubscribe?
- >>>> ------=_Part_1474758_465373419.1544593623998
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; name="Ward FHE flyer.pdf"
>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>>>> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Ward FHE flyer.pdf"
I plan to report the defect in hope that the first-level service missionary will take the report seriously and send it up the chain rather than send back the usual canned response that I need to delete my cookies and clear my browser's cache.