Y!G Happenings

Dear Yahoo! Clubs Member,
We have exciting news to share with you. We want you to be among the first to know that Yahoo! Clubs will be merging with Yahoo! Groups. In a few weeks, your Yahoo! Clubs service will take on a new look and feel.

What's Happening With Yahoo! Clubs?
Yahoo! Clubs will soon merge with Yahoo! Groups. Don't worry, all your Yahoo! Clubs web addresses and URLs will continue to work, all data and event ownership will be maintained, and your entire club membership will carry over. This will all happen automatically.
You will be able to access your group by:

Clicking on your group name from the My Groups area off the main page of Yahoo! Groups:

http://groups.yahoo.com
Typing in your current clubs URL:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/title
Entering your new groups URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/*title
title = the name of your club with no spaces or apostrophes.
(Example: "Bobby's Fish Club" would be "bobbysfishclub")
*NOTE: some club titles will change when converted to Groups. If your club title changes, you will be notified of the ne w title upon entering your old club URL. (Your old Club URL will always be supported and redirected.)
The best part? There's no need to register again to access your group. The Yahoo! ID you currently use for Yahoo! Clubs will log you in on both the Yahoo! Groups homepage, and within your individual group.

What's New?

The major features you know and love about Yahoo! Clubs will be part of Yahoo! Groups. In addition, we've added some new functionality that we hope you'll enjoy.
Yahoo! Groups will have lots of new features and even better customization.

As a group member, you will be able to:
Post messages to your group by email -- and stay in touch with your group from anywhere, without having to log into the Web
Search the message archive in your group by keyword
Create and maintain databases to store information
Choose from thousands more groups that fit your interests
Choose from more descriptive search results to help you locate the right group for your needs

Additionally, group owners and moderators (known as founders on Yahoo! Clubs) will be able to:
Moderate messages before they are posted
Moderate members to decide who is allowed to join your group
Turn certain features on and off whenever you like
Offer members custom levels of access to group features
Customize moderator abilities
Add HTML to your Group Description (known as the Founder's Message in Yahoo! Clubs)
And much, much more!

Additional Resources

For more information about the merger, or about Yahoo! Groups:
Read our Merger FAQ
Refer to the Yahoo! Groups help pages
On behalf of everyone here at Yahoo! Groups, thanks for being a member of our service.

Sincerely,
The Yahoo! Groups Team

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PicketFence Editor and Staff