The State Council groups on OR Nurse Link are unlike Speciality Assembly and Chapter groups because AORN does not maintain State Council membership lists -- the State Councils do. Because individual State Councils maintain their own membership lists, AORN has no way of knowing which members should automatically be added to State Council groups on OR Nurse Link.
In some cases, State Councils have reported their officers and board members to AORN, so we have that information and have manually added those members as State Council Group owners to kick-start group participation.But it's up to the individual State Councils to keep the group owners on OR Nurse Link current and invite their members to the group.
If you have a membership email list for your state council, the best way to invite a large number of members to your group is to compose an invitation email via your email program, and include the link to your group.It's best to send the members to the Group Profile page.To find that link, click on the Group Profile tab in the middle of your group's pages.When you're on the Group Profile page, copy that URL to your clipboard to paste into your invitation email.
Your group's Profile Page link will look something like this:http://www.ornurselink.org/Groups/State%20Councils/virginia-state-council/Pages/profile.aspx After clicking on the link in your email, members will have to login to OR Nurse Link and click the Join This Group button to join your group.More information for managing your State Council Group:Change Group OwnersMessage Group Members Approve Group Members Upload a Group Logo Set Up a Listserv for Your GroupChange Group Access & Visibility SettingsInvite Group Members Via the Invite Members Button< Back to Help Home