Group Owner Settings

Group owners have several settings that regular group members don't have access to.

Finding the Owner Settings
There's an Owner Settings button available in the group navigation area. This button is visible to only group owners.

Owner Settings Tab

There's also an Owner Settings link available from the My Groups section in My Network.

Group owner settings link

Owner Settings Page
Clicking on the Owner Settings link or button will bring you to the owner settings page. Only those members listed as group owners will have access to these settings.

Deleting a Group
The Delete This Group button is at the top of the Owner Settings page. Be aware that this will permanently delete your group, along will all the content associated with it -- discussions, documents, calendar, etc.

Changing Group Owners
If you would like to add or delete group owners, click the Edit Owners Permissions button.

Edit owner permissions

Please note that in order for someone to be assigned as a group owner, they must first join the group.

Clicking Edit Owners Permissions will bring up a list of group members.

Add members as group owners by clicking on the Add Owner Privileges link under their picture.

Please note that group ownership for Specialty Assemblies, Committees, and Chapters are automatically assigned to leaders of those respective groups -- chapter officers, committee members, and SA governing council.

Learn more about changing group owners for Chapters, Specialty Assemblies, and AORN committee groups.

Editing Group Info
On the Group Owners page you can change the Group Name, the short Summary Description that appears in the group directory, and the Full Description that resides on the Group Profile page.

Uploading a Group Logo
You can upload an optional 80x80 pixel icon for your group. Learn more about that here.

Group Image

Group Access & Visibility
As group owner of a group you've created, you have control over who can join your group and how much of its content is visible to non group members.

Group access and visibility.

Registration Approval controls approval of members who join. Auto Approval will automatically allow anyone who clicks on the Join This Group button to be added to the group, while Requires Approval allows you to accept or decline members' join requests manually.

Group Access controls who can see your group's content. If you choose Visible, non group members will be able to see (but not participate in) your group's activity. If you choose Hidden, you group's content will not be visible to anyone outside of the group.

Visibility controls whether or not your group is visible in the Group Directory. You can choose to have your group listing invisible to non group members, so no one but members knows it exists.

Allow Joins controls whether or not a Join This Group button appears on your group page.

You may choose to remove the button if you don't want anyone to be able to request to join the group.

Messaging Options controls who can send mass inbox messages and invitations to group members. By default, most groups are set to allow only group owners to send out direct inbox messages to all members. But there may be a case when you would like all group members to be able to direct message the entire group at once.

Update this Group
Once you've made the changes to your group, be sure to click the Update This Group button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

Removing Members from the Group
Should you need to remove a member from a group, click on the Members tab in the group navigation area. In the member's listing, click Remove From Group.

Removing a member

Removing Members from a Specialty Assembly, Chapter or Committee Group
Some group memberships on OR Nurse Link, like Chapters, Specialty Assemblies, and AORN Committees, are handled by the AORN membership data at AORN HQ. To leave a Specialty Assembly, Chapter or Committee, members need to contact AORN customer service 800-755-2676 ext 1.

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