# Groups

Groups are home to Members, Meetings and Meeting Documents, added can also be a Forum area and a chat function.

You can attend meetings, download documents and get news updates from groups. This chapter takes you through the central features and how they work.

NOTE: The group SE 24 is used as an example in this chapter but the functionality described applies to all groups throughout the website. Groups are available through the dropdown-menu at the top of the page.

# Group Content

All groups consists of a series of default content items.

**Group info:**

Consist of Terms of Reference (**ToR)** for the group and **Contacts** for the group. More pages can be added to this section if necessary.

**News:**

is listed on the left when you enter a group. The list shows news items in reverse chronological order with the most recent posts on top. Clicking the title of the news item takes you to the full news article.

**Images:**

Chairs and ECO can upload pictures for the carousel.

**Links:**

There are three boxes available for adding links to the right on a group’s front page.

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# Group Membership

In order to become a member of a group you need to apply for membership. The Chair must approve your application through the administrative interface for the group.

When you are approved as a group member, you will have access to the protected documents for the group and will automatically be a part of this group’s mail reflector. You will also be part of the group chat where enabled.

**Request group membership**

To become a member of the group you need to apply for membership via the link in the Group information box, click “request group membership”. The link will take you to a form where you can submit your application to the Chair of the group.

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# Group information and functions

The Group information box is specific to the group and is always visible when you are in a group.

The following functions are available.

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**Request group membership** - Is described in the above chapter: [Group membership](https://ecowiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CW/pages/14712833 "https://ecowiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CW/pages/14712833")

**Add as favourite** - You can add this group to your favourites by clicking the box. A link will appear under your "My Profile" for quick access to the group.

  
**Watch group** - By watching this group you will get news updates from the group in your personal Start page. Your Start page is available through the "My Profile"