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.

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.

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. 
 
 Request group membership - Is described in the above chapter: Group membership 
 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"