Message from /egroups

[Guest guest]

Dear eGroups Member,<br><br>We have exciting news

to share with you. We want you to be among the

<br>first to know that eGroups and Clubs will be

merging. The new <br>service will be called .

We expect the service to launch<br>early in the new

year.<br><br>WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH EGROUPS?<br> <br>Don't worry, all

eGroups email and web addresses will continue to

<br>work, all data and event ownership will be maintained,

and your <br>entire group membership will carry over.

<br><br>Everything you love about eGroups will still be around.

<br>will continue to be a free service,

and all the main features you use <br>now will

continue to be a part of the new Groups service. We'll

begin<br>to internationalize after we've

launched the service in<br>the United States. In the

interim, you will be able to use the <br>international

versions of eGroups.<br><br>WHAT'S NEW?<br> <br>

Groups will have lots of new features and even better

<br>customization. Upon launch, you will be able to:<br><br>* Chat

with other group members using our improved

Chat.<br>* Add a splash of color to your group, or a main

page photo, all <br> without knowing HTML.<br>* See

when group members are online and communicate with

them in real<br> time using Messenger.<br>*

Reach a larger audience. You will have the entire

Network at <br> your doorstep.<br><br>And much,

much more to come! <br><br>The best part -- you won't

have to do anything to convert your group.<br>This

will happen automatically. All you have to do to

access the <br>wide array of web functionality is merge

your current eGroups <br>account with a ID when

the new service launches. You don't <br>need to do

anything now and there will be a very easy-to-use

wizard<br>to help you do this when the time comes. NOTE:

email-only users will<br>not need a ID.<br><br>For a

detailed FAQ on merger topics, please

visit:<br><br><a href=http://help./help/us/groups/info

target=new>http://help./help/us/groups/info</a><br><br>On behalf of

everyone here at , thanks

for being a member<br>of our

service.<br><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>The team<br><br>That's what

they sent

to me. Doesn't sound too different from what we have

now, actually. But there it is.<br><br>Hey Sunshine,

check your email address for OT stuff to which I

won't subject the rest of the members. (Though I am an

enjoyed of fluff, as well.)