Independent Groups

There may be sub-sections in your organisation where it is more appropriate for the people involved to have a seperate address book.  This is catered for by making an Independent Group.

Independent groups are a special type of  group folder with a separately maintained database of people.  They are often used for church activities which involve people from outside the church such as the 'parents and toddlers' group and the church football team.  As an independent group you can delegate people to maintain the contact information for this database only without giving them access to the full church home database.

Independent groups also allow you to provide restricted access to your church web site; part of the registration process requires new applicants to indicate which areas of the web site they would like to register with.  A member who is registered only with the "football" independent group may not see articles, events and forums restricted to members of the church and may only see contact details for other members of the "football" group in the address book area.