Hearth & Hall

Communications

Forums, mailing lists, and one-off member email are optional — configure them when your club is ready. They are not required to open reservations or billing.

Forums

Where: Forums

  1. Create categories members will recognize; pin welcome threads if useful.
  2. Each category has an All Members switch — turn it off to pick the specific roles that may view/post (leave the role list empty for Admin only).
  3. Admins always see every category. Creating/editing categories needs forums.categories.manage.

Mailing lists

Where: Mailing Lists — needs mailing-lists.manage to create/edit

Saved audiences for repeated sends:

  • The All Members audience switch controls who receives messages; when off, pick a membership type or role
  • Staff membership types are never included in “All Members” audiences (so membership-only topics stay off staff inboxes); target a staff type or role explicitly when you need operators
  • The separate All Members Can Manage access switch (+ role picker) controls who may use the list

Email Members

Where: Email Members — needs mailing-lists.send, plus list ACL when targeting a saved list

  1. Compose subject and body.
  2. Pick an audience (all members, admins, membership type, role, or saved mailing list).
  3. Review the recipient list (name and email), then send.

“All members” excludes staff types (same rule as mailing lists). Messages send from the platform address; replies go to your personal email (Reply-To). You need an email on your account before you can send. Send history shows subject, audience, count, and time.

Announcements

Roles granted announcements.create can publish announcements according to product rules for that surface. Prefer mailing lists / Email Members for addressed blasts with a reviewable recipient list.

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