Discussion

Welcome to AAMVA’s discussion groups. Currently we offer Yahoo! Groups to allow members instant email communication. In the near future, AAMVA will provide its own system for discussion boards and listservs—stay tuned!

An AAMVA Yahoo! Group is an e-mail and Web-based discussion group—a forum to exchange ideas, concerns and questions. Utilize the AAMVA Online Surveys to survey the entire membership, but use these Yahoo! Groups to chat with fellow members informally and share information. (Only AAMVA and IRP, Inc. members are eligible to participate.)

Messages posted are automatically broadcast to all members. It is very much like using an e-mail distribution group with some exceptions: 

• You need not update your distribution list as you find new contacts with e-mail addresses--the Yahoo! Group does this for you.
• When you reply to a message, your response is automatically broadcast to the entire group. This facilitates the sharing process where all may benefit from answers to a question. (To respond to an individual privately, you may email him or her.)

Join a Yahoo! Group

You may participate solely via e-mail, solely via the Yahoo! Groups Web site, or through a combination of both e-mail and the Web site.

• To participate via e-mail:

1. Send an e-mail to the appropriate Yahoo! Group moderator requesting to join the group. 
2. When you receive an e-mail invitation, click "Reply" and then "Send". DO NOT TYPE ANYTHING IN THE SUBJECT LINE OR THE E-MAIL MESSAGE. 
3. You will then receive a "Welcome" message via e-mail that you have joined the group, and you may begin sending messages to the group. Enjoy! 
    

• To participate via the Yahoo! Groups Web site and benefit from features such as searching past discussions

See the instructions below. Set-up varies slightly depending on whether you currently have a Yahoo! ID for a personal email account or another reason, or if you do not.

• If you do NOT currently have a Yahoo! ID:

1. Using your internet browser, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/ 
2. Go to New Users (left side of screen) and select "click here to register" 
3. Create your own Yahoo! ID (note: your selected ID may already be used by someone else; if so, you will be prompted to enter a different ID. 
4. Create your own unique password. 
5. Reenter your password to verify. 
6. Complete the security questions. (these will be used if you forget your ID or password) 
7. Complete personal information (this is required) including the e-mail address supplied for your invitation to participate in the Yahoo! Groups. 
8. There is no need to check off the personal interest boxes unless you desire.
9. Confirm your ID and e-mail address. 
10. Press continue to Yahoo! Groups. 
11. You will be back at the main screen.
12. Go to getting started/eGroup Member and click on "Link your accounts to a Yahoo ID here" 
13. Click on "Don't have a password? Forgot your password?"
    And enter your e-mail address.

Yahoo! will then e-mail you an authorization code. Enter it in the appropriate field, and follow the on-screen directions.

You then will be able to view your groups and begin participating via the Yahoo! Web site.

• If you ALREADY have a Yahoo! ID:

1. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ 
2. Go to getting started/eGroup Member and click on "Link your accounts to a Yahoo ID here"
   Click on Don't have a password? Forgot your password?
   And enter your e-mail address.

Yahoo! will then e-mail you an authorization code. Enter it in the appropriate field, and follow the on-screen directions. You will then be able to view your group(s) and begin participating via the Yahoo! Web site.

Although using the Web to participate in the groups is not required, you may want to visit the site initially to change your settings or profile.