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[Tobin S.]

4. It used to be that we needed 10 star members to start a group

But it also used to be that only star members could post in a group. Since that's changed, maybe the rules have also changed for starting a group. I don't know. I can't find the guidelines on the site.

If we need ten star members, it looks like we have nine in the meta thread. If not, then we have more than ten members signing off on the creation of the new group.

However it goes, when we think we have enough people sponsoring the group, I think we're supposed to contact the admin with a link to the thread showing as much. They then create the group. That's the way it used to go. I see you have a thread up in the Help forum. We'll see what they say.