To echo many others' sentiments here, joining groups is a major hurdle for the majority of our parents. The process is not intuitive and takes many clicks. I know this must be coming off the bridge very soon, and we have a great idea while you are developing the new interface.
ENH. REQ: How awesome would it be if the Bulletin Board page of every community group (given proper access, of course), would have a 'Join' button right on it?! We could send direct links to the page(s), and parents could join with just 2 clicks, the first on the link, the second on the 'Join' button. Our workaround has been to make certain groups 'Smart Groups', which is its own imperfect solution...
Thanks in advance for your consideration of this!
Carolyn
LOL, Art!
GROUPS > FIND MORE > BROWSE GROUPS > GROUP TYPE = COMMUNITY > JOIN (and then try this on a smartphone)