How to properly invite a lot of family members?

Yes, that doesn't seem very efficient, does it.

Take a look at the "more articles" here:

http://help.geni.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&...

If there's a solution that seems particularly relevant, post back for others. If none of them will solve it, also post back and we'll see if we can attract a geni-guru to the discussion.

Thanks, I had seen that link, but that does not really work well for most:
1- Adding them one by one is not what I call fast and efficient
2- For some (most) of them, I am not exactly sure where they fit in the tree, so that would create a mess more than anything else.
What would be nice is to be able to put a reference, a link (URL for example) in my email so that when they join, they can easily search and find relatives and get connected into the tree instead of starting their own.

I need curators more experienced with the issue to help out. They'll be along.

Alan, once you have created their profiles, I think the best way is to simply invite them (there's the invite option once you create a living profile), and i believe you can also send an an accompanying note explaining that the family tree has been assembled already, and there is not a need to start their own

Aaron, that is a great suggestion, as I have invited rels who have just entered a couple of people (whom I already had on the tree) and then not responded to requests to merge. I'm now wondering if it is even worthwhile to invite people, and rather just send them greetings on appropriate occasions, using the geni reminder...

Another thing to do is read this, and follow the instructions. Many people can get turned-off from Geni by all the emails. So prevent that issue in advance!

http://www.geni.com/discussions/6000000003281583066

Yes, but we still do not have a quick and efficient way to invite a list of people.

Alan,
we used to be able to import our entire address book, but this caused more problems than it was worth. There still is SOME option to multiple-invite. Never having used it, I don't know how useful it is.

On the right side of your "Home" page on Geni (just click the logo), you should see a box titled Tree Completeness. When *I* click the "view all", I am shown a page with 10 close relatives to invite.
http://www.geni.com/invite/family

On the side of that page, is what seems to be an even MORE useful option. If I click the big blue "View and Invite", I am shown what seems to be the complete list of people in my Family-Group who have email addresses entered, but who have NOT been invited.

So just fill in all of those email addresses in each profile, and then invite them all with a single click.

Each time I respond I got a system error. Frustrating...

I lost my replies 4 times already...So lets try again...
I have tried the options you mention, but they do not address well the issues at hand.
I have a long list of emails for people related to our family, but not necessarily connected yet, or not sure where. I wanted to invite them.
We need:
1- A URL link to be able to put in an email for people to land in the right place.
2- A clear page for them so that they can
1- Look to find themselves on the tree and use/update that profile first instead of creating a new profile first and then having all knind of merge issues.
2- An easy way for them to learn about Geni and how to do the right thing instead of them starting to enter their close family names in a separate tree and then deleting them from my tree.

Alan,
if you put their email in their profile and press the Invite button, they WILL be sent a link that sets them up in their profile.

Sorry, but that is again not the point:
1 - most of them I do not know or have their profile
2- it is not fast and efficient. It is slow and cumbersome.

jpgielen@scarlet.be