Hi there, I was wondering if there is any way to merge a group into another one (speaking of public groups).

Moving the content is obvious, but I wonder if it is also possible to “move” or merge members into one group.

use case: I’m asking because we would like to open some “geographical groups” for our community, so the members can meet in person and recommend events.
E.g. we envision a group for members in city X, a group for members in city Y, and/or a group for members in Region Z.

specific example: Specifically, I am doubting whether/not to create two separate groups for the German cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf. They are major cities (600k-1000k inhabitants), about half an hour away by train, in a very densely populated region.  So I’m wondering if I should create 2 separate groups for those cities (we have hundreds of members in each) or make a group comprising the larger region.

But as we are not sure how these will be adopted, or how much content/activity we can expect, I am not sure if it makes more sense to have two separate groups or a major group.
 

If we first start by having two separate groups and there is not much activity, i wonder if there will be the possibility to merge them together in the future. This would give us more flexibility and we could adapt.

Any workarounds? Any experience / best practices about this?

Best,
Daniele