# Can staff be group owners?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737 "2020-04-03T18:28:50Z")
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### Author: ![rachel\_england](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rachel_england/32/173995_2.png) [@rachel\_england](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel_england)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737/1 "2020-04-03T18:28:50Z")

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I have 3 staff members who work with a certain group of users. We would like them to be the group owners, so that they can approve requests to join.

Is it possible for staff to be group owners and get notified of requests?

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737/2 "2020-04-03T18:59:14Z")

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Hello!

This is perfectly fine. They will see a requests option in the group:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/7/c70e9fe07210845d61a2691497738158daf72f02.png)

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When someone requests to join they will receive a PM and they can handle the request from there.

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### Author: ![rachel\_england](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rachel_england/32/173995_2.png) [@rachel\_england](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel_england)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737/3 "2020-04-03T19:33:26Z")

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Thank you! This is very helpful

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737/4 "2020-04-03T19:34:51Z")

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No problem 😉

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737/5 "2024-04-23T02:00:10Z")

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-staff-be-group-owners/146737/6 "2024-05-23T02:00:50Z")

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