Welcome New Members! What We Do In I Made It. I Made It

Welcome new members! What we do in I Made It.

frankieanne 8 years ago
Welcome to all the new members of IMI. Its really great to see some new faces! Here is (I hope) a brief explanation of this group and what we do and how we do it.
IMI was started seven years ago by Lilliancooks who has since left this site to start her own blog. When she left, she made me the moderator which gives me the "power" to delete threads, add recipes to this group and block any unruly members (which has never happened). Unfortunately, I can't change the avatar though :-( so it will remain as it is. I will only delete inappropriate threads, which I have never had to do.
Lillian started IMI so GroupRecipe members would have a place to review the recipes posted by other members of GR. We only review other members' recipes - not our own - and we don't review recipes from other sites. Pictures are encouraged but not mandatory. As of August 30, the members of IMI have made 4,750 recipes from this site! We are shooting for 5,000 and we would love your help! I am trying to figure out a way for the 5,000th post to receive a prize of some kind. I will work on that so stay tuned. :-D
We like the thread title to be the title of the recipe that you made and please post the name of the GR member who posted the recipe in your thread. We ask that you also add a link to the recipe in the thread. This helps other members take a look at the recipe you made. If anyone needs an explanation to linking, please let me know.
We also comment on the recipe we made and rate it - five stars or whatever. It is OK to not rate a recipe five stars. Honest reviews are encouraged. On the recipe page, please date your review and add a link to your IMI thread. You may have to go back and forth between the recipe you made and the thread you post in IMI to get all this stuff done, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
If someone has made a recipe of yours, you can add it to this group. Go to your recipe's page. Two boxes below your avatar is a place where you can add your recipe to IMI using the drop down box. I will add it. Maybe not right away, but I will get to it - usually within a day. Recipes that have not been made by another member do not get added to this group.
Recipes made will also be bookmarked by a member named Reviews - http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/reviews - who also is me. You can go to Reviews' page at any time and search the bookmarks there. For instance, if you search for "spaghetti" you will find spaghetti recipes that have been made by a member of GR. Lillian started Reviews so members could take a look at recipes that have actually been made in order to find something "tried and true." Recipes with four stars or more are only bookmarked by Reviews and a recipe does not have to have a thread in IMI in order to be bookmarked by Reviews. Not everyone who comes to this site and makes a recipe and reviews it are members of IMI so I bookmark any recipe I see that has been made. If someone makes a recipe of yours but does not put it in a thread in IMI, please let me know and I will bookmark it as Reviews.
IMI has a member we jokingly (and lovingly) refer to as "The IMI Police." NPMarie http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/npmarie will gently nudge you if you have forgotten to rate a recipe or link it or date it. She's a good cop and is here to help. Mommyluvs2cook http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/mommyluvs2cook is also very active in IMI. I think most of you know her from AR and I am certain she will be willing to help out or answer any questions.
So, we hope you jump in and join us! Again, welcome to all of you and please let any of us know if you need help.
And finally - the most important thing - have fun!
(OK - not so brief, I guess. :-D)
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NPMarie 8 years ago said:

Well said Frankieanne:) And to all our new members...Welcome! We love having you here! It gets easier as you go, believe me:) If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask! Frankieanne, NPmarie or Mommyluvs2cook are here for you:) Along with many others:)

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lumpygravy 8 years ago said:

Thank you for this post Frankieanne . I had no idea how this group worked . I come and read it every time I log in . I always wondered who , or what Reviews was . Lol . Have not had much time to poke around in all the recipes here . I have bookmarked a few though , and now know what to do when I make them . Thanks !

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Oh, thank you, Lumpygravy! I'm glad it helped and I hope you will show us what you cook up around here.
And don't forget about the potential prize. :-P
I love your member name, by the way. If mine was food related it would be FlatBiscuits. :-D

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

Your are awesome FA!!! Thank you so much for making this perfect guide to the IMI! It's great! If any of you new comers are worried about getting the posting, linking, dating, etc. correct, don't worry, we are here to help, it's super easy for one of us to go back and do it for you if it's not right, no biggie :) Glad all of you are here, lets have fun and make some recipes!!

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Thank you, Marie aka IMI Po-lice and Michelle. :)

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

Thanks, Frankieanne. I wondered how the group got started and it's nice to know the history behind it. I posted a few reviews last year (?), but need to get started and make more group recipes.

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NPMarie 8 years ago said:

Me too Bakerme..I haven't posted anything in IMI for quite a while..it's great to see people cooking and reviewing recipes, isn't it! I too, will be making something to add to IMI soon..hopefully this weekend:)

You are so welcome FA:)

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Nice to see you, Bakerme. :)

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Cosmicmother 8 years ago said:

That's great you wrote that out, thanks FA! :)

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sunnyhill8 8 years ago said:

Thanks for the introduction, appreciate it very much, as I'm knew here. Will try and review a few recipes, as I have quite some book-marked already, but don't know how quick I'll manage.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

You are welcome, CM, and thank you for participating in this group!
Welcome, Sunnyhill8. No pressure. Post whenever you can. We love to see what people like to cook up around here!

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eastcoaster 8 years ago said:

Thank you for all this info. I just joined and looking forward to making new recipes.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Welcome, Eastcoaster! I love seeing another new face! :-)

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

Hi to Sunnyhill and Eastcoaster! Welcome back Bakerme, good to see you pop in :)

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NPMarie 8 years ago said:

Welcome Eastcoaster & Sunnyhill:) Good to see you here in IMI!

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

Thank you, Frankieanne and Michelle!

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NPMarie 8 years ago said:

So nice to see all of the new members reviews in IMI:)

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Cosmicmother 8 years ago said:

bump

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NPMarie 8 years ago said:

Thanks Shona:)

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eastcoaster 8 years ago said:

Thank you Shona and Marie!!

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Good4U 8 years ago said:

:)

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Thanks for bumping this. There are a couple of newer members who are still trying to add their own posted recipes to IMI when the recipe has not been made by another GR member. Hoping they will see this. :-)

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