Announcements

Announcements are how you reach the whole club at once. Manage them under Admin → Announcements.

Writing an announcement

Each announcement has:

• a title,
• a body written in Markdown (headings, lists, links, emphasis), and
• an optional attachment (for example, a notice of race or a sign-up sheet).

Write it, review it, and publish when ready.

Pinning

Pin an announcement to keep it at the top of the feed regardless of age — use this for things members should keep seeing, like a season schedule or a standing safety reminder. Unpin it when it's no longer front-of-mind.

Visibility

Choose who sees each announcement:

What happens when you publish

When an All members announcement is first published, every active member gets an in-app notification linking to it — no setup needed. Admins only announcements never send notifications, and you won't be notified about your own.

Notifications go out only when an announcement is first published — re-saving or editing an already-published announcement never re-notifies the club, and editing doesn't change its original publish date.

Emailing members right away

For time-sensitive news, flip Email members now before publishing. On publish, Zeil also emails the announcement to your active members immediately instead of leaving it to wait for the weekly digest. The email links straight to the announcement. Members can opt out of these emails (the Announcement emails category in their notification preferences); the in-app notification is sent either way.

The weekly digest

Zeil can send members a weekly email digest of recent announcements — plus any courses starting soon — so news reaches people who don't open the app daily. Members choose whether to receive it in their notification preferences.