Contacts are non-paying individuals who may have signed up for events you sponsored or those you added into your group for networking purposes. A contact will have very restricted access compared to a member (no access to the group page of a group, will not be targeted in emails only sent to members if the contacts are not selected when composing an email, excluded from event registration access or specific event tickets if the event is set up to only allow members to register).
Adding Contacts
Login to CampusGroups
Manage your Group
Select Members then Upload Members
Download the Ms Excel Contact File Template
Follow instructions on the page on how to upload list of contacts with Excel
Make sure you enter “0” (zero) in the member column so that all uploaded students will be added as contacts and not member's
Upload MS Excel File and click Preview Upload
The Member column will display “Contact”
At the bottom of the page click Upload
Managing Group Contacts and Categories as an Officer
As an officer you have the tools to manage all your members and contacts within your group page. Current members are active members within your group. Those under contacts are non-paying individuals with restricted access within the platform who may have signed up for events you sponsored or those you added for networking purposes.
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Member tags (hidden from members) allow to tag members with tags only accessible to Administrators and Officers of the group
Sub-Groups (opt out/in possible) allow to tag members as well, and tagged members can see how they are categorized
Parent/child feature allows to restrict a group access to people who have joined the group's parent group
Group Types allow divisions to manage separate sets of groups
Difference between a Member and a Contact
There are two high-level membership types, Current Members and Past Members.
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