Is there a way for non-members to add themselves to Friends/Affiliate list?

We can absolutely contact them and manually add them one-by-one, and this is what we may have to do if there's not an easier and more future-sustainable way. As a 'systems guy', I agree with your assessment that this is certainly 'not an optimum' way to do this. FTH already has Unsubscribe ability, so a simple Subscribe button, like on blogs where people opt-in themselves, is really what I'm looking for.

I appreciate all the responses and will infer from all the work-around suggestions that this CANNOT be done on FTH. Since I'd be willing to bet many clubs don't have FB Groups/Pages or Blogs (AND your FTH platform is already an awesome way to streamline club email communications with potential members), I think this would be a great low-risk way for interested non-members to get on a club's mailing list. Maybe I'll go to the Suggestions For Improvement forum and suggest it.

Thanks again for your time.

FTH was never designed as a mailing list for non members. We really don't want to get into that mass mail business. there are other tools out on the web for that. Constant Contact, mailchimp etc.

You can edit the greeting on your contact form, and you can direct the contact details to be saved in any of your non-member email groups or even better in a custom group.

Only thing is that any other enquiries (non meetup) will go to the same email list.

If you know which are which you can manually move the relevant contacts into a custom "Meetup" Group

See the Contact Forms section of this page: support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/email-and-contact-forms
See the Custom Groups section on this page: support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/membership-management

AH! There's the answer I needed! A simple NO and NOT INTERESTED haha. THANK YOU.

My previous comment was directed to Brian. I'll take a look, Pam. Thx.

It isn't that we're not interested, it is that we need to be practical - across all clubs, and do what is best for all. It isn't good practice to send out unsolicited email (not a good reflection). Non-members are given the ability to opt-out if they don't want to receive email from the club. Friends / affiliates is really meant for people like Area Directors, other District Officers you keep in touch with, other club officers if you have inter-club activity, suppliers...... Typically Guests would be people who have visited the club in person, and Prospects is an ideal place for people who contact your club via the contact form. If your Meetup contacts are going to go to the trouble of accessing your facebook page and then enter their details on your website contact form, they might have a genuine interest, but as Brian says, I wouldn't recommend just adding them willy-nilly. Your lists should be cleaned up periodically. Someone should also respond to anyone who does enter their details on the contact form - invite them to your next meeting....