An organization is simply referred to as a "group" within Silent Auction Pro. Each group is a collection of members with varying responsibilities that hold an auction for the purpose of raising money. For example, group names might include the Kiwanis Club of Columbus, Smith Elementary School, First Baptist Church, and so on.

Group attributes include:

• Group name
• Address, City, State/Province, Zip/Postal code
• Group email address
• Payment and pick-up instructions
• Sales tax rate (for the city in which the event is being held)
• Default minimum bid percentage
• Logo

If you are new to Silent Auction Pro, see Getting Started with Silent Auction Pro before creating a group. Group and auction administrators can schedule announcements that can be displayed on a member's home page, or sent out as an email or text notification. Messages can be composed and edited using the default text editor or HTML. For more on using HTML, see Formatting with HTML. Administrators have the ability to edit or delete any group announcement to the membership from their own member home page (My Home Page). Both current and expired announcements are visible to administrators and can be deleted from the Notifications section.

1. Navigate to the Communication Tools menu and choose the Schedule messages option.
2. From the Format drop-down list in the Add Notification section, select Announcement as the notification type.
3. Enter a title for the announcement. The title is only shown to administrators and used to edit or delete the announcement after it has been created.
4. From the calendar picker, select the Post and Expire dates. Also, set the Post and Expire times.
5. From the Display To drop-down list, select the desired membership level (such as Group Administrators, and so on).
6. In the Announcement text box, compose the message and then click the Add Notification button. You can include text, images, and videos in this space.