[drupal-support] Questions about organic groups (og module)

[Leo Burd]

Hello everyone,

I've recently started a Drupal/CivicSpace website to support youth 
groups in the implementation of community-oriented projects.  Although 
organic groups is central to my site, I'm having a couple of problems 
with it and I wonder if you can help me out.  Here are my questions:

a) Is there any way to approve new group members without having to wait 
for the email messages sent everytime someone subscribes to the group?

b) How do people handle the group-specific blocks that open on the 
screen?  They pretty much repeat all the information that is available 
on the "create content" menu and therefore make the screen very 
confusing for users.  Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Leo