A Practical Guide to Planning and Scheduling your Next Exodus
The Google+ sunset was announced 8 October 2018, and will take effect in August 2019, though a precise date has not yet been set.
This is a timeline for planning which you may adapt to your needs.
Exodus Planning and Scheduling
As an initial approach, consider a four-phase process, on roughly the following schedule:
- Oct 2018 - Dec 2018: Coordination, Planning, and assessment.
- Jan 2019 - Apr 2019: Execution.
- May 2019 - Jul 2019: Re-establishing community.
- Aug 2019 - ∞: Assess and rebuild.
Groups, sizes, aims, goals, and capabilities vary greatly. We're looking to help everyone from small groups of friends to 100,000+ strong Google Communities, and between.
The schedule is a suggestion, not a requirement, though August 2019 is Google's final service date for public Google+ activity.