I struggled a bit, but I think that I have the UserProfile module set up and working.  Now I'm struggling with the UserGroups module.  I've been working my way throught the Module Configuration Guide, and I believe I have that working.

This is want:

I'd like to have a page where all of the available groups are listed.

I'd like for a user to be able to click something to join the groups of interest.

I'd like to set up a page for each group.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could try to walk me through those steps ....

I hate to leave things hanging ... but I think that I've mostly gotten things to work as I need.

I've yet to tackle customizing the .ascx files, but that's next on my list.

I "sort of" have the Private Messages module integrated. 

I also need to tackle integration with ActiveModules ...