by the way I figured out that I am now able to edit the info by selecting "edit" on the "user profile (mandatory!)" view.
I had tried using the "user profile edit" from a menu. It would let me put in changes but when I clicked on update, it would send me to the members list and the updates would not have taken place.
Now that I have typed the above, I realize that the term "mandatory" was included in the view option. Apparently, the edit option cannot work without the view option published - which I guess is why it is mandatory
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